• Production-Support Procurement: Collaborate directly with the production team to identify
material requirements across 250+ active vendors spanning consumable and indirect
categories — including industrial lubricants, LPG, oxygen, safety gloves, PPE, and other MRO
items. Convert confirmed production demand into formal Purchase Requisitions (PRs) via SAP
MM, ensuring category-level accuracy, specification alignment, and budget compliance.
• Commodity Management: Maintain a structured commodity matrix for indirect materials,
ensuring a minimum of three qualified vendors per part/category to sustain supply continuity
and competitive pricing benchmarks across all consumable and production-support items.
• RFQ Management & Vendor Outreach: Prepare and issue detailed RFQs to shortlisted
vendors, specifying material type, grade, quantity, quality standards, and delivery timelines.
Coordinate vendor responses and consolidate quotation data across multiple suppliers into
structured comparison reports, ready for management review and sourcing decision-making.
• Vendor Comparison & Cost Analysis: Develop comprehensive vendor comparison sheets
benchmarking submitted quotes against historical pricing, market rates, and QCLDM (Quality,
Cost, Logistics, Development & Management) criteria. Produce ready-to-use cost analysis
reports that enable data-driven selection of the most competitive and compliant supplier.
• SAP Ariba Auction Execution: Conduct forward and reverse auctions on SAP Ariba for
procurement requirements exceeding ₹1 lakh — managing the full process: vendor invitation,
auction scheduling, live event monitoring, and post-auction R1 price update — directly
contributing to cost reduction targets and improved supplier competitiveness.
• PO Creation & Lifecycle Coordination: Post auction completion, update R1 pricing in the
system and initiate Purchase Orders for the L1 (lowest qualifying) vendor via SAP MM (ME21N).
Manage the full PO lifecycle: vendor acknowledgement → internal approval → PO release →
ASN tracking → delivery confirmation, maintaining 100% procurement documentation
accuracy.
• Payment & Delivery Follow-Up: Track material delivery against committed schedules and
coordinate with the finance team for timely invoice processing and vendor payment —
ensuring supplier confidence, contract compliance, and zero disruption to production
schedules.
• Power BI Reporting: Leverage Power BI to generate procurement analytics reports —
including vendor spend summaries, PR-to-PO cycle time tracking, and category-level cost
trend dashboards — supporting management visibility and continuous improvement
initiatives.
- Company industry:
- Automotive Manufacture