Global Category Buyer

In India, Bosch is a leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. Additionally, Bosch has in India the largest development center outside Germany, for end to end engineering and technology solutions. The Bosch Group operates in India through twelve companies.  Bosch set-up its manufacturing operation in 1951, which has grown over the years to include 18 manufacturing sites, and seven development and application centers. Bosch Group in India employs over 31,000 associates and generated consolidated revenue of about ₨.21,450 crores* (2.66 billion euros) in 2018 of which ₨. 15,824 crores*(1.96 billion euros) from third party. The Group in India has close to 18,000 research and development associates.

In India, Bosch Limited is the flagship company of the Bosch Group. It earned revenue of over ₨. 12,460 crores (1.54 billion euros) in 2018. Additional information can be accessed at www.bosch.in.

Job Description

Business Responsibilities

• Responsible Global Category buyer for turned , machined & forged parts 
• Mentorship of assigned suppliers, Support for localization activity
• Conducting market research for benchmarking
• Supplier selection and Business awarding
• Leading Negotiation (Yearly price negotiation, cost benchmarking knowledge)
• Defining and Execution of Supplier and category strategy
• Continuous improvement mindset to bring in better process and solutions

Delivery Responsibilities

• Responsible for capacity planning and contracting at suppliers
• Alignment with Project Purchasing  and Logistics team for capacity planning 

Managerial and Governance Responsibilities

• Supplier mentorship (Single point of contact for all commercial related topics)
• Monitoring of Supplier performance (Nego results, NPD , Quality and delivery metrices)
• Monitoring of monthly KPIs, Data analytics and Management info sharing
• Support internal stakeholders and develop supplier / Category strategy accordingly

Engineering (B.E. / B-Tech in Mechanical / Industrial), or MBA

Key Result Areas

 Overall Purchasing performance (Negotiation, RPP, Supplier Quality)

 Defining and execution of Supplier and Category strategy

Desired Experience

 Experience between 4 to 12 years in strategic purchasing along with Turned , machined and forging process know-how. Raw material know how would be added advantage.

 SAP (MM Module) knowledge

 Experience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and Norms

Functional Skills/Competencies

 Negotiation skills

 High level knowledge of Microsoft Office systems like Advanced Excel skills, Excellent presentation skills

 Knowledge of Power BI would be added advantage

 Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills

 Team player

 IT Skills:

o SAP Global

o Microsoft Power BI

Behavioral Competencies:

 Result Orientation

 Future Orientation

 Leading myself

 Communication

 Cooperation

 Business Acumen

 Customer Centricity