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Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.
We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!
Job Description
Job Summary:
Buyer coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing, engineering, and project teams to acquire inventory. Perform cost analysis and volume planning. Monitors the cost, schedule, and scope of assigned purchase requisitions to assure quality and at the best value. May gather quotations and evaluate them to determine supplier. Provide solutions for supply interruptions, including finding appropriate alternate suppliers. Produce appropriate Supplier contact and correspondence. Analyse information, systems, and personnel to arrive at sound conclusions and directives. Develop and energize people through sharing ideas and mentoring. Provide effective and timely verbal or. Collaborate with sourcing team to execute commodity strategy and tactics.
You will report to PCA Lead
You will work in Onsite work mode based in our Chennai plant in Kancheepuram, India.
Your Responsibilities:PO Management
- Responsible for parts setup in SAP including pricing update, source list update, lot size, lead time.
- Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing and sourcing departments to acquire supplies in a cost-effective.
- Procure materials, components, equipment and services following our needs.
- Monitor the cost, delivery schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value.
- Collaborate with suppliers and partners (Manufacturing, Quality, Sourcing, Planning, or Delivery) to deal with PO related issues.
- Maintain Accounts Payable PO price exception report and resolve invoicing discrepancies following company policy and system requirements.
- Monitor and process PO cancellations and holds
Supplier Management
- Trouble shooting with suppliers on delivery.
- Work with suppliers and multiple departments regarding procurement Policy & Procedures.
- Monitor suppliers' overall performance and facilitating supplier review (Not limited to Quarterly Business Review) to improve supplier performance.
Continuous Improvements
- Support improvement tasks/projects to make breakthroughs in supply management.
- Identify purchasing best practices and lead these best practices into the Rockwell strategic sourcing toolkit.
- Implement Lean Supply Chain (Consignment/VMI) through Familiarity with Company Procedures.
- Procedures include Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the Rockwell Automation information network.
- Bachelor's degree, Engineering degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of procurement responsibilities having manufacturing plant working experience.
- Have Good track record in productivity contribution and process optimization. Lean knowledge.
- Have Good procurement experience for Overseas/Domestic suppliers is required.
- Have experience on procurement (e.g., supply chain, contract, supplier management, operation)
- Manage current procurement procedure execution while also identifying process improvements.
- Identify corrective actions for issues. Lead solutions to correct issues.
- Investigate supplier performance and find improvement opportunities.
- Analyse process efficiency by using technologies such as Power BI.
Our benefits package includes …
- Comprehensive mindfulness programmes with a premium membership to Calm
- Company volunteer and donation matching programme – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Personalised wellbeing programmes through our OnTrack programme
- On-demand digital course library for professional development
... and other local benefits!
At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
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