Executive - Strategic Sourcing

MAN TRUCK & BUS INDIA PVT. LTD; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MAN TRUCK & BUS INDIA PVT. LTD is seeking a seasoned Sourcing Manager (Commodity & Project) in Bengaluru to secure cost-effective parts and expand the supplier base for production.

This permanent role operates in a hybrid work model and requires deep experience in automotive sourcing and PPAP readiness. The successful candidate will lead supplier negotiations, manage cross-functional projects, and drive cost, quality, and delivery improvements for castings, forgings, and machined components

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 14–18 years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, or supplier management in automotive/manufacturing.
• Experience handling suppliers in India.
• Hands-on sourcing of castings, forgings, machined parts, or standard components.
• Knowledge of ERP, supplier quality processes, and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure procurement to the right cost and capacity for production.
• Identify and onboard suppliers, align with PD and PPAP processes.
• Negotiate, review quotes, and manage supplier time plans from concept to SOCOP.
• Support NDA and development contracts, and manage changes and risk.

Skills

Sourcing management

Contract negotiation

Supplier management

Global procurement

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

PPAP knowledge

Job description

We are part of The TRATON organization and shares purpose of “Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.”. This is what defines us as a Group. It’s not the purpose itself that makes us different, but how we execute it together and how seriously we take this commitment.

At TRATON, you are part of something bigger! We are convinced that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. Together with our brands Scania, MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck & Bus we have the power to bring about decisive change and overcome the challenges of our time, such as advancing climate change, the growing importance of sustainability, decarbonization and digitalization.

We are now looking for a new colleague within Cabin and Chassis, who wants to join this change journey.

• Wha t kind of position/job is this? This is a permanent position
• Where is the job located? The role is located in Bengaluru (Hybrid working policy)

With Us
Growing through collaboration

At MTBI , we see ourselves as the sum of the skills, interests, competencies, ideas and backgrounds of our individual employees. As part of a global team of industry experts, you will have the opportunity to think bigger, gain more experience and achieve higher goals. By joining Us, you will also become part of our transformation. We are a flexible and agile team where you can actively participate in the further development of our company

What Defines Us

Our Core Values

• Customer First: Our customers need to be the reference for what we do and don’t do. Our reason of being – and ability to thrive – is defined through how well we manage to solve our customers’ current and future problems.
• Respect: Mutual respect is necessary for psychological safety, individual responsibility and creativity. It is also required as we want collaboration within and between teams, creative improvements and efficient processes.
• Team spirit: We work together to create synergies, learn from each other, deliver value and make use of our unique strengths. We can only win together. Team spirit is the foundation of all collaboration.
• Responsibility: Acting with responsibility and integrity always pays off in the long run – not only for society and environment – but also for the company’s competitiveness.
• Elimination Of Waste: A relentless search for waste – activities with no value – is imperative to our continued competitiveness

The main responsibility of the Sourcing Manager(Commodity & Project) is to ensure the procurement to the right c cost and the right capacity of parts in running production, by independently performing activities and supporting the Sweden & Asia andaligned with the Business Plan. In this role you furtherbroaden / deepen own professional skills, competences and expertise.

To ensure that you will-

Material groupresponsibilities

• Provides input to thesupplier base
• Identifies newsuppliers connected to new technologies within the product development projects(PD) to ensure improvement of Technology, Quality, Delivery and Cost, focusingon Sustainability (TQDCS).

Sourcingresponsibilities

• Sourcing of parts within product development projects, alignedwith strategies and decided in the material group management/business plan.
• Sources prototypeswith possible support.
• Quote review, feedback and negotiation.
• Ensures that offersare comparable from a project and technical point of view.
• Ensures purchasingand supplier time plan from concept phase to start of customer order production(SOCOP) +6 months, including Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requestand submission, and material home.
• Ensures project andtechnical aspects during negotiations, such as non-disclosure agreements (NDA)and development contracts and technical reviews within the Forward Sourcingprocess.
• Evaluates andnegotiates change requests.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanicalengineering, Automobile Engineering, Industrial Engineering, MetallurgicalEngineering, Production Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or relateddiscipline.
• 14 to 18 years of experience inpurchasing, sourcing, supply chain, procurement, or supplier management withinautomotive, manufacturing, engineering industries or International procurement(Global sourcing).
• Experience in handling suppliersfrom India.
• Hands on experience in working onsourcing of Castings or Forgings or Machining or standard components is must. Experienceon other commodities is added advantage.
• Knowledge of procurementsystems, ERP tools, supplier quality processes, Microsoft Office, especiallyExcel and engineering change management will be an added advantage.

More Information -

• Professional Competences: A Sourcing Manager should manage sourcing and purchasing activities, contracts, suppliers, stakeholders, and cross-functional work effectively. The role requires commercial judgment, crisis handling, and the ability to connect technical requirements with business outcomes
• General Knowledge & Skills: The role requires practical knowledge of markets, products, negotiation, risk management, and Scania’s internal processes. This knowledge should be applied independently to support sourcing decisions, supplier performance, and long-term business needs
• Personal Competences: The Sourcing Manager should be analytical, structured, proactive, collaborative, and results-oriented. The role requires initiative, independence, integrity, clear communication, and the ability to build strong professional relationships while driving continuous improvement.