Purchase Manager

Southern Electronics (bangalore); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Electronics (bangalore) is seeking a seasoned procurement professional to lead end-to-end sourcing of electronic components, mechanical parts, raw materials, packaging, and services for uninterrupted production.

You will drive cost competitiveness, quality compliance, and supply continuity by leveraging strong negotiation, ERP/MRP skills, and cross-functional collaboration with Production, Quality, Finance, and Logistics teams.

Qualifications

• End-to-end procurement of electronic components and raw materials.
• Price benchmarking and total-cost-of-ownership evaluation.
• AVL maintenance and supplier qualification processes.
• Contract management including LTAs and NDAs.

Responsibilities

• Manage complete procurement cycle from requirement to delivery closure.
• Coordinate with Production Planning, Quality, Finance, and Logistics.
• Monitor supplier performance with KPIs like on-time delivery and quality.
• Develop alternate suppliers for critical parts and lead cost-saving initiatives.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier management

ERP/MRP

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

ERP/MRP system

Job description

Job Summary

Lead end-to-end procurement of electronic components, mechanical parts, raw materials, packaging, and services to ensure uninterrupted production, cost competitiveness, quality compliance, and supply continuity. The role requires strong sourcing, negotiation, ERP/MRP, supplier-management, and cross-functional coordination skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the complete procurement cycle: requirement identification, RFQ/RFP, quotation analysis, techno-commercial evaluation, supplier selection, negotiation, PO release, order follow-up, and delivery closure.
• Conduct price benchmarking, should-cost analysis, cost-breakdown analysis, and total-cost-of-ownership evaluation to support competitive sourcing decisions.
• Support new product development, prototype builds, pilot runs, and production ramp-up by ensuring timely material availability
• Maintain and regularly update the Approved Vendor List (AVL) and ensure procurement is carried out only from approved and traceable sources.
• Establish supplier scorecards and monitor KPIs such as on-time delivery, quality/PPM, rejection rate, responsiveness, lead time, price competitiveness, and compliance.
• Conduct periodic supplier reviews, audits, corrective-action follow-ups, and supplier improvement programs.
• Develop alternate and backup suppliers for critical, single-source, long-lead-time, and high-risk components.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, credit periods, lead times, MOQ/SPQ, freight terms, warranty terms, tooling costs, and long-term supply agreements.
• Prepare, review, and administer purchase contracts, rate contracts, LTAs, NDAs, and supplier agreements in coordination with Legal, Finance, and Quality teams.
• Ensure commercial terms protect the companys interests relating to price validity, delivery commitments, quality liabilities, penalties, and intellectual property.
• Coordinate with Production Planning, Stores, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Logistics to align procurement with production schedules, customer forecasts, and BOM requirements.
• Monitor MRP/ERP requirements, open purchase orders, material shortages, delivery schedules, and expediting needs.
• Ensure timely availability of materials to support production plans, customer delivery commitments, and new-product launches.
• Optimize inventory levels, safety stock, reorder points, and procurement lead times while minimizing shortages, excess stock, obsolete material, and working-capital blockage.
• Conduct daily/weekly shortage reviews and drive recovery plans for critical material shortages.
• Work closely with Quality and Engineering to ensure purchased components meet drawings, specifications, datasheets, regulatory requirements, and customer-specific requirements
• Coordinate resolution of supplier quality issues, material rejections, non-conformances, replacement, debit notes, and root-cause corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with company procurement policies, approval workflows, ISO/quality-system requirements, statutory requirements, ESD/moisture-sensitive material handling norms, and audit documentation.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to component shortages, allocation, counterfeit parts, obsolescence, EOL/PCN notifications, supplier capacity constraints, price volatility, and geopolitical/supply-chain disruptions.

Prepare periodic management reports on procurement performance