Senior Purchase Executive - Solar BOM
Key Skills for This Role
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Vendor sourcing and procurement
- Conduct physical or virtual audits of high-value or new vendors before order placement.
- Negotiate annual rate contracts for repeat-use materials, including cables, MC4 connectors, mounting structures, earthing materials, and fasteners.
- Develop alternate sources for each critical material to reduce single-vendor dependency.
- Validate engineering BOMs against project SLDs and designs, then convert them into purchase requisitions.
- Issue RFQs to at least three vendors for line items above ₹50,000, compare offers, and recommend L1 with justification.
- Issue purchase orders with specifications, ALMM/BIS references, delivery schedules, freight terms, payment milestones, and warranty clauses.
Execution, logistics, and cost control
- Negotiate payment terms, targeting 30–60 days of credit on standard items and limiting advances where possible.
- Track open purchase orders in a daily dashboard, expedite delayed deliveries, and escalate slippage.
- Coordinate transport selection, e-way bills, GST documentation, transit insurance, and hazardous-material handling for batteries.
- Pursue year-on-year material cost reductions of at least 3–5% through negotiation, alternate sourcing, and bulk consolidation.
- Maintain item-wise price histories for modules, inverters, copper, aluminium, MS steel, and cables.
- Monitor monthly procurement spend against project budgets and promptly flag variances above 5% to the CEO and VP Projects.
Invoices, warranties, and compliance
- Validate invoices against purchase order terms, GST compliance, HSN accuracy, and dispatch documents before forwarding them to Finance.
- Negotiate and administer warranty claims for module performance, inverter failures, and balance-of-system defects.
- Ensure applicable ALMM, BIS, IEC, and MNRE technical compliance for procured materials.
- Collect and archive test reports, type test certificates, calibration certificates, manufacturer warranty cards, and material test reports for every supply.
Pay and benefits
- Pay is ₹45,000–₹55,000 per month.
- Provident Fund is listed as a benefit.
Workplace
- The work location is in person.
Requirements
- Manage procurement of solar project materials against engineering BOMs and project designs.
- Issue RFQs to at least three vendors for each line item above ₹50,000 and recommend an L1 vendor with justification.
- Ensure applicable ALMM, BIS, IEC, and MNRE technical compliance for procured materials.
- Validate vendor invoices against purchase order terms, GST compliance, HSN codes, and dispatch documents.
- Work in person at the designated work location.
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