Greaves Electric Mobility
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/greaves-electric-mobility
Seniority: Director
Industries: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Job details:
Overview of the Role
Greaves Electric Mobility is at the forefront of India’s rapidly evolving electric mobility landscape, driving innovation across electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and last-mile mobility solutions.
As the Head – Procurement, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain, you will provide end-to-end leadership for building a resilient, agile, cost-competitive and scalable supply chain ecosystem that can support GEML’s growth ambitions, product launches, manufacturing footprint, localization strategy and evolving EV portfolio.
This is a mission-critical leadership role with ownership spanning strategic procurement, sourcing, supplier development, material planning, supply assurance, inventory, logistics, warehousing, cost optimization and supply chain transformation.
The role will be responsible for establishing an integrated Source-to-Plan-to-Make-to-Deliver ecosystem, ensuring the right material is available at the right cost, quality, quantity and time while continuously improving cash conversion, inventory turns, service levels and total landed cost.
Core Technical Responsibilities
1. Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
- Develop 3–5 year procurement and supply-chain strategy aligned to business, product and manufacturing plans.
- Lead category strategies across Battery Cells/Packs, BMS, Motors, Controllers, Power Electronics, Semiconductors, Wiring Harnesses, Chassis, Plastics, Tyres, Brakes, Suspension, Castings, Forgings and Machined Components.
- Own RFQ, supplier evaluation, benchmarking, negotiations, nomination and contracting.
- Drive TCO, should-costing, commodity benchmarking, localization and supplier competition.
2. Supply & Material Planning / S&OP
- Establish integrated S&OP / IBP, MRP and MPS processes linking demand, production, procurement and supplier capacity.
- Translate demand forecasts into material, capacity and procurement requirements.
- Improve forecast accuracy, planning adherence and responsiveness to demand volatility, engineering changes and product ramp-ups.
3. Supplier Capacity & Supply Assurance
- Own capacity planning for strategic and critical suppliers.
- Assess supplier capacity, tooling, technology, manpower and financial capability.
- Identify single-source, long-lead and capacity-constrained components and establish mitigation plans.
- Drive alternate sourcing, capacity expansion and localization.
4. Supplier Development & Performance
- Build a resilient domestic and global supplier ecosystem for EV-critical components.
- Establish supplier segmentation and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).
- Partner with Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing on supplier capability development.
- Drive supplier performance across QCD, capacity, responsiveness and technology.
5. Cost Leadership, VA/VE & Localization
- Deliver sustainable year-on-year cost reduction through:
- Should-costing
- VA/VE
- Design-to-Cost
- Localization
- Commodity benchmarking
- Supplier productivity
- Cost-breakdown analysis
- Volume leverage
- Engage Engineering and R&D through Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) to optimize specifications, materials, processes and component architecture.
6. Inventory & Working Capital
- Own inventory strategy across RM, bought-out components, WIP and FG.
- Establish inventory norms based on demand variability, lead times, supplier risk and service requirements.
- Improve inventory turns, DIO, excess/obsolete inventory and working capital.
- Balance material availability with cash-conversion objectives.
7. Logistics & Warehousing
- Optimize inbound logistics, inter-plant movement, warehousing and material flow.
- Drive freight, route and logistics-partner optimization to reduce total landed cost.
- Improve warehouse productivity, inventory accuracy, space utilization and line-side material availability.
- Evaluate milk runs, consolidation, cross-docking and route optimization.
8. Supply Chain Risk & Business Continuity
- Establish supply-chain risk monitoring across supplier financial health, capacity, commodities, imports, semiconductors, battery cells, logistics and geopolitical dependencies.
- Develop BCPs, alternate sources, strategic buffers and contingency logistics for critical components.
- Establish early-warning and escalation mechanisms.
9. New Product Introduction & Launch Readiness
- Integrate Procurement and Supply Chain into NPD from concept through SOP.
- Own supplier readiness covering sourcing, tooling, capacity, localization and material readiness.
- Partner on APQP, PPAP, tooling readiness, capacity validation, run-at-rate and SOP readiness.
- Establish structured launch-readiness reviews for critical suppliers and components.
10. Procurement Governance & Digital Transformation
- Strengthen procurement policies, commercial governance, delegation matrices, contracts and compliance.
- Drive e-sourcing, digital procurement, spend analytics, supplier portals and supply-chain analytics.
- Build real-time visibility of spend, supplier performance, inventory, demand, supply, logistics, commodities and working capital.
11. Cross-Functional & Organizational Leadership
- Partner closely with Business/P&L, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Sales/Demand Planning, Aftermarket, IT, Legal and Compliance.
- Position Procurement & Supply Chain as a strategic business function, not a transactional support function.
- Build and lead high-performing teams across Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Development, Material/Supply Planning, Inventory, Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics.
- Establish strong governance, accountability, succession planning and future-ready capability.
Experience
- 18–25 years of progressive experience across Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.
- Strong experience in Automotive / EV / Auto Components / Discrete Manufacturing.
- Demonstrated experience managing a large and complex procurement and supply chain spend portfolio.
- Proven track record of leading end-to-end supply chain transformation across sourcing, planning, inventory and logistics.
- Experience managing large supplier ecosystems across domestic and international markets.
- Strong exposure to EV ecosystem sourcing, particularly Battery, Electronics, Powertrain and Semiconductors, will be highly advantageous.
- Experience supporting high-growth businesses, new product launches, manufacturing ramp-ups and localization programs.
- Exposure to multi-plant and multi-location supply chain operations is preferred.
Leadership Profile
- Strategic leader with strong hands-on execution capability.
- Strong commercial orientation combined with operational supply chain depth.
- Proven ability to operate in high-growth, high-ambiguity and rapidly changing environments.
- Strong understanding of the interdependencies between Cost, Cash, Quality, Delivery and Growth.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing capability.
- Strong bias for action, ownership and accountability.
- Ability to build high-performing teams and transform legacy procurement and supply chain processes.
- Comfortable working directly with CXO / Business Leadership, suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience
- 18–25 years of progressive experience across Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.
- Strong experience in Automotive / EV / Auto Components / Discrete Manufacturing.
- Demonstrated experience managing a large and complex procurement and supply chain spend portfolio.
- Proven track record of leading end-to-end supply chain transformation across sourcing, planning, inventory and logistics.
- Experience managing large supplier ecosystems across domestic and international markets.
- Strong exposure to EV ecosystem sourcing, particularly Battery, Electronics, Powertrain and Semiconductors, will be highly advantageous.
- Experience supporting high-growth businesses, new product launches, manufacturing ramp-ups and localization programs.
- Exposure to multi-plant and multi-location supply chain operations is preferred.
Leadership Profile
- Strategic leader with strong hands-on execution capability.
- Strong commercial orientation combined with operational supply chain depth.
- Proven ability to operate in high-growth, high-ambiguity and rapidly changing environments.
- Strong understanding of the interdependencies between Cost, Cash, Quality, Delivery and Growth.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing capability.
- Strong bias for action, ownership and accountability.
- Ability to build high-performing teams and transform legacy procurement and supply chain processes.
- Comfortable working directly with CXO / Business Leadership, suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.
This role offers an opportunity to build and transform the entire Procurement & Supply Chain architecture of a rapidly scaling EV business. The ideal leader will combine the commercial intensity of a strategic sourcing leader with the operational depth of an end-to-end supply chain executive - creating a supply ecosystem that is competitive, resilient, agile and capable of supporting GEML's next phase of growth.
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