Purchase Engineer

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This Position reports to:

Procurement & Logistics Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Each day, you will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will also showcase your ability by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.

The work model for the role is: #LI-Onsite

This role is contributing to the Electrification business Distribution Solution division at Nashik, India.

You will be mainly accountable for:

- Initiating Purchase Orders in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirming delivery with suppliers, monitoring, and tracking supplier performance to PO requirements.

- Negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists and terms and conditions.

- Recommending frame agreements to management and executing upon approval.

- Analyzing and evaluating bids to determine the optimal value.

Qualifications for the role

- Degree in Electrical Engineering (should be full-time)

- Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in Purchase, including PO creation and Vendor / Supplier Management.

- Hands on experience in of Inventory Management and monitoring Supplier OTD (On-Time Delivery)

- Knowledge on Electrical Commodities such as CT, PT, Meters, Relays, and electrical components.

- Must have hands-on experience in SAP MM and MS Excel; Power BI is an added advantage.

- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with Production and Shop-Floor teams