Assistant / Deputy Manager - Procurement

About Us

Hyva Group is a leading global provider of innovative and highly efficient transport solutions for the commercial vehicle and environmental service industries. The company is committed to the development, production, marketing and distribution of components used in hydraulic loading and unloading systems on trucks and trailers. Its products are used worldwide across a range of sectors including transport, construction, mining, materials handling and environmental services providers.

Founded in 1979, the company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn in The Netherlands and operates in more than 110 countries with over 3,500 employees around the world. The Hyva Group encompasses more than 30 subsidiaries globally, with an extraordinary sales and service coverage and 14 production facilities in Brazil, China, Germany, India, and Italy, with more than 20,000 customers.

About The Role

To play the vital role of Commodity (Sheetmetal, Fabrication, Capex, Paint, Electrical, Imports, Rubber & Plastic) Buyer, to minimise the Hyva India overall purchasing costs without compromising quality or reliability of supply. Strategic understanding of the supply base marketplace.

To Plan, direct, and monitor all procurement activities so that the goods, materials, supplies, and services the Hyva India buys meet its standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.

Your key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Expert knowledge in the management of all strategic sourcing activities in respective categories on regional/global commodities
• Purchases materials, supplies, and services by developing, soliciting, and analysing supplier quotations. Coordinates activities with other departments to assure proper delivery, quality, reliability, and low-cost consistency. Documents and maintains necessary records and files
• Define, enforce strategies and policies concerning his categories
• Cross functional responsibilities with internal stakeholders: Design, Supply chain, SQ&D & quality teams & support functions
• Develops and/or supports in developing strategies and solutions to continuously improve cost levels, stable sources of supply, high quality of commodities and other governing factors related to the Purchasing Department and adjacent areas
• Ability to analyse market trends and systems technology related to job. Works closely with the Global team and Engineering to recommend new product developments. Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives
• Work directly with operations to improve order quantities, payment terms, consignment, and other critical items

 Key Responsibilities:

• Manage supply base (Identification, evaluation, approval & development of strategic supplier)
• Elaborate & execute the process & systems strategy & roadmap
• Sign off Long Term Purchasing Agreements, containing Framework agreements (FWA) based on our Hyva Purchasing Documents (HPD), Operational Guidelines
• Responsible for supplier management strategy (4 Box)
• Work with suppliers to develop continuous improvement plans and metrics to monitor performance
• Work to achieve day-to-day objectives with significant impact on operational results within area of work. Works independently under limited supervision
• Demonstrated performance in working cross-functionally and/or within a matrix organization and working independently to obtain results
• Monitors commodity-impacting market trends to establish insight for strategy development, execution, and risk mitigation
• Develop, lead the groundwork for cost-out direct material initiatives
• Manage monthly and/or quarterly supplier reviews with the intent of continuously improving supplier performance
• Assists in the development and executes implementation of commodity strategies in collaboration with engineering, sales, and manufacturing team members
• Develop long term supplier relationships through regular performance reviews and continually drive cost improvements
• Keeping costing sheets for all raw materials (BOM) & other items with break-up & monitor the same on monthly basis
• Completion of PPAP for New Part Development as per timeline
• 100% system compliance to ISO & Global Purchasing Policies

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Graduate Engineer preferably mechanical or automobile with 6-8 years of experience in Sourcing/Procurement function in auto component or capital equipment Industry
• Very good understanding of various commodities like Sheetmetal, Fabrication, Capex, Paint, Electrical, Imports, Rubber & Plastic.
• Knowledge of Program management will be added advantage
• Techno Commercial
• Exposure of Microsoft Office
• Exposure of ERP
• Good communication skills
• Good Negotiation Skills
• High achievement orientation