Project Purchasing Profess.

Schaeffler; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Schaeffler seeks a seasoned Project Purchasing professional in Bengaluru to drive material cost, supplier performance and sourcing strategy for automotive components. You will work from acquisition through SOP, ensuring early supplier involvement and design‑to‑cost initiatives.

Required BE in Mechanical or Electronics and 12–15 years in the auto industry with hands‑on costing and vendor management experience.

Qualifications

• BE - Mechanical / Electronics
• Experience - 12 to 15 years in Auto Industry

Responsibilities

• Purchasing representative in project team from acquisition phase until SOP and interface to Category Management
• Covering material cost, supplier component quality, component timing and technical feasibility through supplier
• Ensure early involvement of Purchasing and suppliers
• Follow-up on supplier and material status during product development phase
• Control BOM cost
• Design-to-cost activities during product development phase
• Cost reduction programs for BU's products after SOP
• Analyze future material needs of BU
• Technical changes until SOP
• Responsible for sourcing’s after SOP for BU-specific parts or if the BU has triggered the sourcing
• Develops a material and supplier strategy
• Conducts market analysis
• Drives the strategy definition process with cross-functional partners
• Achieves best market conditions.
• Actively influences the sourcing process during development phase.
• Drives improvement programs with suppliers.
• Covering material cost, supplier component quality, component timing and technical feasibility through supplier
• Ensure early involvement of Purchasing and suppliers
• Follow-up on supplier and material status during product development phase

Skills

Vendor management

Costing

Sourcing

Auto industry experience

Education

BE - Mechanical/Electronics

Job description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

General Information

Project Purchasing with minimum of 12 to 15 year experience in Purchasing and Vendor management with hands on experience on mechanical/ electromechanical components costing and sourcing.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Purchasing representative in project team from acquisition phase until SOP and interface to Category Management
• Covering material cost, supplier component quality, component timing and technical feasibility through supplier
• Ensure early involvement of Purchasing and suppliers
• Follow-up on supplier and material status during product development phase
• Control BOM cost
• Design-to-cost activities during product development phase
• Cost reduction programs for BU's products after SOPAnalyze future material needs of BU
• Technical changes until SOP
• Responsible for sourcing’s after SOP for BU-specific parts or if the BU has triggered the sourcing (e. g. localization)
• Develops a material and supplier strategy.
• Conducts market analysis
• Drives the strategy definition process with cross-functional partners
• Achieves best market conditions.
• Actively influences the sourcing process during development phase.
• Drives improvement programs with suppliers.
• Covering material cost, supplier component quality, component timing and technical feasibility through supplier
• Ensure early involvement of Purchasing and suppliers
• Follow-up on supplier and material status during product development phase

Your Qualifications

• BE - Mechanical / Electronics
• Experience - 12 to 15 years in Auto Industry

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

www.schaeffler.com/careers

Your Contact

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