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Company Overview: Terex is involved in the manufacturing of materials processing machinery, pick-and-carry cranes, and rough terrain cranes for local distribution and for export to other Asian, African, and Middle Eastern countries. Terex also imports Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs), Tower Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, and additional Material Processing equipment to serve the Indian market.

• Experience in the procurement of standard bought parts, like bearings, rims, tires, cylinders, hose kits, brake hoses, reservoir tanks, etc.
• Managed end-to-end procurement of SG Iron and carbon steel castings for crusher and screener applications.
• Experience in the procurement of undercarriage track parts, like track chain, roller, springs, idler, sprocket, pin, bushes, and hydraulic cylinder for tensioner.
• Identified and developed reliable vendors for raw and machined castings, ensuring compliance with quality, cost, and delivery targets.
• Conducted vendor audits and assessments to evaluate manufacturing capabilities, quality systems, and compliance with technical specifications.
• Developed and executed cost-reduction strategies through supplier consolidation and alternate sourcing.
• Collaborated with engineering and quality teams to evaluate casting drawings, material specifications, and foundry capabilities.
• Ensured procurement compliance with relevant standards (e.g., ASTM, ISO, DIN), and material certifications for SG iron and carbon steel grades.
• Worked closely with foundries to resolve technical issues, improve yield rates, and reduce casting defects.
• Experience in the procurement of electrical parts required for crane manufacturing, such as switches, batteries, head and tail lamps, load sensors, etc.
• Experiencing in the sourcing and resourcing of machining parts, small fab parts, and sheet metal parts.
• Experiencing coordination for the NPPD projects.
• Experiencing the sourcing of new parts for the NPPD projects.
• Experience in supplier assessment and supplier development.
• Analyzed market trends to forecast demand and optimize inventory levels.

Company Overview: Buhler is involved in manufacturing and supplying a wide variety of products for the food industry, such as rice mill machines, color sorters, pulse hulling machines, destoner machines, conveyor dryers, bucket elevators, coffee roasters, and many more.

• Experience in the purchase of bought-out parts, like induction motors, gear motors, bearings, couplings, etc.
• Experience in outsourcing, such as laser-cut parts and fabricated parts.
• Experience in the supplier assessment to select the proper supplier for the company's requirements.
• Experience the purchase of machining parts.
• Experience in the purchase of electrical parts, panels, switchgear, PLCs, VFDs, soft starters, etc.
• Intimate the vendor about the rejected parts, and close the complaints by obtaining corrective and preventive action.
• Arranging the service engineers for our customer site by coordinating with the supplier to close the customer complaints.
• Buhler is involved in manufacturing and supplying a wide variety of products for the food industry, such as rice mill machines, color sorters, pulse hulling machines, destoner machines, conveyor dryers, bucket elevators, coffee roasters, and many more.
• Evaluated supplier performance to ensure quality standards in engineering projects.

Company Overview: HIGHTEMP has witnessed steady growth over the years, from being a builder of large automobile heat-treating furnaces to becoming one of India’s best-known manufacturers.

• Managing and controlling all the company’s external suppliers on the purchase of materials and finished parts for production.
• Ensure parts and materials are bought at the most competitive price, and delivered on time for production.
• Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers (probably turnkey, including design) who are aligned with the company's needs.
• Identify new suppliers, agree on terms, and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.
• Experience in the purchase of casting items, like aluminum cooling fins, casting wheels, base grids, and fan shafts.
• Experience in the purchase of electrical items, like panels, switchgear, instruments, recorders, and controllers.
• Experience in the purchase of CapEx items.
• Experience in import purchasing.
• Comprehensive knowledge of procedures related to importing and exporting.
• Verifying the checklist to file the bill of entry, and providing the request to accounts for the duty payment.
• Coordinating with customs agents for clearing the import shipment.
• Foster close working relationships with associated departments, e.g. Sales, Engineering, Production, and Business Development.
• Tracks order acknowledgment, communicates shortages, backlog reports, and provides visibility of potential interruptions to internal customers.
• To carry out a comprehensive review of the purchasing function, along with its methodology, and to identify the areas for implementing improvements.
• Maintain complete, updated purchasing records, data, and pricing in the system.
• Responsible for preparing and processing purchase orders and documents in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Plan and manage inventory levels of materials or products.
• Leads finance and logistics staff in resolving reception and invoice discrepancies.
• Intimating vendors about over, short, rejected, or damaged items (OSRD).

Company Overview: Rane (Madras) Ltd is a leading manufacturer of manual steering, power steering, and steering gear linkage products for tractors, LCVs, HCVs, and passenger cars.

• Experienced with getting quotes, placing orders.
• Experienced in developing local vendors, reducing the cost of procurement of materials.
• The development of alternative local sources for imported raw materials helps in cost saving.
• Liaison with the production department to maintain optimum inventory.
• Implementing systems to avoid situations like overstocking or being out of stock, which cause production and financial losses.
• Liaison with the finance department for timely payment of bills.
• Developing reports on the procurement and usage of materials for top management.