Senior Manager - IT Procurement Category

Software Engineer

Cloud Engineering Manager

Specialist, Application Monitoring & Dashboard Analytics (VP2)

Account Manager

Senior Manager – Technology Transformation

Customer Engineer

Manager - Sourcing (Marketing)

Finance Analyst III (Plant Operations)

Supervisor Supply Chain

Role Description: <ul><li>The Senior Manager – IT Procurement Category Management is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and category management across Information Technology.</li><li>The role owns the end-to-end IT category strategy, including spend and demand analysis, market intelligence, business case assessment, strategic sourcing, contract development, supplier relationship management and value delivery.</li><li>The position works closely with technology and corporate stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into effective sourcing strategies and commercially competitive contracts.</li><li>The successful candidate will bring strong IT procurement expertise across Software, SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure, Managed Services, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and IT Professional Services, with a focus on cost optimisation, service resilience, information security, data protection, compliance and total cost of ownership.</li></ul> Responsibilities: IT Category Leadership <ul><li>Lead category strategies and sourcing across Software and SaaS, Cloud and Hosting, IT Infrastructure, End-user Technology, Networks, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, Managed Services and IT Professional Services.</li><li>Evaluate commercial and licensing models, including subscriptions, consumption-based pricing, enterprise agreements, perpetual licensing, support and maintenance.</li><li>Work with technology stakeholders to assess technical requirements, scalability, interoperability and service resilience.</li><li>Develop Statements of Work (SOWs), deliverables, acceptance criteria, SLAs, service credits, milestones and payment structures.</li><li>Apply total cost of ownership and lifecycle costing to technology procurement decisions.</li></ul> Strategic Sourcing &amp; Commercial Negotiations <ul><li>Lead complex IT sourcing projects from initial requirements and market engagement through tendering, supplier selection, contract award and implementation.</li><li>Develop appropriate sourcing strategies, including competitive tenders, framework agreements, multi-supplier arrangements and direct negotiations.</li><li>Lead high-value commercial negotiations covering pricing, licensing, service levels, risk allocation, liability, intellectual property, data protection and contractual exit provisions.</li><li>Identify supplier and technology risks, including vendor concentration, technology lock-in, cybersecurity, service continuity and obsolescence.</li></ul> Spend Analysis &amp; Cost Optimisation <ul><li>Analyse IT spend, demand, utilisation and consumption to identify cost-saving opportunities.</li><li>Establish and monitor savings and cost-avoidance targets.</li><li>Lead business cases, commercial assessments and total cost of ownership evaluations.</li><li>Develop pricing benchmarks, should-cost models and commercial scenarios.</li><li>Drive demand management, licence optimisation, supplier consolidation and standardisation initiatives.</li></ul> Market Intelligence &amp; Category Strategy <ul><li>Monitor technology market trends, supplier capabilities, commercial models and regulatory developments.</li><li>Evaluate supplier financial stability, delivery capabilities, market positioning and product roadmaps.</li><li>Develop and maintain IT category strategies, sourcing roadmaps, supplier segmentation and governance frameworks.</li><li>Conduct category reviews and quarterly business reviews, tracking cost, service, risk, innovation and compliance.</li></ul> Stakeholder &amp; Supplier Management <ul><li>Act as the primary procurement partner for designated technology stakeholders.</li><li>Engage with senior technology leadership and advise on sourcing strategies, commercial options and supplier risks.</li><li>Collaborate with IT, Finance, Legal, Information Security, Data Privacy, Enterprise Architecture and Contract Management teams.</li><li>Lead strategic supplier selection, onboarding, performance management and executive-level supplier relationships.</li><li>Monitor contractual obligations, service levels, renewal timelines and supplier improvement plans.</li></ul> People Management &amp; Governance <ul><li>Lead, coach and develop a team of IT procurement professionals.</li><li>Establish team objectives and strengthen capabilities in sourcing, negotiations, contracting, analytics and supplier governance.</li><li>Ensure compliance with procurement policies, sourcing procedures, delegated authority and financial controls.</li><li>Drive continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration and operational excellence.</li></ul> Financial Accountability <ul><li>Manage an IT procurement category spend portfolio of approximately AED 800 million.</li><li>Drive cost reduction, cost avoidance, demand optimisation and measurable value delivery.</li><li>Ensure compliance with approved budgets, financial controls and savings-tracking requirements.</li></ul> Requirements: Qualifications &amp; Experience Education <ul><li>Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline.</li><li>A postgraduate or advanced degree is preferred.</li></ul> Experience <ul><li>8–12+ years of experience in procurement or category management, with substantial exposure to IT procurement.