Senior Professional - Strategic Sourcing

About Us: Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. Job Description: Position Summary The Senior Professional - Strategic Sourcing Role is responsible to develop & deploy robust India sourcing - supply base strategies for mechanical commodities (especially fabricated & machined parts, assemblies) used in building paper and packaging machineries.   The Senior Professional - Strategic Sourcing has to optimize & grow India regional direct materials spend / savings by effectively partnering with business functions to understand the needs, opportunities and accordingly deliver right sourcing solutions from India regional supply base.  The Senior Professional - Strategic Sourcing has to play a pivotal role in driving improved supply base performance (quality, delivery, responsiveness, cost) and greater supply chain resilience / reliability / predictability by seamlessly executing following key deliverables… a) Identify, evaluate, develop highly capable - high performing suppliers b) Consolidate spend and thereby mitigate high risk suppliers c) Continuously analyze market trends & establish business beneficial contracts / agreements with supply base d) Dynamically enhance capabilities, capacities, flexibility in supply base / supply chain e) Build long term relationships with suppliers, internal stakeholders This position will be based out of BW GCC Chennai office and shall report to India GCC Supply Chain Director Key Responsibilities / Deliverables  Develop & Deploy Mechanical Commodity Sourcing Strategy aligning with business goals Supplier Sourcing & Evaluation : Understand sourcing needs and scout-screen-short list suppliers Conduct comprehensive assessments (Capability, Capacity, Techno commercial, EHS, QMS, Financials etc) Execute RFIs / RFPs / RFQs and evaluate supplier proposals using total cost of ownership (TCO) models. Contract Finalization :  Negotiate favorable pricing, leadtimes, payment terms, SLAs, general terms & conditions, stocking program, KPIs with new and existing “grow”, “maintain” suppliers Supplier Qualification & Onboarding : Lead & drive product & process qualifications, business integration Lead & drive supply base spend consolidation, grow – maintain – exit strategies. Spend Analysis :  Routinely analyse spend data, monitor market trends – macro/micro economic indicators to continuously identify, report cost- lead time - supply chain optimization opportunities and risks