Techno Commercial Head - Proprietary Commodity

Scrabble has been mandated to hire a 'Techno Commercial Head' (Properiety Commodity) for a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Delhi.

Responsibilities:

- End to End responsibility related to Supplier actions

- Supplier relationship management, new source identification, techno-commercial assessment & Introduction

- General Purchase agreement & Tooling agreement sign off with suppliers

- Technical review sign off with suppliers including Warranty agreement

- Collaborate with Design & Supplier team for Defining the design philosophy of vehicle

- Cost optimization during design phase, proto planning for ensuring timely validation

- Commercials: hands on experience for ZBC, Cost negotiations, Benchmarking, Cost avoidance & other levers for cost settlement

- Tooling & Part cost optimization

- Packaging & Transportation cost optimization

- Development of Proprietary parts, hands on experience related to APQP with special focus on PPAP & Quality maturation

- Understanding of Tooling & Gauges

- New model introduction & ramp up

- Cost optimization inline with GM & MM project targets, which will help the project to be cost competitive in the market

- Defining supplier capacity as per Annual Plan with an eye on the long term volume projections, this will help in phase wise development & ramp up. Seasonal demands need to be ensured as part of Capacity planning

- Engineering change management with keen focus on all defined deliverables including Obsolescence

- Scientific Scheduling & Procurement of parts from supplier as per Annual plan

- Monitoring supplier performance & related dashboards, Working knowledge on SAP, Inventory management

- PPM monitoring & ensuring necessary Quality gates at supplier end for supply of defined quality product

- Warranty reduction and contingency plans for critical sources

Qualifications:

- Strong exposure in dealing with proprietary commodities suppliers

- Proven expertise in vendor development, audit, NPD & stakeholder management

- At least 10 years of experience working in light commercial vehicle/4 wheeler manufacturing setup.