Engineer Supplier Development

Alfa Laval Corporate AB; Pune District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval is seeking an Engineer Supplier Development to support regional supplier development and sourcing initiatives in India. The role involves building a compliant supplier base, deploying sub-commodity strategies, and collaborating with global teams.

Responsibilities include managing supplier relationships, monitoring KPIs, and supporting local product sourcing projects. Travel within India is expected and cross-functional teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Highly self-motivated result driven attitude.
• Inquisitive approach towards new technology & mindset for continuous improvement.
• Strong ability to work with matrix organizational structure with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS tools Word-Excel-PowerPoint
• Critical thinking with strong problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills Verbal & written.

Responsibilities

• Regional Supplier Management: build a network of performance-driven suppliers and monitor KPI’s (safety, quality, delivery, cost).
• Sourcing Project Management: collaborate with commodity teams for local supplier base exploration and ensure timely project milestones.
• Regional Sourcing Office KPI Reporting: monthly scorecards and trend tracking reports.
• Regional Delivery Performance Management: ensure on-time deliveries and coordinate with logistics for smooth shipments.

Skills

Self-motivation

Curiosity

Matrix organization

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

BE Mechanical or Production

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Engineer Supplier Development

Support Manager Supplier Development for Competitive compliant & sustainable supplier base in Region India. Assist in deploying sub-commodity sourcing strategy in the region by working closely with Manager Supplier Development & global commodity team.

About Us -

At Alfa Laval, we always go the extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people, and planet. We make it happen by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas. And great ideas drive progress. As a member of our team, you thrive in an open inclusive workplace, based on diversity with a sense of belonging. This is where you can make a difference by constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent problems. Making the world a better place. Every day. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com

The position / About the Job:

Regional Supplier Management

Manage Supplier relationship & build a strong network of performance driven suppliers. Monitor Compliance & KPI’s of Supplier regarding safety – Quality – Delivery – Cost. Support Global category management team in deploying supplier strategies in the Region. Market Scouting for Potential New Supplier based on Gaps in Category. Support Resolutions for the identified Deviations in supplier performance. Supplier capacity Monitoring for identifying potential future bottlenecks & actions on same.

Sourcing Project Management

Work closely with commodity Teams for Local Supplier Base exploration. Participate in New Product Development / Localisation sourcing projects. Secure Timely Execution of major Project Milestones & overall timeline. Work closely with regional Quality team to secure right first-time test samples.

Regional Sourcing Office KPI Reporting

Monthly Regional Sourcing Scorecard preparation Key Raw Material Trend Tracking Report Preparetion

Regional Delivery Performance Management

This role is responsible for ensuring suppliers deliver goods on time, managing open purchase orders, and coordinating with logistics partners to guarantee seamless shipment execution. The position acts as a bridge between procurement, suppliers, and logistics teams to optimize supply chain performance.

Supplier Delivery Performance Management (On Time Delivery with Agreed lead time) Open Order Follow Up Coordination with Logistic partners

Competencies, experience and attitudes to do the job (optional - if job description is used as input to recruit and performance reviews):

• Highly self-motivated result driven attitude.
• Inquisitive approach towards new technology & mindset for continuous improvement.
• Strong ability to work with matrix organizational structure with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS tools Word-Excel-PowerPoint
• Critical thinking skill High level ability of Problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills Verbal & written.

Process knowledge:

Sourcing of Engineering Products & Supplier Development

Qualifications & experience:

• BE Mechanical or Production
• 3-4 years of experience from Sourcing of Engineering Components
• Basic Project management & Negotiation skills.
• Experience from PPAP, Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification
• Willingness to Travel Domestic

Key relationships:

• Manager Supplier Development
• Manager Sourcing Office India
• Global Commodity management Team
• Site Purchase Managers & their Teams.
• Regional Suppliers

Why should you apply

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success; you will be learning new things every day.
• 140 years old Swedish multinational company with stable growth and expansion
• Sustainability and contributing back to the people and planet are motives behind everything we do
• A very young dynamic marketing team and a great mix of colleagues.
• Internal mobility

\"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.