Associate Analyst - Buyer

What you’ll do:

This individual will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the Mobility business, to drive improvements in planning.

Communicates and coordinates with schedulers and SIOP for plan and execution updates.

Understands material requirements and processes requisitions to provide POs to suppliers.

Works closely with external suppliers to ensure on time delivery of material to plant.

Executes exception messages (postponement/anticipation/cancellation of orders) and manage internal escalations.

Monitor KPI of internal teams and provide plan of action to mitigate the risk and stop gaps.

Resolving internal discrepancies with operations and external issues with suppliers (e.g. delivery issues, claims, quality issues etc.)

Works closely with logistics partners and suppliers for material delivery as per incoterms

Evaluates and monitors supply performance (SOTD) and works with suppliers and category managers to implement corrective/preventive actions for on time performance improvement.

Supplier invoice management and support in resolution of holds for timely payments.

Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set for optimized inventory level.

Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and related reverse logistics

Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for Ramp up and Down suppliers.

Maintains relevant purchasing data (specific to Price through SPIR policy) and other purchasing data (e.g., unit price change, supplier lead time, MIN-MAX, FLM, DTS, single/dual sourced, and so on) in collaboration with Data Health and Commodity team

Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximized efficiency.

Resolve Warehouse/Plant Put- away Issues.

Qualifications:

6+ years of relevant experience into Materials Planning / SCM.

Skills:

Should be Graduate with Master’s degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management) Engineering Graduate preferred.

Skills:

Hands on experience in SAP production

Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Deep functional expertise in material planning, MRP, replenishment strategies, and inventory management (Forecast Accuracy, DOH, coverage).

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with a focus on execution and results.