Platform Purchase Head

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited in Chennai seeks a senior engineering leader with 15–20 years of experience in the OEM sector. You will drive technical sign-off, cost feasibility, and supplier coordination to ensure timely delivery of engineering targets.

You will partner with product, procurement, and manufacturing teams to optimize designs and drive value. The ideal candidate holds a B.Tech/BE in Mechanical or Automobile with an MTech, and has a proven record in cross-functional collaboration,

Qualifications

• B.Tech/BE in Mechanical or Automobile with an MTech.
• 15–20 years of experience in the OEM industry within senior roles.

Education

B.Tech/BE (Mechanical/Automobile) With Mtech

Job description

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• SoR/drawings: Timely finalization with inputs on supplier and cost feasibility inputs in

coordination with PEH–Ensures timely & comprehensive feedback from SBC (material cost) assessment–Ensures timely & comprehensive feedback from supplier

• Technical sign-off:Timely completion of technical sign-off along with PEHto ensure that only

the suppliers capable of meeting TCP targets are signed-off

Techno-Commercial:

• SBC & Quote Synthesis: Deliver on TCP targets for part development–Timely completion of SBC in line with Business Case assumptions.–Ensure quality and timely completion of quote synthesis (incl. supplier feedback, capex /

investments, part pricing & process details)–Ensure supplier capacity to provide parts as per projected volume in time & at scale–Decision on cost trade-offs across commodities minimizing TCP deviations at vehicle-level–Ensure that underlying assumptions of SBC, SOR & quote synthesis are similar, so that, SBC

and supplier quote are in striking distance of each other–Suppliers in the panel should be capable of meeting TCP targets for each part

Commercial:

• Supplier Panel & VoB: Coordinate with SSU to ensure timely closure with help of PSL–Ensure only the vendors who cleared technical sign-off get onboarded.–Declare VOB to protect TCPonlyin case SSU fail to nominate within stipulated time.

• Maintain partwise BOM and meet the associated Capex related to part development

• Delivery as per material cost targets & within budgeted investment for bought-out parts

• Delivery of right quality parts as per Project MRD2

• Timely completion of vendor PPAPand handover to SQE& SCM

Other Business decisions:

• Finalize the project budget: Provide part development related inputs to PFH for business case

• System-level target drill-down: Provide feedback on techno-commercial feasibility to PEH

• Make vs Buy decisions: Timely finalization in line with platform TCP targets, in coordination

with PMH, PFH & CPH

Experience

15 - 20 Years

Industry Preferred

OEM

Qualifications

B.Tech/BE (Mechanical/Automobile) With Mtech

General Requirements

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