Manager – Heavy Fabrication Procurement

Job Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute category strategies for heavy fabricated and machined components in line with project schedules,
production plans, quality requirements, and annual cost targets.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activities, including demand review, supplier scouting, RFQ/RFP, technical and
commercial bid evaluation, negotiation, purchase order placement, expediting, inspection coordination, delivery, and
invoice resolution.
• Source and develop suppliers for welded structures, base frames, casings, pressure parts, skids, tanks, structural
assemblies, and other engineered fabrication packages.
• Evaluate supplier capability covering plate cutting, bending, rolling, fit-up, welding, stress relieving, heat treatment,
blasting, painting, machining, dimensional inspection, NDT, and load or pressure testing.
• Ensure supplier compliance with approved drawings, bills of material, material specifications, welding procedures,
qualification records, quality plans, inspection and test plans, applicable codes, and customer requirements.
• Prepare detailed should-cost models using raw-material weight, grade and yield, cutting loss, weld-metal consumption,
fabrication and machine hours, heat treatment, NDT, surface treatment, logistics, tooling, overhead, and margin.
• Negotiate competitive prices and robust commercial terms covering payment, delivery, warranty, liquidated damages,
packing, freight, insurance, taxes, change control, and claim settlement.
• Track steel and alloy price trends, freight, capacity constraints, and supplier market conditions; recommend buying
strategies, rate contracts, and risk-mitigation actions.
• Conduct supplier audits, capacity assessments, process reviews, and performance meetings; drive corrective actions and
supplier-development plans for quality, delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Production, Projects, Logistics, Finance, and Legal teams to
resolve technical, commercial, and schedule constraints.
• Manage fabrication progress through milestone-based expediting, including raw-material availability, cutting, fit-up,
welding, heat treatment, machining, inspection, painting, and dispatch readiness.
• Develop alternate and localized sources for critical items, reduce single-source dependency, and maintain business
continuity plans for high-risk suppliers and materials.

Job description format Rev 01 27-03-2026
• Lead value engineering and supplier collaboration initiatives to reduce total cost of ownership without compromising
safety, quality, functionality, or delivery.
• Monitor supplier KPIs such as on-time delivery, first-pass yield, rejection and rework, lead time, cost.
• Strong knowledge of heavy fabrication, welding methods, fabrication drawings, GD&T, machining processes, materials,
tolerances, NDT, heat treatment, and coating systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier development, contract negotiation, cost breakdown, should costing,
value engineering, and total cost of ownership.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, material standards, welding and quality documents, and
supplier manufacturing plans.
• Sound understanding of domestic and international logistics, Incoterms, taxation, import documentation, and commercial
risk.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and project-management skills.
• Effective leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and conflict-resolution capability.
• High integrity, commercial awareness, customer focus, and ability to perform in a project-driven manufacturing
environment.
• Proficiency in SAP MM, procurement analytics, Microsoft Excel, and KPI reporting.
• Professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, CPM, or CSCP is an added advantage.
• Minimum 12–15 years of procurement experience in heavy engineering or project manufacturing, including at least 7
years of direct responsibility for heavy fabrication and machining categories and 3 years in a team-lead or managerial role
Reinforce the behaviors of #1ANDRITZWay in being a role model to the team and to the whole organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS (knowledge)

Must have:
• Advance Microsoft Excel
• Outlook s
• SAP S/4HANA MM
• Working Knowlege of PP
• Power BI or Equivalent analytics tools
• e sourcing/Procurement Platform

SOFT SKILLS (skills and behaviors)

Customer Focus:
• Resolve issues with my colleagues and other business organizations in a way that appears seamless to the customer
• Listen and fully understand the customer needs
• Bring the voice of the customer into all our conversations and actions
• Check whether my customer is also a customer of other business organizations and team up to ensure a seamless customer
experience
• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders to maximize customer value
Ownership for Performance
• Keep my promises

• Focus on fixing the problem without blaming others
• Take responsible action rather than waiting
• Focus on outcomes while respecting compliance, safety and processes
• Look for the simplest way to do what we want to do
Share Commitment
• Align the interests of the Group with my own or those of our team / business organization
• Adopt other people's good ideas or initiatives, rather than "reinventing the wheel"
• Encourage collaboration
• Give, accept, and ask for feedback and help
• Apply learnings from successes and mistakes and share them with other business organizations
• Offer resources to others outside my team or business organization to help them resolve their challenges
Openness
• Listen to others to fully understand their ideas
• Openly share what I know with others
• Show trust in the ability of others by encouraging them to deliver or to make prompt decisions
• Walk my talk
POSITION
• Driving for Results
• Entrepreneurial Thinking
• Evaluating and Implementing Ideas
• Sharing Information
• Setting a Strategic Vision
• Managing from a Distance
• Creating and Maintaining Networks

EDUCATION

Minimum Bachler of Engineering
Desirable Mechanical, Production, Industrial, or Metallurgical Engineering A postgraduate qualification in Supply Chain, Materials
Management, or Operations is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

Experiencie Min :12 Max. :-15
Industrial Sector Heavy engineering, pump, power, steel, mining, process equipment, pressure vessel, or capital-equipment

manufacturing, with direct sourcing experience in heavy fabrication and machining.

OTHER REQUISITES

Good Communication skills
Proactiveness / Go getter
Initiative Behavior
Compensation range: As Per Market Standards
Location of posting: Chennai – Kuthambakkam|Oragadam
Type of Employment: ONROLL