Sr Engineer /Assistant Manager Commodity

Emerson Electric Co; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson Electric Co in India invites experienced professionals to join our global supplier development team in Pune. You will identify and onboard strategic suppliers for castings, forging, and machining, driving cost savings and risk mitigation.

You will lead cross-functional collaborations, negotiate favorable terms, and push continuous improvement across quality, delivery, and lead times, aligning with our corporate procurement goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with 5–8 years in supplier development and management.
• Experience with castings, forging, and machining commodities.
• Strong negotiation and cost-optimization skills.
• Proficient in English and MS Office; able to work in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new global suppliers for castings, machining, and other commodities in India.
• Regionalize and mitigate risk to assure material supply.
• Lead cost savings through negotiation, consolidation, leverage, and e-sourcing.
• Drive global supply chain metrics on quality, speed, cost.
• Ensure supplier performance on quality, delivery, lead time, and cost.
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to meet requirements.
• Drive supplier capability improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, and cost.
• Lead supplier development with key internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Supplier development

Negotiation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

5-8 years supplier development experience

Experience with castings, forging, machining

Tools

MS Office

Cost estimation knowledge

Job description

• Identify, develop new, key global casting and machining and other commodity suppliers in India.


• Provides regionalization & risk mitigation, sourcing input to ensure surety of material supplies.


• Actively pursuing strategies


• Active pursuit on Cost Savings via Negotiation, Consolidation & Leverage and E-sourcing tools with Key Global Supply Chain Strategic goals in mind.


• Driving Global Supply Chain matrices including quality, speed, cost.


• Achieves supplier quality, delivery, lead time and cost performance goals on key commodities for new and existing product programs.


• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to support business and operational requirements.


• Drive supplier capability improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, and cost competitiveness.


• Supports in resolving supplier's supply chain related problems and improve supplier manufacturing and business processes.


• Identifies, researches and implements new materials and manufacturing technologies to improve the company's competitive position.


• Lead Supplier development and align with key internal/ Global stakeholders.


• Participates, as assigned, and supports division/ corporate programs including NMI, DPO, Best Cost Country sourcing, Direct Buy initiatives, Reverse Auctions, Corporate negotiations, Inflation Model, Parts Analysis & Contract management etc.


• Supports world area sites by providing, as required, pricing data, lead-times, samples, catalogues, new designs and market trends.


• Confers with Quality Assurance, Development Engineering and Marketing to clarify specifications and assure an accurate understanding of project requirements.


• Establishes and maintains rapport with critical suppliers to assure a high level of focus on total quality and cost effectiveness.


• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand business priorities and drive key improvement matrices.


• Participates in key projects/ initiatives to drive opportunities for improvement across the Supply Chain.


• Plans and conduct regular business reviews with Key Suppliers to ensure aligned goals & business directions.


• Provides management with regular recommendations/ updates on commodity matrices performance & related commodity strategies moving forward.


• Assists tactical buyers with problem resolution and provides procedural guidance.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop new, key global casting and machining and other commodity suppliers in India.


• Provides regionalization & risk mitigation, sourcing input to ensure surety of material supplies.


• Actively pursuing strategies


• Active pursuit on Cost Savings via Negotiation, Consolidation & Leverage and E-sourcing tools with Key Global Supply Chain Strategic goals in mind.


• Driving Global Supply Chain matrices including quality, speed, cost.


• Achieves supplier quality, delivery, lead time and cost performance goals on key commodities for new and existing product programs.


• Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to support business and operational requirements.


• Drive supplier capability improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, and cost competitiveness.


• Supports in resolving supplier's supply chain related problems and improve supplier manufacturing and business processes.


• Identifies, researches and implements new materials and manufacturing technologies to improve the company's competitive position.


• Lead Supplier development and align with key internal/ Global stakeholders.


• Participates, as assigned, and supports division/ corporate programs including NMI, DPO, Best Cost Country sourcing, Direct Buy initiatives, Reverse Auctions, Corporate negotiations, Inflation Model, Parts Analysis & Contract management etc.


• Supports world area sites by providing, as required, pricing data, lead-times, samples, catalogues, new designs and market trends.


• Confers with Quality Assurance, Development Engineering and Marketing to clarify specifications and assure an accurate understanding of project requirements.


• Establishes and maintains rapport with critical suppliers to assure a high level of focus on total quality and cost effectiveness.


• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand business priorities and drive key improvement matrices.


• Participates in key projects/ initiatives to drive opportunities for improvement across the Supply Chain.


• Plans and conduct regular business reviews with Key Suppliers to ensure aligned goals & business directions.


• Provides management with regular recommendations/ updates on commodity matrices performance & related commodity strategies moving forward.


• Assists tactical buyers with problem resolution and provides procedural guidance.

Who You Are:

You build strong partnerships and align stakeholders toward common objectives. You are proactive in identifying opportunities and addressing challenges. You make informed decisions based on data and business insights while balancing risk and business priorities. You effectively influence others and drive results through collaboration and strong execution.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, with 5-8 years of experience in supplier development & management and have experience in commodities like castings, Forging Machining commodities


• Strong technical skills and Good understanding of manufacturing processes of. Casting, Machining, Forging, Metal Forming.


• Should be familiar with the cost estimation and possess strong negotiation skills.


• Comfortable functioning in a highly matrixed organization.


• Excellent project management skills from strategic sourcing to operational execution.


• Proficiency in spoken and written English & MS office tools.

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration. We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor. At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.