Interior Commodity - Buyer

SKODA; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

SKODA in Pune seeks a procurement professional to source Bumper, Paints and process materials, estimate costs, plan capacity and release contracts and POs. The role ensures adherence to group purchasing processes.

Responsibilities include supplier identification, RFQ management, price negotiations, audits, and driving cost reductions, with collaboration across R&D, QA, logistics and other functions.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement/sourcing, cost estimation, capacity planning.
• Ability to identify and qualify suppliers, run RFQs, and negotiate terms.
• Familiarity with quality, R&D, logistics and supplier audits.

Responsibilities

• Identify and register suppliers, release RFQs and analyze offers.
• Negotiate costs and contracts, ensure compliance with group purchasing processes.
• Coordinate with R&D, QA and logistics for supplier audits and timelines.
• Lead cost reduction initiatives and monitor raw material trends.
• Prepare sourcing presentations and participate in sourcing committees.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Sourcing

Vendor management

Cost analysis

Education

B.Tech or M.Tech

Tools

Group purchase platform

TEVON

EBON/K-SRM

Job description

Position description:

• This position is responsible for sourcing of Bumper, Paints, Process Materials, cost estimation, capacity planning, evaluate engineering change request, release of contracts, releasing Purchase Orders (Tooling & Components), part development and tooling development tracking. Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Position description:

• Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible parts
• Series price settlements / claim settlements / Force-majeure
• Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
• Annual purchase order release / contracts
• Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R&D , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
• Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
• Explore new technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction (FMK , Q gene , P-gene , complexity reduction )
• Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction
• Monitor raw material & Forex trends
• Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
• QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality, Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.

Sourcing Activities:

• • Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
  • Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
  • Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
  • Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBDs )
  • Request for Targets for part price and investments.
  • Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
  • Price negotiation and get final offers from suppliers.
  • Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R&D audits
  • Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals
  • Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing
  • Prepare sourcing presentations with cost overview & cost plausibility , alignment with group buyers.
  • Present in Sourcing Committees ( ISC/ SSC /Pre-meeting / CSC Skoda MB & WOB )
  • In case of Non achievements of Targets prepare & Present options in TER
  • Create and release Letter of Intent (LOI), Nomination Letter / eNA
  • Get Sign off of Purchasing Agreement / eNA with defined terms and conditions from suppliers.
  • Project handover documents and organize kick off meeting with supplier and CFT (QA , R&D , logistics , SRM)
  • Request for vendor code generation and enter nomination and sample availability dates in TEVON (Note 1 /Note

Tooling:

Process of Fund Request in AIP for releasing Tooling Order as per budget planning

Release of Tooling Purchasing Order on approval of Fund Request

Release of Purchasing Orders in EBON / K-SRM , closing of supplier supplementary invoices for cost changes.

Create GRN for tooling , Ensure Capitalization of tools

Change Management:

Evaluating Change Management Documents ( AEKO, AeA, MY Point etc. )

Do plausibility check , negotiate the change requests , and provide evaluation in the requested format.

Create & issue change request approval

Coordination and agreement with suppliers for timelines and implementation.

Development activities

Commitment meeting and timeline agreements for parts under direct purchase responsibility

Tracking and reporting the development activities

Follow-up meetings and supplier visits

Educational qualifications preferred : B.Tech/ M.Tech