</li><li>3–5+ years in leadership roles managing complex, high-value IT procurement programmes.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in developing and executing IT category strategies.</li><li>Proven track record in managing IT contracts, supplier negotiations, savings delivery and commercial risk.</li><li>Experience working with senior technology stakeholders is essential.</li><li>Middle East or UAE experience is advantageous but not mandatory.</li></ul> Preferred Certifications <ul><li>CIPS or ISM CPSM.</li><li>ITIL, COBIT, FinOps, Software Asset Management, Cloud or Cybersecurity certifications.</li><li>PMP, PRINCE2 or Lean Six Sigma certifications are advantageous.</li><li>5. Technical Skills &amp; Competencies</li><li>IT procurement and technology category management.</li><li>Strategic sourcing and complex commercial negotiations.</li><li>Software, SaaS, Cloud and IT Infrastructure procurement.</li><li>Cybersecurity, Telecommunications and Managed Services procurement.</li><li>Supplier relationship and performance management.</li><li>IT commercial models, software licensing and contract management.</li><li>Spend analysis, financial modelling and total cost of ownership.</li><li>Statements of Work (SOWs), SLAs, KPIs and performance-based contracting.</li><li>Procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba and Coupa.</li><li>Contract law, information security, data privacy and risk management.</li><li>Project and change management.</li><li>6. Behavioural Competencies</li><li>Strategic thinking and commercial acumen.</li><li>Strong communication and presentation skills.</li><li>Stakeholder management and influencing ability.</li><li>Leadership, coaching and team development.</li><li>Customer focus and solution-oriented thinking.</li><li>Collaboration and relationship building.</li><li>Innovation and continuous improvement.</li><li>Strong execution and accountability.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: As a member of our Software &amp; Platform Engineering team, you will:&nbsp; <ul><li>Develop traditional and serverless applications and services in an agile and collaborative environment using source control that integrate with data storage services/message buses and other architectural elements&nbsp;</li><li>Deploy these applications using features such as containers to the cloud, leveraging CI/CD to support this process, backed with good observability when running these in production&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure quality through the creation of documentation and use of unit/integration/contract testing with a consideration of security/performance requirements.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: As a Software Engineer, you will:&nbsp; <ul><li>Design, develop, and implement cutting-edge digital applications to address unique business challenges across various industries.&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative and effective solutions.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop both traditional and serverless applications in an agile and collaborative environment, integrating with data storage services, message buses, and other architectural elements.&nbsp;</li><li>Use modern deployment methods, such as containers and cloud services, supported by CI/CD pipelines and strong production observability.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure high-quality outcomes through robust documentation and comprehensive testing (unit, integration, and contract testing), considering security, accessibility, and performance requirements.&nbsp;</li></ul> We are looking for experience in the following skills:&nbsp; <ul><li>Industry experience in one of following: Java / Typescript / C# / Python / Go.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience with Cloud Native technologies on AWS.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in building automation tools to support CI/CD pipelines. Set yourself apart:&nbsp;</li><li>A creative and analytical approach to problem-solving.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex technical issues.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in diverse teams.&nbsp;</li><li>Proven experience shaping and delivering work across small to medium-sized projects&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in Financial Services.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise cloud platforms across Microsoft Azure (primary), AWS, and GCP, including landing zones, networking, platform services, and secure cloud foundations.</li><li>Build and maintain standardized delivery pathways, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) modules, GitOps practices, and environment automation to enable consistent, scalable, and compliant deployments.</li><li>Drive an automation-first engineering model, reducing manual intervention through policy-as-code, automated workflows, AI-assisted engineering, and agent-based execution of routine operational activities.</li><li>Develop and mature AIOps capabilities, including anomaly detection, intelligent alert correlation, automated remediation, and measurable reduction of operational toil.</li><li>Design and operate infrastructure supporting enterprise AI workloads, including GPU/accelerated compute, managed AI services, model serving and inference endpoints, vector and retrieval services, and secure AI landing zones.</li><li>Partner with Data &amp; AI teams to provide scalable, secure infrastructure for AI solutions while managing capacity, quotas, workload isolation, and AI infrastructure consumption and cost reporting.