Job Description

Job Purpose

Part of Product Development Purchasing team responsible for Combine harvester New Projects, Current Products, Cost reduction initiatives to ensure right cost, quality and on time Delivery

To support Product Development by selecting suitable suppliers, ensuring PO & PPAP completion to support Project Builds.

Managing On-Going Engineering changes of the Current program

Driving Cost Reduction initiatives till implementation

Monitoring and Tracking Project Budget from Vendor tooling point of view

Major Achivement

Primary and Secondary duties:

The position is primarily responsible for following activities

Serves as a liaison between Purchasing function and platform engineering teams for Combine product platform, to coordinate purchasing strategies throughout platform while supporting and participating in new product development process and platform activities.

With support of commodity teams, identifies, and manages a reliable and effective direct material supplier base, increases suppliers support and involvement in co-design strategies, R&D, part standardization, quality, and cost reduction

Tracks material cost for new product key models; responsible for managing vendor tooling budgets for combine to ensure launch is on time, below cost and with quality approved suppliers.

Monitors negotiations and implementation of all technical modifications

Coordinates the efforts in managing of Purchasing/ Engineering cost reduction projects

Contribute to the AG TCR target and vehicle total variable cost target

Generate and update the business case for savings/ returns

Support commodities in sourcing process

The position is Secondary responsible for following activities

• Ensuring Release of required MIS to stakeholders

• Taking required steps to ensure project milestone are not slipping

• Influence R&D and capture supplier innovation in the products to optimize the propositions and achieve the best value

• Conducting meeting within purchasing function with commodity and SQE for tracking and monitoring part development progress.

Leadership/Team Management Responsibility:

• Project Lead combine harvester - Representing Advance purchasing department, coordinating with leading Commodity and SQE to ensure Priority Suppliers to deliver as per the Project plan

Education/Qualifications: Degree / PGD / MBA

Essential experience and skills:

1. 15+ years of experience in tractor/ Automotive/ Industrial industry preferred

2. Project Management

3. Knowledge of Product, manufacturing process & Purchasing processes

Internal: PD, SQE, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, ICT & global PDP colleagues

External: Suppliers & Auditors

• Ability to lead and bring focus and Priority of Advance Purchasing department, Purchasing and SQE towards the Project Goals

• Coordinate Purchasing, SQE and all other functions towards a common Goal, maintaining Purchasing standpoint and following all the processes.

• Possess ability to communicate effectively across levels

• Moves across different business models and cultures with apparent ease

• Possesses intellectual curiosity and has a deep hunger to learn, grow and a willingness to experiment in order to learn.

• High on ethics, integrity and value systems

Management scope (number of full-time employees reporting): NIL

Decision Making Authority: Yes

Annual revenue/work scope (if applicable) : Average part count managed would be 1000+ part Numbers and VTI of 3M$

Other KPI (non-revenue related): PPR Ageing, VTI spend with respect to Budget, Material cost with respect to PA budget

The position is Secondary responsible for following activities

• Ensuring Release of required MIS to stakeholders

• Taking required steps to ensure project milestone are not slipping

• Influence R&D and capture supplier innovation in the products to optimize the propositions and achieve the best value

• Conducting meeting within purchasing function with commodity and SQE for tracking and monitoring part development progress.

Leadership/Team Management Responsibility:

• Project Lead combine harvester - Representing Advance purchasing department, coordinating with leading Commodity and SQE to ensure Priority Suppliers to deliver as per the Project plan

Education/Qualifications: Degree / PGD / MBA

Essential experience and skills:

1. 15+ years of experience in tractor/ Automotive/ Industrial industry preferred

2. Project Management

3. Knowledge of Product, manufacturing process & Purchasing processes

Internal: PD, SQE, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, ICT & global PDP colleagues

External: Suppliers & Auditors

• Ability to lead and bring focus and Priority of Advance Purchasing department, Purchasing and SQE towards the Project Goals

• Coordinate Purchasing, SQE and all other functions towards a common Goal, maintaining Purchasing standpoint and following all the processes.

• Possess ability to communicate effectively across levels

• Moves across different business models and cultures with apparent ease

• Possesses intellectual curiosity and has a deep hunger to learn, grow and a willingness to experiment in order to learn.

• High on ethics, integrity and value systems

Management scope (number of full-time employees reporting): NIL

Decision Making Authority: Yes

Annual revenue/work scope (if applicable) : Average part count managed would be 1000+ part Numbers and VTI of 3M$

Other KPI (non-revenue related): PPR Ageing, VTI spend with respect to Budget, Material cost with respect to PA budget

CNH Industrial