Head of Supply Chain Management

PPRM; India; On-site; INR 15,00,000 - 25,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in India seeks an experienced SCM Head to oversee procurement and logistics operations. The ideal candidate will have 20-25 years of experience in supply chain management, particularly in the steel or heavy engineering sectors. Responsibilities include optimizing purchase orders, ensuring timely delivery, and coordinating logistics. This role requires excellent negotiation and vendor management skills.

Qualifications

• 20-25 years of experience in supply chain management, preferably in the steel or heavy engineering industry.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and vendor management.
• Ability to negotiate and finalize contracts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely conversion of purchase requisitions to purchase orders.
• Maintain quality parameters around procurement for timely delivery.
• Supervise logistics operations for inbound and outbound shipments.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Vendor management

Cost optimization

Logistics coordination

Procurement management

Job description

PP Rolling Mills Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. supplier of Turnkey Projects Manufacturing for Erection & Commissioning of Long Products for Hot Rolling Mills, ‘MAS’ Tube mills, Gearboxes for high torque applications, EOT Cranes and Manufacturing of Heavy/Precision Engineering Equipment as per customers’ design. We have an extremely dedicated Human Capital, World class manufacturing facilities, stringent quality control and a wide exposure of successful implementation of projects from concept to commissioning.

We have very recently become the new shareholding company for the Italian leader, POMINI Long Rolling Mills, Italy; that specializes in long rolling mills for special steels, rebar’s, rails, and associated technologies. This has expanded our presence in the European market; and solidifies our commitment to deliver exceptional products and services worldwide.

About Job

Position – SCM Head

Experience – 20-25 years

Industry – Steel, Heavy Engineering

Location – NCR

Purchase Responsibilities

Purchase (BOP/RM/Consumable/Electrical)

Ensure timely conversion of PR to PO as per realization (Scope provided in Realization)

Ensure adherence to all agreed SOP (internal with Manufacturing, PMO and Quality) and external with suppliers, resulting in timely delivery of goods, as per project requirements

Ensuring timely placement of purchase orders for Plant BOP, RM, Consumables, Electricals & all capital goods, domestic & Imported.

Maintain all quality related parameters around procurement, resulting in high FTR (First Time Right) as per drawing and specific requirement of user department. Constant counselling of the expediting team and the suppliers is required for this.

• All purchases to be made of FOR basis only.
• Constantly focus on optimizing cost of purchase.
• Target to ensure 98% by value of purchase is made from “manufacturers and not trade”.
• Assess, and develop alternate suppliers for all materials required.
• Techno commercial negotiations and finalization.
• Review of all vendors SOA with the team & closure for all pending issues with coordination with Finance team. To ensure that any payments taken against proforma invoices should be settled in no more than 15 days of issue of the payment.
• Ensure immediate / timely return of rejected materials to supplier by close co-ordination with respective stores. And ensure acceptance of any debit notes before issue of the payments.
• Review with teams on weekly basis, detailing every activity of Purchase.
• Evaluate opportunities to simplify, enhance, automate processes leading to reduction in TAT and strengthening quality of outcomes.
• Hold reviews with internal stakeholders (Plant & PMO), and external suppliers.
• PO approvals after careful review of the PO being made by buyers. All techno commercial terms should be reviewed. Any specific notes for inspectors to take care of must be incorporated also.
• Closure of critical bottlenecks in delivery of respective commodities to achieve monthly dispatch targets.
• Ensure that the cost of material purchased are within the budget provided by marketing. Beating the budgets should be the target through. This is the real saving.
• Co-ordinate with Eng. Deptt. & Quality for approval and clearances of commodities wherever required.
• Periodic review with Plants for shortages of RM/BOP & Consumables.
• Prepare and share Monthly MIS with the management for the department on KRA.

Logistics

• Closely supervise logistic operation both inbound and outbound.
• Ensure that the logistic related invoices are received, verified and paid timely.
• Negotiate with vendors to decrease shipping cost; create budgets for the shipping of goods.
• Solve any issues related to shipping delays with constant follow up and review with team members of PMO and logistics team.
• Negotiate, monitor and coordinate the shipment providers.

Civil

• Lead and ensure all infrastructures related work in the plants are carried out timely in cost effective manner.
• Ensure the bills are verified and payments are made as per agreed terms & PO.
• Ensure legal requirement are fulfilled for any construction/expansion related civil work. This is extremely important to ensure.