Manager -Factory Purchasing

IDEMIA; Dadri; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEMIA is seeking a strategic Procurement professional in India to maximize value from supply chains. The role involves aligning procurement activities with business objectives, developing category strategies, and negotiating with suppliers to achieve cost-effective outcomes.

You will work with internal stakeholders and potentially support pre-sales activities across a global footprint. Expect involvement in supplier management, contract execution, KPI reporting, and leadership of a team of

Qualifications

• Experience in developing or supporting category strategies to enhance innovation and reduce costs.
• Ability to secure supplier agreements and manage supplier selection.

Responsibilities

• Ensures understanding of business strategy, objectives and needs.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to align procurement activities with business goals.
• Supports pre-sales in quotations through costing and supplier selection.
• Develops category strategies to improve quality, reduce costs and service levels.
• Sourcing suppliers and coordinating supplier selection with internal customers.
• Advises on make/buy strategies through in-depth analyses.
• Maintains strong supplier relationships to ensure contract implementation.
• Leads discussions to negotiate cost-effective agreements and budgets.
• Contributes to design-to-cost with R&D for supplier-enabled innovation.
• Manages contract implementation and escalations with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Delivers KPI reports to business stakeholders and purchasing management.
• Defines and implements the purchasing strategy for a large, strategic scope.
• Leads and manages a team of purchasing managers and professionals.
• Acts as procurement expert and business partner to C-Level executives.

Skills

Procurement management

Supplier relations

Negotiation

Cost analysis

Strategic thinking

Job description

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At IDEMIA, we aim to offer our employees, a dynamic and exciting environment where you have opportunities for career growth and professional development.

Internal mobility is a great way for you to energize your career and to build your personal brand. It’s also a great way to explore other functions, professions or countries as IDEMIA operates in different businesses and in 50+ locations around the world.

Purpose

This role maximizes operational and financial value from IDEMIA's supplies, supporting business partner needs adequately

Key Missions

• Ensures complete understanding of the Business strategy, objectives, and needs
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure alignment between the procurement activity and the Business objectives
• May Support the Pre-Sales team in quotations through costing and suppliers selection
• Develops or supports category strategies that enhance innovation and quality, reduce costs and improve service to internal stakeholders
• May source suppliers and work with internal customers on the supplier selection
• May conduct in-depth analyses to advise on the make/buy strategy
• Ensures deep and continuous relationships with suppliers to ensure smooth contract implementation, identify further business opportunities and anticipate risks
• Challenges needs, conducts RFI/RFQ, negotiates cost-effective agreements with suppliers that result in delivering the agreed budget and providing a competitive advantage for IDEMIA
• May contribute to the Design To Cost activity and cooperates with Research and Development to realize supplier-enabled innovation
• Ensures the effective implementation of the contracts and is the main escalation point toward suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Manages the settlement of escalations, drives or supports continuous improvement in Supplier performance
• Delivers proper reports of the KPIs to the Business stakeholders and to the Purchasing Management team
• Defines the Purchasing strategy for a large, strategic and complex scope
• Leads the purchasing strategy implementation for his/her scope
• Leads and manages a team of purchasing managers and professionals
• Is the Procurement expert and Business partner to C-Level

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