Birla Carbon Hiring for Procurement Manager at Maharashtra, India Full Time

• Job Context & Major Challenges (What are the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge in the context of the Unit/Dpt.?)
• (1) MRO: Identification of high value products. Co-ordination of requirement with all business units with an objective to secure long-term savings. Identification and selection of supplier partners for such contracts. Facilitating technical engagements and lead commercial engagements with the potential partners. Finalisation of contract(s). Facilitating trials &/or sample approvals. Swift on-boarding of the new supplier-partners. Addressing concerns / grievances of suppliers and / or user teams during execution.
• (2) CAPEX:
• (a) Annual Capex: Seeking CAPEX projections, identifying products with potential for centralised finalisation. Joint Technical closures. Commercial finalisation and contracting.
• (b) Project Capex: Bidder identification. Technical Closures. Commercial finalisation and contracting. Ascertaining contract performance
• Renewals of ongoing MRO Rate Agreements within validity
• Connect with the procurement teams, Engineering teams and UHs to seek
• the consumption projections (quantity / timelines) of the identified MRO category.
• performance feedback of the incumbent suppliers
• Validate the projections. Consolidate the projections. Analyze the spending.
• Engage with the suppliers for commercial finalization.
• Approvals
• Processing LOIs/ Rate Agreements
• Periodic monitoring of supplier performance.

20 %

• Identification of new categories for rate agreements and processing the contracts, alternative Product / Supplier Development for MRO categories
• Analyzing SAP Data to identify MRO categories with potential for centralized finalization. Undertaking processes through periodic monitoring of supplier performance.
• Engaging with Unit Engineering and Maintenance teams for identifying products where the performance of incumbent suppliers is not satisfactory.
• Undertaking research for identifying, screening, and evaluating potential partners.
• Initiating and facilitating technical engagements with the potential partner and the unit team identified for pilot
• Commercial engagements for trial orders / pilot lots. Approvals and ordering.
• Monitoring the performance of the product / supplier for trial order / pilot lot.
• Scaling up the business to replace incumbent products / supplier gradually

30 %

• CAPEX procurement for units and projects.
• CAPEX for Units
• Engage with the Capex-budgeting team to seek and obtain the CAPEX plan.
• Identify CAPEX proposals (above a certain threshold – TBD) for finalization
• Initiating and facilitating technical engagements with the potential partner and the unit team.
• Commercial engagements and finalization.
• Approvals and LOI /PO
• Monitoring the supplier and product performance.
• CAPEX for Projects.
• Engage with the Projects Engineering team to seek RFQ
• Technical engagements with the bidders and the Projects Engineering team.
• Commercial engagements and finalization.
• Approvals and LOI /PO
• Monitoring the supplier and product performance.

50 %