</li><li>Lead cloud reliability, observability, and resilience, establishing service level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, metrics, logging, tracing, recovery playbooks, and validated RTO/RPO requirements.</li><li>Implement cloud security, identity, and compliance guardrails through secure baselines, policy-as-code, workload identities, privileged access controls, and Microsoft Entra ID integration.&nbsp;</li><li>Maintain platform compliance with applicable data protection and industry standards, including GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2, in partnership with Global Cybersecurity and other governance teams.</li><li>Execute FinOps and cloud optimization initiatives, including tagging and cost allocation, rightsizing, scheduling, storage optimization, reservations, savings plans, committed spend, forecasting, and consumption reporting.</li><li>Support the organizations cloud-first transformation, including modernization and consolidation of VMware workloads and rationalization of AWS and GCP environments around strategic business requirements.</li><li>Lead and develop a globally distributed cloud engineering team, establishing engineering standards, structured code and design reviews, operational discipline, continuous learning, and accountability for cloud providers and engineering partners.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.</li><li>10+ years of progressive cloud and infrastructure engineering experience, including at least 3 years leading engineering teams with accountability for production platform services.</li><li>Expert-level, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, with demonstrated experience building and operating environments across AWS and GCP.</li><li>Deep experience with platform engineering and infrastructure-as-code, including Terraform, Bicep, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, landing zones, and automated provisioning.</li><li>Demonstrated experience implementing cloud automation and AI-enabled operations, including AIOps, AI-assisted engineering, or agent-based automation.</li><li>Hands-on experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure, including GPU/accelerated compute, managed AI services, model serving, or AI workload platforms.</li><li>Strong production experience with Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, or GKE), cloud security, identity, observability, and reliability practices.</li><li>Experience leading distributed engineering teams and supporting highly available, business-critical technology environments.</li></ul> Preferred Skills <ul><li>Professional certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, CKA, Terraform Associate, or FinOps Certified Practitioner.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, workload identity, privileged access, Conditional Access, zero-trust principles, and policy-as-code.</li><li>Experience with observability and SRE practices, including Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, SLOs, and error budgets.</li><li>Working knowledge of FinOps, cloud cost optimization, tagging strategies, reservations, savings plans, and consumption reporting.</li><li>Experience migrating and modernizing VMware and on-premises workloads into cloud environments.</li><li>Experience leading global teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.</li><li>Experience within aviation, transportation, logistics, field operations, or other 24/7/365 operational environments.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Gather and analyze user requirements for dashboard, monitoring, and reporting enhancements.</li><li>Design, develop, and maintain operational dashboards and monitoring solutions based on business and technical requirements.</li><li>Create, modify, and optimize queries to extract, analyze, and present data for business and operational reporting.</li><li>Develop reports and analytics that provide actionable insights into system performance, availability, and operational health.</li><li>Support and administer enterprise monitoring tools such as Splunk and Geneos.</li><li>Troubleshoot monitoring alerts, dashboard discrepancies, and reporting-related issues.</li><li>Participate in system implementation, enhancement, testing, and deployment activities.</li><li>Ensure compliance with organizational standards, governance, and audit requirements.</li><li>Prepare and maintain technical documentation, user guides, and operational procedures.</li><li>To identify area of monitoring coverage to be improved; and work with relevant teams to enable monitoring solution to improve monitoring coverage.</li><li>To identify area of triage efficiency to be improved; and work with relevant teams to implement solution to improve triage efficiency.</li><li>To identify area of automation of service recovery ability to be improved; and work with relevant teams to implement solution to automate service recovery ability.</li><li>To work with various stakeholders (i.e., service automation, level 2 (group) and level 3 production support etc) to implement application monitoring, service end-to-end dashboard, and automation of service recovery.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Strong hunter mentality with a passion for creating new business opportunities and opening new partner relationships.</li><li>Experience in business development, channel sales, partner sales, technology sales, or customer acquisition roles.