Sr Engineer /Assistant Manager Commodity

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Source, identify, and develop new key global casting, machining, and other commodity suppliers in India.
• Provide regionalization and risk mitigation by delivering sourcing input to ensure continuity and certainty of material supply.
• Actively pursue and execute sourcing strategies aligned to business needs.
• Drive cost savings through negotiation, consolidation, leveraging purchasing power, and the use of e-sourcing tools, with key global supply chain strategic goals as the guiding framework.
• Manage and drive Global Supply Chain scorecards and matrices, including quality, speed, and cost.
• Meet supplier performance targets for quality, delivery, lead time, and cost across key commodities for both new and existing product programs.
• Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to support business and operational requirements.
• Lead supplier capability improvements focused on quality, delivery, capacity, and cost competitiveness.
• Support resolution of supplier supply chain challenges and help improve supplier manufacturing and business processes.
• Identify, research, and implement new materials and manufacturing technologies to strengthen the company’s competitive position.
• Lead supplier development activities and align efforts with key internal and global stakeholders.
• Support and participate, as assigned, in division/corporate programs including NMI, DPO, Best Cost Country sourcing, Direct Buy initiatives, Reverse Auctions, Corporate negotiations, Inflation Model, Parts Analysis, and Contract management, etc.
• Support world area sites as needed by providing pricing data, lead-times, samples, catalogues, new designs, and market trends.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance, Development Engineering, and Marketing to clarify specifications and ensure accurate understanding of project requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with critical suppliers to ensure sustained focus on total quality and cost effectiveness.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business priorities and drive improvement across key performance matrices.
• Participate in key projects and initiatives that uncover and deliver supply chain improvement opportunities.
• Plan and conduct regular business reviews with key suppliers to ensure alignment on goals and business direction.
• Provide management with recurring recommendations and updates on commodity matrix performance and related commodity strategies for the future.
• Assist tactical buyers with issue resolution and provide procedural guidance.
  
  

Who You Are:

You build strong partnerships and align stakeholders around shared objectives. You proactively identify opportunities and respond effectively to challenges. You make well-informed decisions using data and business insights, while balancing risk and business priorities. You influence others effectively and deliver results through collaboration and strong execution.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, with 5-8 years of experience in supplier development & management and have experience in commodities like castings, Forging Machining commodities
• Strong technical skills and Good understanding of manufacturing processes of. Casting, Machining, Forging, Metal Forming.
• Should be familiar with the cost estimation and possess strong negotiation skills.
• Comfortable functioning in a highly matrixed organization.
• Excellent project management skills from strategic sourcing to operational execution.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English & MS office tools.
  
  

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are energized by a spirit of collaboration that enables our diverse, multicultural teams worldwide to deliver innovation that helps make the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. We invite you to join us as we pursue our bold ambition.

We’ve built an engaged community of curious, committed people who thrive on knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex challenges—for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll help drive this important work while continuing to develop your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a committed corporate citizen in every city where we operate, dedicated to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and work to create a positive impact through every effort.

At Emerson, you’ll see clearly that our people are at the core of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Look for opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go together.