Procurement Executive

Jindal Group; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jindal Group in Ahmedabad is seeking an experienced Plant Procurement Specialist to manage end-to-end material and service purchases for chemical, pharma, or food operations. You will source spares, packaging, and utilities, negotiate terms, and ensure timely deliveries.

The role requires hands-on vendor management, cost reduction initiatives, and strong coordination with production, maintenance, engineering, QA, and finance to maintain supply reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end plant procurement in chemical/pharma/food sectors.
• Knowledge of engineering spares, utilities and vendor management.
• Strong negotiation and emergency/breakdown procurement abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement of plant maintenance, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and utility materials.
• Handle procurement of PPE, safety equipment and packaging materials.
• Manage shutdown, preventive maintenance and breakdown procurement.
• Obtain RFQs, prepare comparative statements and negotiate price, payment terms, MOQ and delivery schedules.
• Identify, develop, qualify and evaluate vendors.
• Prepare and process Purchase Orders (POs) and ensure timely delivery.
• Develop alternate/local suppliers for critical materials and lead-time reduction.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Stores, QA, EHS and Finance.
• Monitor open POs, pending deliveries, critical spares and material shortages.
• Handle vendor quality issues, rejection, shortage and replacement.
• Support cost reduction, strategic sourcing, rate contracts and supplier consolidation.
• Maintain procurement MIS covering spend, savings, pending POs, delivery and vendor performance.
• Maintain documents as per audit requirements.
• Ensure procurement complies with company procedures, specifications, quality and EHS requirements.

Skills

Plant procurement

Vendor management

Commercial negotiation

Emergency procurement

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Industry Chemical / Pharmaceutical / Food Manufacturing

Job Purpose

Responsible for end-to-end plant procurement activities to ensure timely availability of materials, spares, packaging materials and plant services at optimum cost and required quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage procurement of plant maintenance, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and utility materials.


• Handle procurement of PPE, safety equipment and packaging materials.


• Manage shutdown, preventive maintenance and breakdown procurement.


• Obtain RFQs, prepare comparative statements and negotiate price, payment terms, MOQ and delivery schedules.


• Identify, develop, qualify and evaluate vendors.


• Prepare and process Purchase Orders (POs) and ensure timely delivery.


• Develop alternate/local suppliers for critical materials and lead-time reduction.


• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Stores, QA, EHS and Finance.


• Monitor open POs, pending deliveries, critical spares and material shortages.


• Handle vendor quality issues, rejection, shortage and replacement.


• Support cost reduction, strategic sourcing, rate contracts and supplier consolidation.


• Maintain procurement MIS covering spend, savings, pending POs, delivery and vendor performance.


• Maintain documents as per audit requirements.


• Ensure procurement complies with company procedures, specifications, quality and EHS requirements.

Candidate Profile

Candidate should have strong hands‑on plant procurement experience, preferably from a Chemical, Pharmaceutical or Food manufacturing environment, with good knowledge of engineering spares, utilities, vendor management, commercial negotiation and emergency/breakdown procurement.

Additional Requirement

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as per business and plant requirements.