Senior Purchase Executive

Sukrthi Recruits; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 474,000 - 642,000; Full time

Job summary

Sukrthi Recruits seeks an experienced Purchase/Procurement Leader to manage supplier base and ensure uninterrupted material supply in Coimbatore. You will develop alternative suppliers, evaluate performance, negotiate terms, and coordinate with production and quality teams to meet schedule.

The role emphasizes cost control, risk mitigation, and on-time delivery, with a focus on building reliable, quality-approved supplier networks for critical materials.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in procurement and materials management.
• Proven track record in supplier development and cost reduction.
• Experience coordinating with production, planning and quality teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop alternative suppliers for critical materials.
• Evaluate suppliers on quality, price, delivery, reliability, and capability.
• Ensure supplier approvals and meet specifications before use.
• Negotiate prices, payment terms and delivery conditions.
• Coordinate material planning and procurement with production schedules.
• Monitor on-time delivery and supplier performance; take corrective action.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier Management

Cost Control

Negotiation

Planning & Scheduling

Quality Compliance

Team Coordination

Job description

Coimbatore North, India | Posted on 10/15/2026

• Identify and developalternative suppliers for critical and regularly used materials.
  
• Evaluate suppliers basedon quality, price, delivery performance, reliability, and technicalcapability.
  
• Ensure alternativematerials and suppliers meet approved specifications and receive therequired technical and quality approvals before use.
  
• Reduce dependency onsingle suppliers wherever practical.
  
• Cost control and negotiation
  
• Negotiate competitiveprices, payment terms, and delivery conditions.
  
• Regularly reviewmaterial prices and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
  
• Maintain pricecomparisons and records of negotiated savings.
  
• Ensure cost reductionnever compromises required quality or technical specifications.
  
• Material planning and scheduledprocurement
  
• Coordinate withProduction, Planning, Stores, and Engineering to understand materialrequirements.
  
• Prepare and executeprocurement plans aligned with the production schedule.
  
• Ensure materials areordered sufficiently in advance to meet required delivery dates.
  
• Proactively identifyshortages, long-lead items, and supply risks.
  
• On-time delivery and supplier performance
  
• Ensure suppliers deliverthe correct material in the required quantity and within the committedtimeline.
  
• Monitor overdue ordersand resolve delivery issues before they affect production.
  
• Review supplierperformance and take corrective action for recurring delays or qualityproblems.
  
• Develop backup sourcingplans for critical materials.
  
• Quality and specificationcompliance
  
• Ensure purchase ordersclearly specify approved dimensions, grades, specifications, quantities,and quality requirements.
  
• Coordinate withEngineering and Quality before accepting any proposed deviation.
  
• Work with Quality andStores to establish appropriate incoming inspection and suppliercorrective-action processes.
  
• Prevent incorrect ornonconforming material from reaching assembly.
  
• Team coordination and processcontrol
  
• Guide the JuniorPurchase Executive on purchase documentation, follow-ups, inventorycoordination, and bill processing.
  
• Ensure purchaseprocedures and approval processes are consistently followed.
  
• Maintain visibility ofpending orders, material shortages, supplier risks, and cost-savingopportunities.
  
• Provide regularprocurement performance reports to management.
  

Requirements

Experience - 10+ yrs

Salary - 50K

Ensure uninterruptedproduction through effective material planning

Development of reliable andquality-approved suppliers

Competitive purchasing

Cost control

Timelyprocurement in line with production requirements