Acquisition and delivery of raw materials, components or parts that form the end product. Includes acquisition of goods at the right time, quantity, quality and cost. Areas include: buying/planning, components engineering, commodities, supplier diversity, strategic sourcing and vendor relations.
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Supply Chain Engineer to join our team in Bangalore India
Summary of the role
While working as a Supply Chain Engineer you will:
- Identify, research, evaluate and select suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.
- Be responsible for the purchasing and inventory management of a group of commodities.
- Support the commercial and contractual supply chain activities associated with procuring materials and services in support of the manufacture and service of the assigned commodities.
- Purchase the necessary quantities of raw materials, equipment supplies and services at the most economical cost and lowest inventory, for delivery at the time and location specified
- Drive improvements in annual total costs for specific commodities and products
Role and Responsibilities
- Identify, research, evaluate and select new suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.
- Responsible for the purchasing and inventory management.
- Sourcing of new components and assemblies from new and existing suppliers, working from engineering drawings/technical specifications.
- Responsible for the supplier relationship management.
- Maintain an appropriate meeting schedule with suppliers and provide feedback to management on issues arising.
- Liaise with the S ensuring that any supply chain problems affecting production are resolved efficiently.
- Work closely with R&D on NPI projects to meet product release deadlines.
- Lead negotiations of long-term supply contracts
- Identify specific areas for cost savings, make recommendations and implement improvements where required.
Skills and Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in an engineering subject.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a strategic purchasing role.
- Ability to work from engineering drawings/technical specifications and source for electro mechanical assemblies.
- Experience in material requirements planning (MRP) procurement related to manufacturing is essential.
- Development and management of ‘pull’ or JIT supply chains to support a forecast driven ‘build to order’ customer expectation.
- Demonstrable strategic approach to procurement and best practice.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience of contract negotiation.
- Exceptional communication skills and an ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.
- Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook to an intermediate level.
Travel
- The role requires occasional travel to suppliers
Skills Required
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in an engineering subject
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a strategic purchasing role
- Ability to source for electro mechanical assemblies from engineering drawings/technical specifications
- Experience in material requirements planning (MRP) procurement related to manufacturing
- Development and management of 'pull' or JIT supply chains
- Strong commercial acumen with experience of contract negotiation
- Exceptional communication skills to work with stakeholders at all levels
- Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook at an intermediate level
Nordson Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordson Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordson Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) features automatic enrollment at 6%, a 50% match on up to 6% of pay, and an additional 3% company contribution for eligible U.S. employees even without employee contributions. Feedback suggests this retirement structure is above what many mid-size manufacturers offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and a typical year-end shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s at many U.S. locations expand time off beyond standard PTO. Feedback suggests this shutdown is a distinctive work-life perk, though availability can vary by site or business unit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Volunteer release time and a 3:1 charitable gift-matching program are offered alongside recognition programs, tuition assistance, and community initiatives. Feedback suggests these elements add value beyond core insurance and PTO.
Nordson Corporation Insights
What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
