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Job Description: Sourcing Support Engineer –Fabrication

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Sourcing Engineer / Buyer with expertise in Fabrication commodity. Position will be responsible for the procurement, development, and quality assurance of fabricated components, along with std. components.  This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality sourcing solutions.

 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Send Requests for Quotation (RFQs) to suppliers, compare offers, support to negotiate prices, and choose the techno commercial best suitable suppliers.
• Handle the end-to-end development of fabrication parts, tracking project progress closely.
• Visit and assess suppliers to ensure they meet AC standards; conduct process and system audits.
• Investigate quality problems at supplier sites through regular visits and follow-ups on improvement actions.
• Should have strong knowledge of zero-based costing to estimate accurate product costs.
• Able to provide technical support to suppliers and internal teams as needed.
• Experience with VAVE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) projects and supplier consolidation is a plus.
• Familiar with creating and managing tri-party agreements between buyer, supplier, and customer.
• Work with project managers to address current defects and avoid them in future products.
• Use your technical knowledge to test and improve the product.

To succeed, you will need

Educational requirements:

• University degree in Engineering/Technology (Mechanical)
• Fluent in English

Knowledge:

• Strong technical skills in resolving quality-related challenges in fabrication

• Experienced in using ERP systems; familiarity with SAP is a plus.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English.
• Exposure to engineered rotating equipment is an added benefit, along with working in service environment is a plus• Capable of planning and organizing tasks efficiently with an appropriate sense of urgency.
• Competent in handling multiple responsibilities while maintaining attention to each.

Personality requirements:

• Pro-active, positive team player with good interpersonal skills, strong in communication and people oriented who thrives on working in a dynamic, complex, and multicultural business environment.
• Be able to adapt in a new environment.
• Strong interpersonal communication
• Self-motivated, independent, flexible, well organized, and methodical.
• Accurate and diligent with an awareness to speed up execution within a pressurized environment.
• Customer oriented: to be able to establish relations and networks with people inside and outside the organization.
• Result driven: have a drive for results which means that you put in the ambition and the effort to achieve results and accept accountability.
• Have a customer centric mindset.
• Creativity: Ability to come up with solutions to problems outside the box.
• Open for onsite assignments & related travels

Experience:

3-5 Years of hands-on experience as Fabrication buyer

Good know how of entire purchase to pay cycle.

Handling other commodities such as standard parts, castings is a plus

 Location:

Pune 

In return, we offer

• An excellent culture
• Global exposure
• Ample opportunities for professional development
• New challenges and opportunities to learn every day
• A culture known for respectful interaction, ethical behaviour, and integrity
• Drive your Career, Explore Opportunities, Realize your Passion
• Have multiple interactions with different stakeholders internally and externally
• Plenty of opportunities to grow and develop

Job location

Hybrid
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our Atlas Copco Group in Pune, India (IN).

Contact information

 Talent Acquisition Team: Divya Prafull Kapade