</li><li>Comfort with outbound prospecting, cold outreach, networking, pipeline generation, and opportunity development.</li><li>Understanding of cloud technologies, managed services, software licensing, cybersecurity, or broader IT solutions.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence stakeholders and build strategic business relationships.</li><li>Self-motivated, resilient, and driven by achieving growth targets, partner acquisition goals, and business outcomes.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Manage key accounts and develop strong relationships with customer stakeholders.</li><li>Identify and pursue business development opportunities to grow revenue in the Aerospace, Defense, and Marine sectors.</li><li>Manage direct global accounts and OEM business.</li><li>Provide technical solutions to government, PSU, and defense-sector customers.</li><li>Manage customer communication and maintain regular contact with key decision-makers.</li><li>Prepare and manage quotations, proposals, offers, and project contracts.</li><li>Lead commercial discussions, pricing, and contract negotiations.</li><li>Collaborate with channel and distribution partners to support business growth.</li><li>Identify customer needs and develop solution-oriented proposals.</li><li>Generate new business opportunities and close direct sales deals.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering.</li><li>At least 5 years of relevant experience in a customer-facing role.</li><li>Experience in key account management and business development.</li><li>Proven experience handling direct OEM business.</li><li>Demonstrated success closing direct business deals.</li><li>Experience preparing offers, quotations, proposals, and presentations.</li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and presentation tools.</li><li>Required Skills and Competencies</li><li>Strong customer relationship management skills.</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Strong influencing, selling, and negotiation abilities.</li><li>Solution-oriented approach and basic problem-solving skills.</li><li>Creative approach to identifying business opportunities.</li><li>Resilience and adaptability in a changing business environment.</li><li>Ability to work effectively with customers, internal teams, and channel partners.</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>The role holder identifies and defines opportunities, builds the business case for each initiative, and leads delivery through internal technology functions and delivery partners. Initiatives are held to their intended outcomes, adoption and benefits, not go-live alone. This is a hands-on role. </li><li>The role holder personally designs, builds and deploys data, analytics, automation and AI solutions, and coordinates multidisciplinary teams.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Provide analysis and recommendations to help develop DHI’s technology, data and digital transformation agenda, for review by the Executive Director – Portfolio Operations and Intelligence.</li><li>Develop and maintain roadmaps for assigned initiatives, sequencing activity by value, dependency, risk and readiness.</li><li>Lead discovery and solution design with DHI departments, running workshops that define the opportunity, scope and intended outcome of each initiative.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve revenue, productivity, customer experience, operational performance and decision-making through data, analytics, automation and AI.</li><li>Define value hypotheses, success metrics, adoption targets and value realisation frameworks for each initiative.</li><li>Design, develop, deploy and maintain data and analytical solutions, dashboards, automation solutions and AI-enabled products.</li><li>Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes and data transformation workflows.</li><li>Own the lifecycle of data, analytics, automation and AI products, from concept through deployment and adoption.</li><li>Define product vision, user requirements, roadmaps, backlogs and delivery priorities, based on the end-to-end needs of alternative asset management users, including investment professionals, portfolio managers, senior leadership and governance functions. Translate business challenges into technical requirements, user stories and solution designs.</li><li>Lead end-to-end delivery of assigned transformation initiatives, managing scope, schedule, cost and quality.</li><li>Ensure initiatives meet cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and AI governance requirements.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>6 – 8 years of experience in technology transformation, data product development, applied AI, technology consulting or data-enabled transformation.</li><li>Demonstrated experience personally taking a problem through to a production-grade product.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, AI, Mathematics, Statistics, Business or another relevant quantitative discipline.</li><li>Advanced degree, such as an MBA, preferred.</li><li>Technology, data and digital transformation planning and roadmap development</li><li>Data platforms such as Databricks, Azure AI Foundry, Spark, Hive or Palantir Foundry</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Install, maintain, and upgrade customer equipment&nbsp;</li><li>Apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess equipment and address technical issues, with assistance from Senior Field Service Engineers [Customer Engineers]&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with Senior Field Service Engineers [Customer Engineers] and/or the customer to understand roadmaps, process flows, inflection points, requirements, and&nbsp;</li><li>business challenges&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Train and mentor junior Field Service Engineers [Customer Engineers]&nbsp;</li><li>Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems&nbsp;</li><li>Coordinate and communicate directly with customers&nbsp;</li><li>Fulfill additional duties, as assigned.