Project Supply Chain Lead

Alstom; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom in Coimbatore seeks a seasoned Project Supply Chain Lead to manage interfaces between Supply Chain and the project, ensuring first deliveries of parts and secured supplier deliveries for production. The role requires extensive experience in Supply Chain, procurement, and project logistics, with strong SAP/MS Office/BI skills.

The candidate will drive capacity planning, supplier performance, and inventory policy while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to meet project

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of experience in Supply Chain – Procurement / Projects.
• Experience with SAP and MS Office tools.
• Knowledge of IRIS or related standards, ISO/TS 16949 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set and follow parts status in project systems.
• Ensure on-time supplier deliveries and logistics alignment.
• Interface management with external participate units and commercial team.
• Monitor stock levels and logistics costs against project budgets.
• Lead the project supply chain team and ensure adherence to global logistics policy.

Skills

Problem solving

Effective communication

Coordination

Education

BE / B.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical or related

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

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Project Supply Chain Lead

Date: 30 Oct 2026

Location: Coimbatore, TN, IN

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Network and links:

INTERNAL:The PrSCL interacts with :

• Interacts with all technical and procurement players involved in the project industrialisation, PrSM, Commodity Manager, buyers
• Specific interaction with SDPM (Supplier Development Performance Management), PrSM to validate Supplier capacity and ensuring logistics specifications are signed before business awards
• Supply chain Organization for logistics specifications, operational costs and inventory policy

EXTERNAL:The PrSCL interacts with

• Suppliers top management and key logistics players

Reporting:

• PrSCE will report to Project Supply Chain Manager.

Over all Purpose of the Role:

• Manage the interfaces between the Supply Chain and the project to guarantee the first deliveries of the parts purchased and secure supplier deliveries for serial and NPIproduction
• Interface management with external Participate Units and commercial department
• Ensure the integration of logistical needs and policy between ALSTOM Transport suppliers and chains (global logistics scheme and policy, MRP (Material Requirement Planning) Parameters, logistics specifications, packaging and footprint)
• Formalize in the capacity grid the supplier's capacity commitment according to the project planning need and identify the opportunities for technical increase of capacity
• Identify critical suppliers and drive preventive action plans in partnership with PrSM
• Guarantee the level of stock according to the objectives of the Supply Chain Department through the negotiation of the logistics plan (firm period, lot size).
• Ensuring that logistical aspects are taken into account when defining products and when making changes (Change Management)
• Lead the Supply Chain team of the project (Coordinator -SPC (Serial Production Coordinator), forklift and Logistic Methods)
• Ensure compliance with the initial Budget and limit expenditure on the Project's Supply Chain Package (For Coimbatore- Budget is with SSM, To be discussed with CJB’s Supply Chain Manager)
• Secure delivery plans especially during projects ramp-up or major planning changes
• Manage sustainable suppliers capability improvements and improve their Supply Chain efficiency
• Support Supply Chain organisation in case of critical deliveries issues at suppliers
• Member of the SDL network and contribute to improve methods and ways of working

Responsibilities:

• Set and follow parts status in the PMFU tool (Product Maturity Follow Up)
• Ensure SC milestones are correctly set to ensure FAI on time
• Identify Suppliers for which capacity has to be monitored and follow action plans with SDL
• Ensure that Business Awards are performed with logistics specifications in line with project objectives and SC targets in term of inventory and cash
• Ensure Supplychain and packing data SpecificationsConditions are Secured before Start of production
• Guarantee that orders to suppliers are placed on time and on quality
• Provides visibility on the material coverage
• Pilot SC activities in case of planning changes, significant engineering changes, resourcing or double sourcing
• Ensure Projects Costs are Contained as per Budget .
• Assist the procurement team in managing priorities

Required Skills:

• Ability to deal quickly and effectively with a variety of topics
• Ability to summarize and focus on the critical issues
• Coordination and Collaborativewith CFTteam
• Effective communication

Educational Requirements

Any B.E / B. Techrelated to Assembly Manufacturing Industry (Preferred Mechanical or Electrical)

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to deal quickly and effectively with a variety of topics
• Critical Thinking and problem Solving
• Ability to summarize and focus on the critical issues
• Coordination and collaboration with theteams
• Effective communications - Oral/ Written
• Professionalism/Work Ethic

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE

• OTIF (On Time In Full) per supplier
• First parts shipments from suppliers according to project planning
• Inventory coverage measured in number of cars and week of consumption
• Total costs of acquisition (measured until the point of consumption)
• Project Obsolete stock at ECN (Engg Change Note) and project closure stages
• Scheduling (production and delivery of Supply Chain packaging) (MPS – Manufacturing Production Schedule Accuracy)
• Missing Part rate on his project (missing Parts and forecasts) Info: Pre-serial – 1% / Serial 0.3%
• Maintenance (Monitoring and controlling) of the Project Supply Chain Work Package
• EHS IFR (Incident First Report) (SITE IFR Target)

Experience

• 12 -15 years of Experience in Supply chain – Procurement / Projects
• IT Skills: SAP, MS office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI)
• IRIS or related standards, ISO/TS 16949

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