Category Manager - India

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Overview:

The Ingersoll Rand Commodity Manager manages Regional /Global Commodity Strategy, Commodity Market intelligence & materials procurement process through working with vendor team leads to sustain delivery of products, assembly processes, and services to meet business requirements. Driving cost and time effective delivery of quality components through key vendor relationships is critical. This position is responsible for the timely planning and securing of supplies to meet business requirements. The role is key to leading the Company forward in securing quality suppliers of materials and components covering price, delivery and quality targets

Responsibilities:

• Lead category /commodity segment under India region and drive Category management actions for the region.
• Consistently and effectively source materials to meet demand plans;
• Demonstrate procurement work performance through criteria related to quality, availability, and cost of materials necessary to meet business requirements;
• Negotiation, and support of vendor contracts, service level agreements, and performance measurement programs related to materials/assembly acquisition;
• Develop business relationships with suppliers that enable long term optimized support of company requirements to reduce cost and improve service;
• Identify and drive proactive cost reduction opportunities
• Provide direct input and utilization of respective data in ERP system, to drive the appropriate system knowledge, procurement work performance results, and meet planning demands of the business;
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve methodologies and their application to assigned business processes while maintaining the long-term sustainability of these processes.
• Provide detailed data, information, and reports related to plans / results of procurement activities
• Work with Accounts Payable and Receiving to resolve any invoicing and receiving issues
   

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive global sourcing experience & strong negotiation skills
• Contracting, pricing, supply chain/sourcing strategies
• Must possess demonstrated work experience to work with outsourced manufacturing suppliers and procurement teams to drive problem resolution, VMI / SOMI implementation, quality processes, and effective source cost analysis

• Review long lead time and unique components to ensure product availability
• Demonstrated success in supplier management, cost reduction & inventory management
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with associated procurement based technical knowledge

• Strong personal computer application usage skills are required (Desktop office and ERP systems applications)
• Must be able to work in an environment of short notice changes, and tolerate interruptions
• Direct experience with Oracle/ SAP ERP Business Systems and related procurement transactions desired
• CPIM, and/or other certifications a plus
• Testing Knowledge – Chemical & mechanical properties, structure analysis,

Location: Bangalore, Chennai or Coimbatore.     
Percentage of Travel: 60%
Min. Yrs. Experience: `15+ years
Education Standard: Technical Degree
Education Type: BE in Mechanical- Casting & Machining   (Ferrous & Al casting)

Key Competencies:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Supply Chain Acumen – Understands the key value creation processes within the Procurement function and the role of category manager plays.
• Project Management – Identifies resource needs, develops project plan, and drives project execution.
• Business Thinking/Strategizing –Demonstrates regional knowledge of suppliers, industry trends and new process/technology.
• Problem Solving - Understands and can execute the “three root cause approach” to problem solving – demonstrated ability to lead corrective action plan implementation and validation.
• Relationship Management - Works collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels.

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