Purchase Engineer

About the Company

HeR Pursuit is a consulting firm led by an all-women workforce, dedicated to partnering with organizations across India to facilitate quality and timely recruitment. The firm specializes in professional recruitment across diverse industries, operating mainly in Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, and Delhi. This opportunity is offered by one of their esteemed clients in the manufacturing sector located in Chennai.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

• Prepare Price Approval Requests (PAR) for direct material suppliers and secure management approvals.
• Create Purchase Orders (PO) including Development POs, Scheduling Agreements, Import POs, and Capex POs for approved parts and suppliers.
• Manage creation of new material master codes for new parts using standardized templates and coordinate with SAP CTM team.
• Maintain and update new parts quality information by liaising with the quality department.
• Coordinate pricing information updates in the SAP system with the Centralizing Purchasing team and manage series POs for suppliers as required.
• Generate purchase requisitions for direct materials within SAP for development purchase orders.
• Support internal departments by assisting with new Bill of Materials (BOM) for subcontracting tasks.
• Prepare monthly purchasing provisions for direct materials and suppliers, submit to the purchasing head for review, and subsequently to finance.
• Analyze commodity price movements using SIAM reports and coordinate with commodity buyers specialized in casting, forging, and stamping.
• Prepare and update PAR documentation reflecting metal market commodity price fluctuations for direct material suppliers.
• Manage approved pricing information, quotas, window timings, and weight data in SAP for Chennai and Pantnagar plants, coordinating with central purchasing.
• Track monthly commodity price updates from purchasing confirmations and issue timely revised POs to commodity suppliers.
• Coordinate with suppliers to clear delivery and credit notes promptly and update source lists for direct materials in SAP for the Chennai plant.
• Handle supplier debit and credit notes related to commodity price adjustments ensuring submission to finance.
• Manage supplier agreements, credit terms, and sales order booking based on quality, cost, and delivery performance metrics.
• Update D1S - SIS cards for buyer fields weekly and coordinate with suppliers on portal updates.
• Upload supplier contracts, LTAs, terms, and quality certificates on the portal.
• Prepare Capex tooling templates for item and asset codes and coordinate with departments on asset cash flow monitoring.
• Oversee Capex tooling document submissions including GE, GRN, MIRO, and capitalization to finance.
• Follow up with finance regarding supplier payments for tooling and special cases.
• Prepare quarterly TOD reports, review with the purchasing head, and send to suppliers for credit notes.
• Coordinate BOM and non-BOM material code creation and subcontractor assignments in SAP (ZROH & ZMFG).
• Manage new vendor onboarding by obtaining NDAs and ensuring completion of required documentation.
• Oversee vendor master creation after management approvals and liaise with SAP CTM for direct material suppliers.
• Maintain accurate purchase records including PARs, POs, and supplier agreements.
• Collaborate with SAP CTM team to resolve SAP related purchasing issues.
• Prepare data for intercompany procurement workshops and TM4 Dana (DEMco) activities.
• Coordinate and respond to internal audits concerning purchasing documentation and processes.
• Assist in preparation of Annual Operating Plans (AOP) related to model-wise BOM costing submissions.
• Maintain vendor master accuracy and perform document filing and segregation for purchasing materials.
• Ensure management of LTAs, NDAs, and maintenance of approved vendor lists and tooling asset stock transfers.
• Handle PLM engineering deviation changes through service and engineering requests.
• Manage SAP functions specific to production models’ purchasing requirements.
• Plan and release direct material schedules monthly to suppliers aligned with marketing department customer timelines.
• Currently responsible for managing three suppliers with a total of 275 components, ensuring uninterrupted production support by timely materials procurement.
• Facilitate on-time GRN posting and invoice booking in collaboration with finance to ensure prompt supplier payments.
• Provide problem-solving support to internal departments to sustain smooth operations.
• Provide assistance to commodity buyers for casting, forging, stamping, and fasteners for suppliers in Chennai and Pantnagar locations.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should possess a B.Tech or B.E. degree in any engineering specialization.