DH CPC (Refractory & MRO)

Job Description

Job Purpose

.Achieve savings through aggregated procurement (as per Delegation) of MRO items like Refractories, HRCS and Mn. Steel Castings, Woven & Nonwoven Filter Bags, Bearings, Grinding Media, pipes & fittings, OEM Engineering spares ,spares for power generation, plant auxiliary etc for all group cement manufacturing units / project sites and CPP

.Sustain the process of capturing best practices from Industry, our Units or new ideas for process improvement and work with the Function to implement across UTCL and improve the procurement organization (Units + CPC)

.Control Inventory for MRO items at Units through SAP data monitoring & standardization

Job Context & Major Challenges

Job Context:

The Cement Business currently has total 12 integrated manufacturing units, 12 grinding units and 6 bulk terminals (Bela / Siddhi). The business is further expanding and currently coming up with more green /brown field projects (5 sites nearing commissioning). The total installed capacity is 60.15 MTPA and annual procurement value about Rs. 5000-9000 Crores.

The Central Procurement Cell has been developed with a view to provide strategic lead and support to improve the Business competitiveness in terms of quality & cost, knowledge integration, synergy in procurement and remain a major player. CPC focuses on making strategic procurement decisions and policies for the whole group, through aggregating the demand, rationalizing techno-commercially approved vendor base, and analysis of past consumption data. CPC also focuses on timely ordering and delivery of all orders, and maintaining a responsive supply-chain network.

This role is responsible for

a)Procurement / Assist FH for procurement of Mechanical Maintenance, Repair & Operation (MRO) items including Refractories, Grinding media and Castables, etc. as per Delegation Authority (Sole responsibility from Rs. 5 upto Rs. 20 Lac)

b)Coordination and finalization of Rate Contracts for standards products of regular consumable nature.

c)Timely delivery of Refractory for all Kilns, among other items, in the group to ensure timely Shutdown completion.

d)Identify new vendors and Associate with TKIC and Project Cell to seek new products and introduce them with active participation from units.

e)Maximize OEM/Import items substitution through identification and induction of credible suppliers and achieve savings in the process.

Major Challenges

.Manage complex / variety of MRO requirements for Categories under portfolio for 30 running locations and 5 project sites in timely and cost effective manner. Several urgent and critical requirements to be met for Project / Shutdown Schedules.

.Bench mark the major purchases for categories under portfolio within industry as well as outside industry and develop strategies to continuously improve cost against benchmarks.

.Influence Technical departments of different locations to coordinate and club purchases, give trial orders to potential suppliers.

.Influence Commercial departments of all Units to maintain good payment discipline (our key strength)

.Maintain strong leverage over key suppliers for critical support activities (preferential over others competitors)

.Keep updated on new technologies and suppliers through regular industry / supplier/ plant interaction.

.To continuously upgrade and rationalize the vendor base to ensure competitive and quality products and services.

.Team building and skill up-gradation of team members by motivation, imparting on-the-job training and mentoring.

.Manage pressure situations, which are integral part of procurement with numerous stakeholders, based on strong communication skills and solid functional knowledge base.

Key Result Areas