MANAGER PURCHASE

Fives Maintenance; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fives Maintenance in India is seeking a procurement leader to manage capital equipment sourcing, MRO, and spare parts. You will own the entire build cycle, coordinate inbound logistics, and support in-house assembly and trial runs, ensuring delivery against cost targets.

You will drive supplier development, assess capacity, and lead cost-saving initiatives including tendering and local/national strategies to mitigate foreign dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end category management and strategic procurement for capital equipment, MRO, and spare parts; coordinate inbound logistics and support assembly and trials.
• Own component sourcing from global and domestic supplier base; develop budgets and cost models for new products.
• Establish framework agreements, SLAs, price benchmarking, and should-cost models for equipment and parts.
• Identify, evaluate, onboard strategic suppliers; enhance quality, delivery, and cost performance; drive cost-saving through tenders, bundling, and local modeling to reduce foreign dependency.

Job description

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

1. Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

• Lead end-to-end category management and strategic procurement for capital equipment (Greenfield & Rebuild projects), MRO, and spare parts categories.

• Own the complete equipment build cycle: source individual parts, sub-assemblies, and heavy components from a global and domestic supplier base, coordinate inbound logistics, and support in-house assembly and trial runs.

• Prepare component-level budgets for new products, conduct comprehensive market and industry research to inform category strategies, and collaborate with business area stakeholders for project estimation and cost modelling.

• Establish and maintain framework agreements, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), price benchmarking tools, and should-cost models for diverse equipment and spare parts.

2. Supplier Development, De-risking & Cost Optimization

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard strategic suppliers; assess and enhance existing supplier capacities across Quality, Delivery, and Cost (QDC) parameters.

• Drive cost-saving initiatives through competitive tendering, strategic bundling, group purchasing volumes, and alternative supplier development (e.g., building robust local/national models to mitigate foreign supply chain dependencies).

• Perform sub-assembly level risk assessments before ordering, develop secondary/alternative sources to de-risks supply chains, and maintain production continuity.

• Act as the primary commercial point of contact for key partners, managing supplier performance evaluations and sharing insights transparently across internal engineering, production, and quality teams.

3. Cross-functional Collaboration & Quality Compliance

• Partner closely with design, production, and quality assurance teams during assembly and trial phases to resolve part deviations, manage supplier claims, and ensure strict technical conformity.

• Ensure full compliance with corporate sourcing policies, internal approval workflows, ISO standards, and corporate procurement audits.

• Drive internal restructuring initiatives to optimize procurement performance, fostering clear accountability across specialized purchase, sourcing, and supply chain verticals.

4. Digital Transformation & Systems Excellence

• Leverage advanced procurement tools - specifically SAP HANA (MM & SH modules) and JAGGAER (RFX, Auctions, SRM, Supplier Evaluation, and Spend Analytics) - to drive process transparency and data integrity.

• Manage vendor onboarding onto digital platforms, facilitating EDI-based data exchange, order confirmation, and digital offer submissions.

• Train cross-functional teams (Purchase, Quality, and Shipping) and external suppliers on digital procurement modules to enhance department-wide response efficiency and reporting accuracy.

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