Join us as a Sourcing Manager in Satara, Maharashtra to be responsible for managing and developing the local supplier base to support the factory’s’ strategic needs. The role ensures cost-effective, timely, and high-quality supply of materials and services while aligning with regional, product group, and global sourcing strategies.
 

About the job

At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people and planet. You can only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas and great ideas drive progress.

As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse and inclusive workplace based on care and empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent problems. Making the world a better place every day.

About the Position
This position is located in Satara, will report to the Factory and Site Manager Satara. In this role, the Sourcing Manager’s focus is to strengthen and further develop the existing supplier base in line with future capacity, quality, sustainability, and innovation needs. This position will manage the sourcing for GPHE, LA and WHE departments. As a part of the team, You Will:

• Responsible for Supplier Development & Management (existing supplier base!)
• Drive continuous development of existing local suppliers to improve performance, competitiveness, and capability.
• Identify and implement opportunities for localization of materials or components in alignment with cost and lead-time reduction goals in line with product groups, and global sourcing strategies.
• Conduct regular supplier reviews and audits to ensure compliance with quality, safety, sustainability, and contractual requirements.
• Collaboration and Alignment:
  • Act as the primary interface between the local factory and regional, product groups, and global sourcing teams.
  • Ensure local sourcing activities align with global category strategies and product groups roadmaps.
    Participate in cross-functional sourcing and development projects, contributing local market insights and supplier capabilities.
  • Within the Product Groups, control, encourage, drive and push improvement for purchased material and suppliers, (Local and Global)
  • Accountable for the Product Groups handshake process to secure a pipeline of purchasing initiatives, right prioritization and follow up of the executions.
    Drive supply optimization for AL from Product Groups perspective
  • Chair weekly product Group  purchasing Improvement meetings (Pre-PIM meetings) and secure escalation of deviations to Global Purchasing (PIM) acording to process
  • Accountable for the Product Groups requirements during the execution of the purchasing projects (Global and Local)
  • Actively contribute to the sourcing strategy and commodity strategy to strive for alignment with the Product Groups.
  • Give input to the Operational plans from sourcing perspective
  • Communicate significant changes of forecast to Global Purchasing.

• Strategic Sourcing & Cost Management:

• Lead local sourcing initiatives and support regional/global negotiations by providing data, supplier insights, and local market intelligence.
• Support cost-reduction programs, make-buy analyses, and dual-sourcing strategies.
• Monitor and manage local supplier risks and implement mitigation strategies where needed.

• Operational Procurement Support:

• Collaborate with planning, quality, engineering, and logistics to resolve supplier performance issues.
• Ensure timely delivery of goods and services by coordinating closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Full understanding of sourcing strategy
• Full understanding of the supply chain needs and targets within a Product Group
• Full understanding of the product within the product group
• Good understanding of supplier and material market situation (material price, competition, risks)
• Good understanding of the Purchasing Process and commercial deals
• Full understanding of Material Management
• Preferably trained in Green Belt and Supply Development

What You Know

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or production engineering and supply chain or business administration or related field.
• Total 12+ years’ experience with minimum 5–7 years of experience in sourcing or procurement, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
• Proven experience in supplier development and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder networks (local, regional, global).
  Fluent in English;
• Proactive, results-driven, and hands-on approach.
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural communication skills.
• Able to work independently while ensuring alignment with broader sourcing teams.
• High integrity and commitment to compliance and sustainability standards.

Key Relationships:

• Product Groups Sourcing Managers and Sourcing organisation within Product Groups
• Local Supply Chain Managers
• Global Sourcing and Commodity Managers (Global Purchasing organisation)
• Regional Sourcing Manager
  Factory Managers

Physical & Environmental Factors
Office environment with frequent attendance on the shop floor. Safety equipment required when present on the shop floor – footwear, hearing, eyewear.
Environmental Factors (hazardous materials, work location, work surfaces, exposure).

Why should you apply:

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.”