Project Procurement Manager

About the role

BASF Chemicals India is hiring a Project Procurement Manager (permanent, on-site) to act as project materials manager for CAPEX projects. The role covers procurement execution planning and reporting, timely sourcing of goods and services, PO generation, expediting, change and claims handling, and closing POs. It also involves supplier management, cost savings through negotiation and acting as the project-specific procurement focal point.

Key responsibilities

• Generate project procurement execution plans and signing matrices, and implement global equipment procurement strategies
• Create master supplier lists and package bidder lists with the category team and project stakeholders
• Sourcing materials packages: expediting MRQs, driving RfQs, tendering, TBE expediting, CNBs, negotiations, contract awards and post-award expediting
• Track and report Procurement Status Reports and Expediting Status Reports, and review and approve purchase orders against signing matrices
• Maintain relationships with key equipment suppliers, expedite deliveries and run procurement lessons learned
• Ensure compliance with the Supplier Code of Conduct, local laws and company guidelines, and prepare suppliers for audits and qualifications
• Monitor sourcing efficiency, identify delivery delay and supply chain risks, and coordinate procurement updates, risks and budget status with the project team
• Act as first line for supplier non-conformances, escalating to the category team and management when needed

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Economics or Finance
• More than 7 years of experience in indirect procurement and CAPEX projects
• Strong negotiation skills on price, payment terms, delivery times, changes and claims
• Deep knowledge of supplier, market and product environments, and of category purchasing strategies and supplier qualification
• Ability to manage virtual teams without direct reporting lines
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and the local language; additional languages are a plus
• Willingness to relocate within India and travel extensively across Asia Pacific

Required skills

• SAP, including purchase order generation and project materials management tools
• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• SAP R/3 Cobalt, SAP Business Warehouse and Strategic Procurement Suite
• Power BI and SAP S/4HANA are an advantage
• Digital tools for project procurement such as ERM and Smart Plant Materials