Director, Global Transportation & Trade Operations
Arrow Components
ERP
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERPOracle
About the role
- Purchase castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts: purchase materials, components, and services from suppliers, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Analyze and resolve purchasing issues, including supplier disputes, quality problems, and delivery delays.
- Ensure compliance with purchasing policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Build and maintain supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness of purchased materials.
- Negotiate contracts with suppliers to achieve favorable terms and conditions, including pricing, delivery, and quality.
- Monitor and evaluate supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and internal expectations.
- Provide technical expertise to the procurement team and internal stakeholders on purchased materials, including castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.
- Ensure that purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements, including industry standards and internal specifications.
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, and manufacturing to ensure alignment with business objectives and internal requirements.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and implement initiatives to achieve targets.
- Implement quality management processes to ensure purchased materials meet quality and specification requirements.
- Monitor and report KPIs, including cost savings, quality, and delivery performance.
Requirements
- 3 – 5 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management, preferably in a submersible pump manufacturing company.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Hands-on experience in purchasing castings, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.
- Experience purchasing castings, stamping, bought-out items, machining parts, and plastic parts.
- Proficient in ERP systems, such as SAP or Oracle.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and project management skills.
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make informed decisions.
- Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience in managing cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of submersible pump and motor components including castings, Stainless Steel, copper, winding wires, stamping, Fasteners, Bearings, Pump & Motor Casing, machining parts, Seals, plastic parts (seals and gaskets).
