Indirect Purchasing (IdP)- Regional Buyer

FORVIA HELLA; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

FORVIA HELLA in Gurugram is looking for a skilled indirect purchasing buyer to join their team. Responsibilities include managing commodity contracts, leading cost-saving initiatives, and ensuring compliance with purchasing processes.

The ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of experience in purchasing, preferably in the automotive sector, and a B.E/B.Tech degree. A strong focus on communication and leadership is essential, along with the ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years’ experience as an indirect purchasing buyer in an industrial environment.
• Experience in the automotive industry is an added advantage.
• Results-oriented with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage commodity contracts and ensure compliance with company procedures.
• Lead productivity and cost-saving actions with suppliers.
• Develop annual rate contracts and manage purchase order processes.

Skills

Indirect purchasing experience

SAP Ariba

Strong communication skills

Leadership capabilities

Education

B.E / B.Tech

MBA

Job description

Location Dhankot - Haryana, India

YOUR TASKS

• Be part of the IdP Commodity team projects.
• Participate in the projects and competitive bids led by the IdP Commodity team. Integrate the needs of the region. Contribute to data collection, specifications, and evaluation of the results.
• Take charge of the implementation of the commodity contracts in the Region. Ensure implementation follow-up and regular audits of contract compliance.
• Optimize the purchases portfolio not covered by corporate contracts or projects in progress: consolidate recurrent local needs, globalize competitive bids, reduce supplier base and manage it through consistent contracts, at regional level, involving Legal when necessary.
• Take charge of local one‑shot needs, projects, negotiation and contracts.
• Guarantee supplier contracts are consistent, involving the legal department when necessary or following their guidelines, to protect the company.
• Ensure follow‑up of contract application and regular audit of contract compliance. Systematically deploy a reporting system with suppliers.
• Make sure that the above actions are consistent with the Commodity strategy and identify subjects that could be generalized at national or corporate level to get a better benefit.
• Lead or contribute to productivity and cost saving actions: work closely with the Plant Managers and the Plant departments to identify and run saving actions beyond price negotiation, such as best practices implementation, consumption reduction, technical optimization, standardization.
• Lead productivity action plan involving suppliers.
• Develop annual rate contracts wherever applicable.
• Manage the administrative purchase order process: be responsible for the purchase order process.
• Guarantee compliance of the purchasing process with Faurecia core procedures (FCP) rules throughout the phases: competitive bids and supplier selection, purchase order process, as well as with the Code of Ethics.
• Manage supplier issues under purchasing responsibility: prices agreement to be updated in the IT system, price discrepancies between purchase order price and invoice prices.
• Handle repetitive problems in quantity delivered, repetitive contract non‑compliance in services contract.
• Apply the methodology and IT tools defined and implemented by Group IdP, such as project management and associated reporting process, including PAP MRO.
• Use the Contract Database to store and manage all contracts.
• Hands on experience in SAP Ariba tool shall be an added advantage.

Your Qualifications

• Minimum 8‑12 years’ experience as an indirect purchasing buyer in an industrial environment (experience in the automotive industry is an added advantage).
• Minimum education level: B.E / B.Tech (MBA is an added advantage).
• Results oriented with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a matrixed organization.
• Proven leadership capabilities.
• Bi‑lingual English a must.

Inclusion & Diversity

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Contact

HELLA India Automotive Pvt Ltd.