Senior Purchase Manager - Wiring Harness

Job description

Role Objective: The person will be responsible for managing end-to-end Purchase & Supplier Management activities for both plants, ensuring uninterrupted availability of wiring harness components & controlling commercial/cost-related aspects. Key Responsibilities: • Manage procurement of complete wiring harness components • Ensure 100% material availability as per customer production schedules and internal production plans. • Strong experience in handling supplier shortages, line-stop risks, emergency requirements and recovery plans. • Daily monitoring of critical shortages & coordination with suppliers for immediate recovery. • Supplier development, evaluation & performance improvement. • Develop alternate suppliers / sources for critical harness components. • Negotiate price, MOQ, lead time, payment terms and commercial conditions with suppliers. • Drive cost reduction, VA/VE, localization and productivity improvement initiatives. • Monitor supplier capacity, tooling availability, lead time, inventory & delivery performance. • Coordinate with PPC, Engineering, Quality, Stores, Production and Logistics for material planning and availability. • Support new product development, new supplier development and new project sourcing activities. • Experience in managing engineering changes, BOM changes, new part development and supplier readiness. • Coordinate with suppliers for PPAP/APQP requirements, sample development and approval in coordination with Quality/Engineering. • Strong understanding of automotive customer requirements and production schedules. • Handle critical customer escalations related to material shortages and supplier delivery failures. • Prepare and review supplier MIS, shortage reports, delivery performance and recovery plans. • Lead supplier meetings and ensure closure of pending commercial and supply-related actions.