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Completion of a Diploma and/or Bachelor’s degree, military technical training, field service experience, or trade certification&nbsp;</li><li>4-7 years of work experience in semiconductor industry or other equipment support industry&nbsp;</li><li>Advanced mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, and/or thermodynamics&nbsp;</li><li>Strong knowledge of hand tools and their appropriate usage, including digital multimeters&nbsp;</li><li>Effective written and verbal communication skills&nbsp;</li><li>Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Possession of a valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport, if travel is required.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Develop and execute Marketing category strategies aligned with business objectives and procurement priorities.</li><li>Maintain category plans, sourcing pipelines, spend visibility, and delivery roadmaps.</li><li>Review category performance and refresh strategies in response to business needs, market developments, and performance results.</li><li>Lead complex RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned Marketing categories.</li><li>Develop sourcing strategies, evaluation models, negotiation plans, and award recommendations aligned with business requirements.</li><li>Act as a trusted strategic procurement partner to senior Marketing stakeholders and executive leadership, building strong relationships and aligning category priorities with business objectives.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Exposure to SAP Ariba, Coupa, or similar procurement platforms.</li><li>Experience working with senior business stakeholders.</li><li>Strong commercial negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.</li><li>Hands-on strategic sourcing and RFP/RFQ management experience.</li><li>Experience managing categories such as media, advertising, creative agencies, digital marketing, events, PR, and production.</li><li>Strong Marketing Category Management or Marketing Procurement exposure.</li><li>5–8 years of procurement experience.</li><li>High attention to detail, sound judgement, accountability, and commitment to governance and ethical conduct.</li><li>Collaborative and solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver within deadlines.</li><li>Strong planning, prioritisation, and project-management skills.</li><li>Ability to engage, influence, and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess commercial and supplier risks and develop actionable recommendations.</li><li>Ability to apply digital and AI tools responsibly within procurement operations.</li><li>Practical knowledge of ERP, procurement, and contract-management platforms.</li><li>Proficiency in spend, demand, cost, and market analysis, including benchmarking and commercial scenario development.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of end-to-end strategic sourcing, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract management.</li><li>Strong understanding of Marketing categories, agency operating models, commercial structures, and supply markets.</li><li>Practical experience with procurement and e-sourcing platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, or equivalent systems.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in:</li><li>Leading strategic sourcing projects.</li><li>Commercial evaluations and negotiations.</li><li>Supplier relationship and performance management.</li><li>Contract development and management.</li><li>Managing complex procurement activities.</li><li>Experience in Marketing Procurement or managing Marketing-related spend categories is highly advantageous.</li><li>At least 2–3 years of experience in strategic sourcing or category management.</li><li>5–8 years of relevant professional experience within a complex organisation.</li><li>Higher-level professional certifications are an added advantage.</li><li>CIPS Level 4 or an equivalent recognised professional procurement qualification is advantageous.</li><li>Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related discipline.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Planning and Budgeting&nbsp;: <ul><li>Assist on annual budget preparation.&nbsp;</li><li>Assist on monthly forecast preparation.&nbsp;</li><li>Track weekly forecast variance. In order to provide accurate and timely reports.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul> Inventory Risk tracking/Analysis&nbsp;: <ul><li>Inventory reserve preparation&nbsp;</li><li>High light inventory risks and opportunities monthly&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor inventory physical count.