Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

The role of Strategic Sourcing Manager is within the Electrical and Electronics (E/E1) group at Strategic Support Unit (SSU) at M&M. E/E1 group is central sourcing organization within SSU catering to Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Farm, Trucks/Buses, Construction, Two-wheeler, and Powerol businesses.

The candidate will be responsible for managing commercials for the assigned commodities from RFI/RFQ stage, business award, and prototype through serial production. This role is a vital in keeping M&M abreast of all technology disruptions and maintaining technology pre-eminence of our platforms in our strategic markets.

• Keep abreast of technology trends, monitor industry dynamics, and understand the technology roadmap of critical suppliers and communicate it within org via. Commodity Strategy, DSS, and Tech-Shows
• Negotiate and structure commercial contracts with suppliers to ensure competitiveness in parts, development, and software costs, data ownership, localization plans, etc.
• Develop competencies such as component demystification, etc.
• Track the BOM cost for assigned commodities pre- and post - SOP
• Integration with internal stakeholders such as PD, IMCR, CDMM etc to ensure suppliers meet program milestones, delivering material on-time and quality, and implement cost savings opportunities via VA/VE
• Compliance of Ethics and Integrity policies as well as demonstration of Sourcing behaviours.

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechatronics Engg

General Experience

4-6 yrs. experience in Strategic Sourcing - Electronics domain in Automotive industry / Semiconductor companies / Electronics Products startup companies or Broad range of exposure across various high-tech commodities

Critical Experience

• Strong business acumen, negotiations, analytical, and critical thinking, and communication
• Strategic sourcing & pricing background in electronics or strong candidate with technical knowledge in Infotainment / Display / Telematics etc

System Generated Core Skills

System Generated Secondary Skills