Director/General Manager - Procurement - Construction Equipment

Director/GM - Procurement (16-24 yrs)

#Procurement Head #Procurement #Sourcing Head #Sourcing

JOB STATEMENT :

Develop and manage the Minerals and SVS (Services) strategic procurement function for India, specifically the procurement strategy and operational, category and supplier development. Position has heavy interface with the country's various site operational heads of procurement and is supported strongly by the Global BL/ Global HOP, Global Category Team, Global Procurement. other Minerals and SVS country HOPs and Global Procurement VP.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Working with, and at the direction from, the BL/PL, HOP and Global Category Team to develop supply strategy in-line with the overall BL/PL strategy.

- Owns the procurement supply/sourcing strategy implementation and results by using the Minerals and SVS Global Procurement Category and Support teams, and the various BL/PL QA and other support teams. Includes equipment projects, standard equipment, services, parts, export, internal and indirect spend.

- Supports and drives the Global procurement process implementation and compliance, and strategic day-to-day procurement success.

- Ensures procurement activities meet Legal and Policy compliance.

- Ensures sustainability development within responsibility area

- Interfaces with other HOP to ensure synergies where possible.

- Assists and develops procurement functionality training and development programs, as well as employee training and development, as required.

- Builds the procurement organization and manages them efficiently under policies, procedures and financial budget requirement. Includes not only procurement, but in certain cases also QA and Logistics.

- Supports supplier approval and removal policies and procedures.

- Strong supplier contract negotiation leadership skills.

- Follows Global limits of Authority policy.

- Other related and associated procurement support projects and duties.

Other Position Requirements :

- Prepare and send Reports of related finished products to Management

- Attend to the internal requirements of the Management Team.

- Demonstrates cooperative team effort within work group. Works effectively with other groups and departments, internal or external. Demonstrates respect for others and acts in an appropriate and professional manner.

- Assesses and prioritizes work requirements; develops and executes plans in a timely manner and accepts advice and/or direction well.

- Be able to perform extensive travel, with short notice. Destinations are global

- Be able to perform extended stays to perform the duties of the position. Extended stays are subject to accommodations as deemed, by the company, reasonable for the circumstances.

- Manage interaction with various cultures.

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL INTERFACES:

- All internal departments

- External service providers, as appropriate

POSITION SPECIFICATION :

- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, competency and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE :

- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or equivalent required; Post graduate studies in procurement preferred.

- Minimum of 16-20 years experience in business and procurement functions, with demonstrated increasing roles. Ten (10) years at management level, especially in a western, matrix business environment.

- Five (5) years experience in Mining and Construction heavy industries, or similar heavy industries.

- Superior organizational and analytical skills are essential.

- In addition to local language reading, writing and speaking skills; English language reading, writing and speaking skills at a professional level.

- Strong knowledge of the business functions of sales, supply, engineering, finance, human resources, business systems and IT infrastructure. Experience with SAP ERP environmental preferred.

- Must maintain valid passport and ability to secure required Visa's for travel to legally accepted locations globally.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

- Be willing to actively engage in problem solving opportunities.

- A high level of computer skills is essential - Excel, Word and PowerPoint plus knowledge of Outlook

- Highly motivated individual with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

- Strong drive and performance orientation skills required.

- Strong communication skills, plus co-operation, interpersonal and presentation skills to manage internal and external interfaces.

- High sense of urgency.

- Regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Frequently required to stand and walk, and occasionally required to climb, balance or stoop. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

- Ability to read literature and listen to other employees.

- Use of telephone, personal computer, calculator, copier and other office equipment.