&nbsp;</li><li>In order to comply with corporate policies and risk control&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul> Costing&nbsp;accounting&nbsp;: <ul><li>Data prepare(Mater master/Routine/Std cost);&nbsp;</li><li>Month ending JE booking&nbsp;</li><li>PPV program and analysis&nbsp;</li><li>Mat. usage analyzing&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Production scrap report preparing&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul> FA accounting&nbsp;: <ul><li>Familiar with Capital Assets policy and comply with the policy(Include local policy)；&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare FA management report(Acquisitions, disposal, transfer etc.) and leading fixed&nbsp;</li><li>assets physical count&nbsp;</li><li>Issuing Asset Tags to assets responsible department&nbsp;</li><li>Intercompany Transfers of Fixed Assets data preparing and follow to financial posting&nbsp;</li><li>Follow Open PO&amp;IO&amp;CIP tracking report by month&nbsp;</li><li>CER review and budget control with report and management.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>At least bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/taxation or related.&nbsp;</li><li>Over 7-10 years working experience in Finance, costing managerial position is preferred&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Good knowledge and experience in costing of manufacturing.&nbsp;Understand how to manage&nbsp;</li><li>and improve Mfg. variance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Good knowledge and experience in SAP.&nbsp;</li><li>Fluent English Mandarin, both written and oral (Added Advantage)</li><li>Strong will to learn and develop the skills.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Lead and supervise end-to-end supply chain planning for New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Product Development (NPD) projects at the Shirwal plant.</li><li>The role converts project requirements into executable material, production, capacity, inventory, packaging and logistics plans from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot build, PPAP/PSW, SOP and ramp-up.</li><li>The position ensures launch readiness, timely risk escalation, disciplined SAP planning and structured handover to the regular MRP planning team after SOP.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Team Leadership &amp; Governance: Lead the NPI planning team, assign project ownership, review priorities and represent supply chain in plant and project launch reviews.</li><li>NPI Planning &amp; Launch Readiness: Own supply chain deliverables from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP, SOP and ramp-up, ensuring material and capacity readiness.</li><li>SAP, Master Data &amp; Material Planning: Ensure timely setup of parts, BOMs, routings, sourcing and MRP parameters. Convert project demand into executable material plans and manage shortages and MRP exceptions.</li><li>Supplier &amp; Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with Procurement, Suppliers, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics and Project Management to secure materials, tooling, packaging, capacity and shipment readiness.</li><li>Risk, Cost &amp; Change Management: Maintain launch risk visibility and control engineering-change, inventory, premium-freight, capacity and obsolescence exposure through timely recovery actions and escalation.</li><li>Performance Improvement &amp; Handover: Standardize NPI planning dashboards and routines, improve data quality and automation, and complete a controlled handover to the series MRP controller after SOP. KEY DELIVERABLES / SUCCESS MEASURES</li><li>On-time completion of NPI supply chain deliverables and gate commitments.&nbsp;</li><li>Material availability and build readiness for prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP and SOP events.</li><li>Accurate BOM, sourcing and MRP master-data readiness before planning execution.</li><li>Clear visibility of shortages, capacity constraints, inventory exposure, freight risk and recovery dates.</li><li>On-time PPAP/PSW support, SOP achievement and stable ramp-up without avoidable customer disruption.</li><li>Controlled inventory, premium freight and obsolescence exposure through early risk management.</li><li>Timely and complete handover from NPI planning to regular series planning after SOP.</li></ul> Requirements: Technical Skills <ul><li>SAP planning and procurement processes (MRP, stock/requirements analysis, material master, PR/PO and inventory visibility) - mandatory.</li><li>Advanced Microsoft Excel, including analytical models, PivotTables, lookups, dashboard preparation.</li><li>Power BI or an equivalent reporting and visualization tool.</li><li>Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory planning, supplier lead times and logistics.</li><li>Good understanding of automotive NPI/NPD phases, PPAP/PSW readiness.</li><li>Bachelors degree, preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline.</li><li>MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.</li><li>Strong analytical, problem-solving and data-management capability.</li><li>Clear communication, stakeholder management and cross-functional partnership skills.</li><li>Working knowledge of automotive manufacturing, launch planning and project-gate governance.</li><li>3 to 7 years of relevant experience in supply chain, material planning, production planning or NPI/NPD planning within a manufacturing environment.</li><li>Experience managing material and capacity readiness for new product launches from prototype through SOP and ramp-up.</li><li>Hands-on experience with SAP MRP, planning master data, shortage management and supplier follow-up.</li><li>Experience coordinating across Project Management, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Procurement and Logistics.</li><li>People leadership or team-coordination experience, with evidence of disciplined follow-up and escalation.</li></ul>

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