Senior General Manager- Sourcing & Procurement (Electrical Industry)

BVR People Consulting; Vadodara; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BVR People Consulting is seeking a Sr GM level Procurement Cluster Manager (Region International) for our client in Baroda. The role leads a multinational procurement team, drives strategy, and champions digital transformation across Indian plants and global interfaces.

The incumbent will manage end-to-end procurement performance, improve margins through productivity actions, and align with global procurement strategy while engaging key stakeholders across functions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree related to procurement or supply chain; MBAs acceptable

Responsibilities

• Lead and empower procurement teams across Indian plants; drive strategy and digital transformation.
• Oversee end-to-end procurement performance, ensuring process robustness and financial improvement.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to implement transformation levers, supplier relationships and productive negotiations.

Skills

Leadership

Procurement

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Change management

Cross-cultural experience

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Team building

Education

Masters degree in supply chain management/Procurement or Engineering or MBA

Job description

Greetings!

We are looking for Procurement Cluster Manager (Region International) Direct Procurement at a Sr GM Level for our reputed client based at Baroda.

Your Mission

The Procurement Group Manager role is responsible for leading, developing and acting as the main SPOC of the Indian plants under his/her responsibility, driving strategy, digital transformation and synergies within Specific Global plants and other divisions.

Business continuity and customer focus by enabling a full set of Supply Chain resiliency as main priorities, and hands‑on margin improvements by dedicated productivity actions and execution.

This position is responsible and accountable for end‑to‑end procurement performance, encompassing procurement competitiveness, ensuring process robustness, and achieving financial performance through optimized procurement performance. It drives simplification, standardization, and digital transformation, taking into account regional and country‑specific stakeholder needs and the overall Global Organisational Procurement strategy.

Essential Responsibilities

As Group Manager, his/her responsibilities include:

• Lead, develop and empower the People (Buyer, PPM, CPB) in line with Organisational core values and personal development needs
• Lead short-term needs, escalation topics, and influence business decisions of the plants under his/her scope to assure business continuity
• Drive APOP (Annual Procurement Operational Plan) strategy execution in cooperation with Category strategy through aligned SOC (Supplier Orientation Chart) with suppliers and stakeholder (Plant Directors, RCM, GCD, SQM, Tendering)
• Drive with full accountability at the group level, implementation of transformation levers, mainly productivity (Nego, COS and QVE), resiliency (PO2, SBO, rebalancing), Engineering to Order project dimension (CPP) and leveraging digitisation (boosting RPA, Business Intelligence, eRA)
• Secure i‑SAVE data quality and consistency with AOC
• Initiate recovery plan in case of discrepancy
• Prepare and participate in the Quarterly business reviews
• Lead critical negotiations where/when necessary to assure productivity actions as well as MPD coordination
• Develop and lead a high‑performing procurement team through coaching, mentoring, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability
• Ensure robustness of Procurement processes aligned with PES requirements
• Support and contribute to the SRM program and enhance relationships through C2P (Connect to partners), Supplier Sponsorship and Business reviews
• SLD scope: accountable for the performance management and action plan for improvement in the short and mid‑term. Support & lead supplier development improvement action plan with SLD and Supplier Quality
• Support the Unify implementation for Global plants
• Ensure continuity of business to support plant operations
• Formulate cross‑functional levers for Supplier performance, innovation, and sustainable growth with key stakeholder validation.
• Develop a short and medium‑term action plan based on Supplier risk (quality, bankruptcy, shortage)
• Maintain and track the performance dashboard, accountable for the consolidated cluster productivity performance
• Support & align the development and execution of procurement categories strategy
• Maintains the accuracy of financial records at the regional level
• Sourcing, standardisation, spend control, and innovation with suppliers.
• Deploy supplier framework agreements and contracts with suppliers.
• Manage the Regional cross‑functional team partnership with the Business Owners.

Specific Requirements

• Masters degree in supply chain management/Procurement or Engineering or MBA (Preferred not mandatory)
• Min 15 years of related experience (preferably in Electrical Industry), in projects, procurement, and Engineering Procurement; capable of defining strategy, animating teams, convincing, and influencing the stakeholders
• Strong Knowledge of Project procurement practices and cost structures
• Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate the team
• Strong experience in procurement or category management
• Capabilities to innovate in our practices and drive transformations (transformative and disruptive mindset)
• Entrepreneurship behaviour
• Strong experience in performance management and ability to lead in a matrix organization
• Foster collaboration
• Cross‑cultural experience
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to convince & influence a large network of internal/external stakeholders.
• In‑depth understanding and knowledge of the industry
• Strong analytic skills with the ability to interpret and translate information into actionable insights, problem‑solving
• Strong business acumen
• Digital and disruptive mindset
• High level of adaptability and change management, ability to learn and grow quickly. Change management capabilities to effectively lead the change and transformations
• Strong Customer focus with an understanding of the Procurement, Supply Chain and Quality process customer centric
• Proven ability to lead transformational projects with successful implementation.
• Driven, self‑motivated, self‑starter, positive attitude, strong work ethic.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to changing requirements.
• Excellent presentation & facilitation skills, effective listening skills, high energy, and engagement.
• Ability to work in a fast‑moving environment, demonstrate confident decision‑making capability and achieve credibility with colleagues at all levels. Leader and Decision maker.
• Team Player/Builder
• Strategic Thinking
• Inspires and influence other to be part of change
• Frees up energy through trust, empowerment and attention to well being

Thanks & Regards

Thiru

Principal Consultant/ BVRPC/ Bangalore