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 Limited – the flagship company of the Bosch Group in India – Bosch Chassis Systems India Private Limited, Bosch Rexroth (India) Private Limited, Bosch Global Software Technologies, Bosch Automotive Electronics India Private Limited, Bosch Electrical Drives India Private Limited, BSH Home Appliances Private Limited, ETAS Automotive India Private Limited, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Private Limited, Automobility Services and Solutions Private Limited, Newtech Filter India Private Limited and Mivin Engg.Technologies Private Limited. In India, Bosch set-up its manufacturing operation in 1951, which has grown over the years to include 16 manufacturing sites, and seven development and application centers. The Bosch Group in India employs over 30,500 associates and generated consolidated sales of about Rs. 26,827 crores (3.1 billion euros) in fiscal year 2021-22 of which Rs. 24,406 crores (2.8 billion euros) are from consolidated sales to third parties. Bosch Limited is the flagship company of the Bosch Group. It earned revenue of over Rs. 11,782 crores (1.39 billion euros) in fiscal year 2021-22.
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Business Responsibilities

• Responsible Global Category buyer for Casting, Stamping, Metal sub assembly commodities.
• 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 Material field 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 / Material field 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 Material field strategy

Desired Experience

• Experience between 5 to 8 years in strategic purchasing along with Machined, Casting, Stamping Sub assembly parts process know-how.
• SAP (MM Module) knowledge
• Experience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and Norms

Functional Skills/Competencies

• Negotiation skills
• Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player