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Senior Manager OPL Mechanical and Electronics

AT Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric

Senior Manager OPL Mechanical and Electronics

Bangalore, India

We invite applications for the role of an Offer Procurement Leader (OPL) in the BU Procurement function for A2E Line of Business (LoB). The incumbent drives sourcing strategy and procurement for the new products, product transfer, and also extends the procurement support to the LoB throughout the life cycle of a product.

The organization has embraced the Agile way of working. In addition to managing New Products, the OPL represents the procurement function within the Leagues or Squads.

The OPL is part of a product development project team that works closely with various members within the Business Proc, such as Engineers, Marketing, Product owners, Industrialization team, etc., and/or the Brand Labeling Management Process (BLMP).

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This role is key to coordinating the procurement activities between Global Supply Chain and the LoB with a focus on growth and meeting technical challenges through innovation/partnership with suppliers.

Main objectives as OPL:

- Achieve purchasing targets for the project (Supplier Sourcing, Cost, Contract Time to Market, etc.)

- Facilitate the make-or-buy decision

- Lead project purchasing activities in collaboration with project team members

- Leverage innovation coming from suppliers (Design or buy, Co-development)

- Lead price negotiations for products, responsible for the final resolution of all contractual agreements

- Monitor project and provide support to solve issues and ensure process compliance is accountable for the end-to-end feasibility of the project

- Contribute proactively to align supplier selection with category strategies (FC/RM)

- Make a strong advanced business continuity plan to reduce the risk of supply chain disruption.

Qualifications

Education: Engineering Bachelor's or Master's degree, MBA is a plus.

Job-Related Experience: Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in a Purchasing/Sourcing team of a Multinational corporation, Experience in project purchasing is mandatory. Candidates from the Electronics /Electromechanical industry with relevant experience are preferred.

Business Understanding: Knowledge of sourcing and supply chain for sheet metal fabricated components & assembly, electronic components, cables, and electromechanical components is desired. I ndustrial product application experience will be a plus. Exposure in managing Brand Labelling is desired.

We invite applications for the Offer Procurement Leader (OPL) in the BU Procurement function for A2E Line of Business (LoB). The incumbent drives sourcing strategy and procurement for the new products, product transfer, and extends procurement support to the LoB throughout the life cycle of a product.

The organization has embraced the Agile way of working. In addition to managing New Products, the OPL represents the procurement function within the Leagues or Squads.

The OPL is part of a product development project team that works closely with various members within the Business Proc, such as Engineers, Marketing, Product owners, Industrialization team, etc., and/or the Brand Labeling Management Process (BLMP).

This role is key to coordinating the procurement activities between Global Supply Chain and the LoB with a focus on growth and meeting technical challenges through innovation/partnership with suppliers.

Main objectives as OPL:

- Achieve purchasing targets for the project (Supplier Sourcing, Cost, Contracts Time to Market, etc.)

- Facilitate the make-or-buy decision

- Lead project purchasing activities in collaboration with project team members

- Leverage innovation coming from suppliers (Design or buy, Co-development)

- Lead price negotiations for products, responsible for the final resolution of all contractual agreements

- Monitor project and provide support to solve issues, and ensure process compliance, is accountable for the end-to-end feasibility of the project

- Contribute proactively to align supplier selection with category strategies (FC/RM)

- Make a strong, advanced business continuity plan to reduce the risk of supply chain disruption.

Business acumen & change leader.

Others: The ability to communicate well in English is mandatory

Multicultural experience

Team player

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 009DEB

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/009DEB?lang=en-us
Employment Type: Full Time