Sr. Manager – Scheduling & Procurement

TATA Marcopolo Motors Ltd. Dharwad; Dharwad District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Motors in Dharwad, India is seeking a BE engineer to oversee part ordering and material consumption for vehicle production. The role emphasizes system ownership, ensuring timely procurement and adherence to production plans.

Key duties include SAP MM/PP usage, inventory monitoring, vendor interaction, and cost reduction initiatives to support sustained manufacturing efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering required.
• Strong knowledge of SAP MM and PP modules.
• Experience with part ordering and material consumption in manufacturing.
• Ability to interact with suppliers in multiple languages.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling: interpret production plan and generate timely procurement schedules.
• Inventory monitoring: plan procurement to satisfy production needs and maintain norms.
• Logistics: understand logistics to ensure timely parts availability.
• Vendor management: work with vendors to ensure parts availability.
• SPD requirement: understand and fulfill SPD with regular production planning.
• Cost reduction: propose and implement cost-saving ideas.
• Plant production targets: help achieve yearly targets.
• Model migration: coordinate model parts with quality, production and APL to avoid obsolescence.

Skills

SAP MM and PP knowledge

Supply chain exposure

Manufacturing process knowledge

Team player

Project management

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Tools

SAP MM/PP

Job description

Location: Dharwad, India

Position Summary With Job Responsibilities

Said position required in system for part ordering related to vehicle production and to-address related material consumption and audit issues. As per present system guideline any part ownership will be with permanent person only.

• SAP – MM and PP module knowledge.
• Supply chain exposure.
• Manufacturing process knowledge to deal with supplier quality issues
• Team player
• Project management
• Task 1 - Scheduling - Able to interprete the production plan and generate the schedule for timely procurement of parts required
• Task 2 - Inventory monitoring - plan the procurement of part to fulfill production requirement and maintain inventory norms.
• Task 3 - logistics - understand the working of logistics activity to ensure timely availability of parts against plan.
• Task 4 - Vendor management - understand the manufacturing and commercial process so as to interact with vendors to ensure the parts availability.
• Task 5 - SPD requirement - understand and fulfill the SPD requirement alongwith regular production plan.
• Task 6 - Cost Reduction - Introduce and implement the cost reduction ideas for existing and upcoming models.
• Task 7 - Plant production target - to achieve the yearly target which is spread over month on month basis.
• Task 8 – Model migration - to implement the model parts in coordination with the quailty and production and APL ensuring NIL obsolescence.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Work Experience

• Understanding of part ordering and consumption in system.
• Communication in Hindi, English and local language for supplier interaction.
• SAP – MM and PP module knowledge
• Manufacturing process knowledge.

Tata Motors Leadership Competencies

• Customer Centricity - Anticipating, understanding and focusing efforts on meeting the customer (stakeholders) needs or expectations
• Developing Self and Others - Recognizing continuous development is essential for success and taking steps to develop self and helping others to excel
• Driving Execution - Translating strategy into action and execution
• Leading by Example - Encouraging and following ethical standards
• Leading Change - Recognizing the need for change, initiating and adapting to change
• Motivating Self and Others - Inspiring teams and individuals