Indirect Buyer

BorgWarner; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner in India is seeking an experienced Indirect Category Procurements professional to manage consumables and infrastructure sourcing. You will qualify suppliers, support regional category activities, and drive cost improvements across PBU and segment teams.

Responsibilities include leading supplier assessments, optimizing value streams, and collaborating with engineering, PBU and GSM leadership to sustain an effective supplier base in a complex regional market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Commercial etc or above
• Proficient in English
• 5+ years in indirect material sourcing
• Experience with indirect consumables category infrastructure a plus
• Extensive knowledge of global supplier base and manufacturing processes
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and presentation, coaching & mentoring skills
• Ability to manage supplier relationships with ethics and integrity
• Skills to analyze supplier financial information and assess capability
• Global perspective and problem-solving mindset
• MS Excel and SAP proficiency

Responsibilities

• Identify/acquire PBU/Corporate regional business requirements
• Support early sourcing initiatives
• Qualify/select/approve suppliers for approved supplier list / PBU / Segment
• Review/communicate category plan with PBU and GSM leadership in region
• Lead the refresh cycle of category plans
• Monitor supplier performance and reevaluate capabilities
• Create/monitor supplier assessment and development plans
• Develop plan to attain lowest upfront costs and ideal value stream
• Build/maintain regional supplier relationships and lead cross-PBU negotiations
• Negotiate corporate-wide supplier terms with PBU support
• Promote cost management activities and cost models
• Coordinate/lead regional category activities
• Coordinate technical lead/supplier interface resources to develop supply base
• Assure technical integration and leadership to communicate specs and parts
• Serve as engineering liaison and certify buyers
• Engage with engineering and PBU staff to leverage supply base optimization
• Coach/mentor PBU buyers on supplier relationships aligned with category plan

Skills

Indirect procurement

Supplier relations

Category management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business

Tools

MS Excel

SAP

Job description

This position is important to Indirect Category procurements like Consumables and Infrastructure .

• Identify/ acquire PBU/ Corporate regional business requirements
• Support early sourcing initiatives
• Qualify/ select/ approve suppliers for approved supplier list / PBU / Segment
• Review/ communicate category plan with PBU and GSM leadership in region
• Play key role in the “refresh” cycle of category plans
• Monitor supplier performance and reevaluate capabilities
• Create and monitor supplier assessment and development plans
• Develop plan to attain lowest upfront costs/ ideal Value Stream performance
• Build and maintain regional Supplier relationships for major cross PBU suppliers & lead cross-PBU negotiations as required
• Support the negotiation of corporate-wide supplier payment terms and Master Terms & Conditions with PBU support
• Promote cost management activities to ensure requirements are covered by cost standards and they are maintained and assure appropriate treatment of supplier-specific cost models
• Coordinate/ Lead regional Category activities
• Coordinate technical lead& supplier interface resources to continually develop supply base and understand regional market trends/changes
• Assure appropriate technical integration and leadership to:
• Communize specifications & parts
• Serve as engineering liaisons
• Demonstrate tech/product knowledge & “certify” buyers
• Engage with engineering and PBU staff to assure link & leverage, supply base optimization, and material communization
• Coach/ mentor PBU buyers on supplier relationships in line with the category plan

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Commercial etc or above
• Proficient in English
• 5 years or more of experience in indirect material sourcing
• Experience with indirect consumables category infrastructure will be a plus
• Extensive knowledge of global supplier base and manufacturing processes in related categories in Automotive applications
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and presentation, coaching & mentoring skills
• Ability to manage supplier relationships with absolutes of ethics and integrity & experience working “up front” with suppliers to attain ideal value stream performance
• Skills to analyze supplier financial information and determine manufacturing capability from go to the spot assessment
• Global Perspective, Goal Oriented Problem Solving Skills
• Excellent computer skills such as MS Excel and Words. SAP will be a plus.

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