Supply Chain Coordinator

We are a multinational group with over 100 years of experience in the supply of comprehensive transit solutions positioned at the forefront of technology for high value-added sustainable mobility.

The company is a leader of the railway industry offering one of the most comprehensive and flexible arrays of products in railway related markets, such as rolling stock, components, infrastructure, signalling and services (maintenance, refurbishing and financial services).

Joining the Group offers you to be part of a highly qualified team and to enjoy personal and professional development. In the CAF Group, professional development is possible based on an international industrial project with a high technological component.

The CAF India Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that CAF India production site is supplied with carshell purchasing parts at the correct time, configuration and quantity required to support manufacturing schedule requirements.
A key requirement is to identify and manage suppliers limitations and dependencies resultant from but not limited to engineering changes, BOM inaccuracies, free issue parts and NCRs.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES:

Making sure that the material arrives on time and in full, and if this is not possible, make sure that all mitigation actions are taken in order to minimize the impact of the delay in the Manufacturing Program.

To have a constant communication with suppliers (video-meetings, on-site meetings) to schedule, arrange and assure short, medium and long term supply of the material. Visit vendors (when required) in order to develop a relationship with them, and to verify the advance of the manufacturing process in order to deliver the material in the requested date, and in full quantity.

To provide reliable, analized and accurate delivery dates to the project team, even if these dates don t meet the ideal date requirement.

To make sure that CAF provided raw material is available at the vendors at the requirement moment.

To anticipate any possible risky situations that may impact on the material supply (alocations, capacity limitations, bottle necks from the supplier side).

Proactively participate in multidisciplinar teams (manufacturing, quality, engineering) in order to build carshells on time, in cost and in quality.

Maintain department KPIs

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or material management

Professional Experience:

Min 12-15 years of total Experience in purchasing departments and min 5 years Exp. in companies in the Railway / Metro sector.

Required Languages:

• Mandatory: Hindi, English
• The following will be positively valued: Basque, Spanish.

Competences:

• Strategic Vision, Worked in Matrix organization, Relational capacity and teamwork
• Self-Motivating and Results orientation, Quick Learner, Hardworking and Orientation to improvement .

Skills

Excellent user knowledge of SAP / MRP systems.
Previous people management experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience and understanding of production KPIs.
Able to build supplier relationships.
Able to provides solutions in a climate of continuous improvement.
Makes decisions aiming to the best course of action and plans, organizing, prioritizing and balancing resources to achieve that action.
Maintains accurate records.
Works flexibly and across a broad range of activities as the role evolves.
Able to different shift patterns in accordance with business requirements which may also include weekend and night time working patterns, and additional hours.

Availability to travel and / or temporary national or international displacements (other headquarters, client, supplier, ...) depending on the need of the projects.