Buyer - Software Sourcing SSU at Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

Mumbai, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Project Planning & Execution, Risk Analysis, Supplier Selection, Pricing, Price Optimization, Supplier Risk Management, Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Benchmarking, Negotiation, Project Management, Supplier Management

Industry

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Description

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables Software Defined Vehicles are disrupting the automotive industry. With this paradigm shift, the conventional hardware and software development cycle, sourcing process and buyer-supplier relationship is pivoting towards endless new possibilities. Moving towards the highest level of SDV, there would be a substantial increase in the scope and content of software in the vehicles and the need for exploring innovative partnerships to enable these developments. Hence, it is of strategic importance for us, to handle sourcing of software from a cost efficiency and strategic angle. Responsibilities: Define the sourcing landscape and strategy for system wise software sourcing for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Provide innovative, proactive inputs to product development team at the product concept phase for enabling SDV development. Benchmarking and providing target cost for software elements and related design and development efforts At Technical sign off stage with prospective suppliers validate the engineering efforts for software development quoted by the suppliers Develop standard quotation templates for software elements Define a matrix of system wise, platform wise, geography wise manhour costs for software development efforts Define service level agreements with suppliers Achieve cost targets defined at the business case level and provide a plan for year-on-year reduction strategy Maintain and foster supplier relationships Preferred Industries AutomobileFarm SectorEducation Qualification BE in Information Technology/ Computer Science/ E&E MBA preferred General Experience 5+ years of management experience in automotive software sourcing or selling Critical Experience Global automotive client experience Rich experience in AUTOSAR and other architectures/platforms/technologies related to SDV Travelling required – India and abroad System Generated Core Skills Analytical ThinkingCommunication SkillsInfluencing SkillsProject Planning & ExecutionRisk AnalysisSupplier SelectionPricingPrice OptimizationSupplier Risk ManagementSourcingStrategic SourcingBenchmarkingSystem Generated Secondary Skills NegotiationProject ManagementSupplier Management

Responsibilities

The Buyer will define the sourcing landscape and strategy for software sourcing for Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and provide innovative inputs to the product development team. They will also benchmark costs, validate engineering efforts with suppliers, and maintain supplier relationships.