Bosch Home Comfort

Makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment

Global Category Buyer - Deputy Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering, or a Master of Business Administration degree.
Five to eight years of experience in strategic purchasing.
Process knowledge of machined, casting, stamping, and subassembly parts.
Knowledge of SAP Materials Management module.
Experience working with technical documents such as bills of materials, drawings, and norms.
Negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

Serve as the global category buyer responsible for casting, stamping, and metal subassembly commodities.
Mentor assigned suppliers and support localization activities.
Conduct market research for benchmarking.
Select suppliers and award business.
Lead yearly price negotiations and perform cost benchmarking.
Define and execute supplier and material-field strategies.
Drive continuous improvement to deliver better processes and solutions.
Plan supplier capacity and contracting.
Align with Project Purchasing and Logistics teams on capacity planning.
Serve as the single point of contact for commercial topics with suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance, including negotiation results, new product development, quality, and delivery metrics.
Monitor monthly key performance indicators, perform data analytics, and share management information.
Support internal stakeholders and develop supplier and material-field strategies accordingly.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in strategic purchasing with machined, casting, stamping, and subassembly parts process know-how.
Knowledge of SAP Materials Management module.
Experience working with bills of materials, drawings, and norms.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Job Description

Business Responsibilities

Responsible Global Category buyer for Casting, Stamping, Metal sub assembly commodities.
Mentorship of assigned suppliers, Support for localization activity
Conducting market research for benchmarking
Supplier selection and Business awarding
Leading Negotiation (Yearly price negotiation, cost benchmarking knowledge)
Defining and Execution of Supplier and Material field strategy
Continuous improvement mindset to bring in better process and solutions

Delivery Responsibilities

Responsible for capacity planning and contracting at suppliers
Alignment with Project Purchasing and Logistics team for capacity planning

Managerial and Governance Responsibilities

Supplier mentorship (Single point of contact for all commercial related topics
Monitoring of Supplier performance (Nego results, NPD , Quality and delivery metrices)
Monitoring of monthly KPIs, Data analytics and Management info sharing
Support internal stakeholders and develop supplier / Material field strategy accordingly

Qualifications

Engineering (B.E. / B-Tech in Mechanical / Industrial), or MBA

Additional Information

Key Result Areas

Overall Purchasing performance (Negotiation, RPP, Supplier Quality)
Defining and execution of Supplier and Material field strategy

Desired Experience

Experience between 5 to 8 years in strategic purchasing along with Machined, Casting, Stamping Sub assembly parts process know-how.
SAP (MM Module) knowledge
Experience in dealing with Technical documents like BOMs, Drawings and Norms

Functional Skills/Competencies

Negotiation skills
Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
Team player

About the Company

Bosch Home Comfort

Makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment

Bosch Home Comfort makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment for homes, commercial buildings and industrial users. Its portfolio combines electric heat pumps with gas-fired boilers and hybrid systems, giving customers different ways to control building temperatures and supply hot water. The business sells equipment through its brands' sales networks, with products adapted to regional building needs and energy requirements. Its inverter-driven heat pumps adjust compressor output to match demand rather than running constantly at full power. The Bosch business unit was formed through the merger of Bosch and Buderus heating activities in 2004 and is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Wetzlar, Germany
Founded: 2004

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