Deputy General Manager/Senior Manager - Strategic Purchasing

Company Description

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Syntegon is a global leader in process and packaging technology. With around 5,800 colleagues in nearly 20 countries, the Syntegon Group works on intelligent and sustainable technologies for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Let's contribute together to ensuring that people worldwide are provided with high-quality medications and safely packaged food.

With our global service organization and our comprehensive service portfolio, we contribute sustainably to the profitable growth of our customers. Together, let's help ensure that people around the world are supplied with high-quality medicines and safely packaged foods.

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Job Description

• Lead the Strategic Purchasing function for India businesses supporting food and pharmaceutical machinery operations, while providing sourcing support to global business requirements.
• Lead and manage the Strategic Purchasing department, overseeing a team of Managers and Deputy Managers.
• Collaborate with the global purchasing organization to align sourcing strategies and leverage economies of scale and best practices
• Drive digital transformation initiatives in procurement processes, systems, and analytics to enhance efficiency and transparency.
• Establish and monitor procurement KPIs, cost-reduction targets, and performance metrics across direct and indirect categories, presenting savings and strategic outcomes to senior leadership
• Lead value engineering initiatives and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis to optimize spend and improve competitiveness.
• Develop and implement category strategies across all material groups and commodity portfolios in alignment with central purchasing and global procurement objectives.
• Review and approve major purchase decisions, high-value contracts, and strategic supplier agreements, including critical negotiations.
• Design and execute supplier development programs, performance evaluation frameworks, and strategic partnerships to enhance supplier capability and accountability.
• Implement supply chain risk management strategies, including supplier diversification, contingency planning, and ongoing monitoring of market dynamics and mitigation actions.
• Conduct market intelligence and analysis to identify emerging trends, technologies, and sourcing opportunities.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, and Project Management to align procurement with business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and new product development initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to procurement governance, sourcing board protocols, regulatory requirements, and ethical and sustainable sourcing practices.
• Oversee contract management, documentation control, compliance audits, and management of CAPEX and OPEX procurement budgets to ensure optimal resource allocation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field (Master's degree or MBA preferred)
• 20+ years of progressive experience in strategic procurement and supply chain management
• At least 8-10 years in leadership roles managing procurement teams and strategic initiatives
• Proven track record in manufacturing, automation engineering, or capital equipment industry
• Deep expertise in SAP/ERP systems and procurement technologies
• Professional certifications such as CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management), CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management), or equivalent highly desirable
•  Strategic thinking and business acumen with ability to align procurement with organizational objectives
• Advanced negotiation and contract management expertise across complex low-value/high-mix agreements and high-value strategic contracts, including single-source and non-competitive scenarios
• Strong leadership, people management, and team development capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills at all organizational levels
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain dynamics, and quality systems
• Proficiency in supplier audits, evaluation methodologies, and continuous improvement techniques
• Market intelligence, commodity expertise, and ability to anticipate industry trends
• Data analytics, reporting capabilities, and proficiency with procurement dashboards and KPIs
• Change management and process improvement skills (Lean, Six Sigma experience preferred)
• Financial acumen including budgeting, cost analysis, business case development, and ROI evaluation

Additional Information

We are a group of open-minded and high-spirited collaborators. We emphasize collaboration and mutual support. We are more than happy to support your wishes of improvement within your area of expertise. Besides that, we offer a fine salary package, health insurance and various fun social activities.

Syntegon offer:

• An attractive job in an international company
• A corporate culture with a strong focus on technology and collaboration
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development
• Informal work environment and committed colleagues
• An attractive salary package, pension and health insurance.

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