Purchase Engineer

Role Purpose

To manage subcontracting and procurement activities for critical manufacturing components, ensuring competitive costing, effective vendor negotiations, quality compliance, and timely execution while driving value engineering and cost optimization initiatives.

Role Context

HLE Glascoat Limited is a leading manufacturer of process equipment for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. We are market leaders in Filtration and Drying Equipment and are a leading manufacturer of Glass Lined Equipment globally. We manufacture a wide range of chemical processing equipment in an equally wide range of materials for some of the most demanding applications. We are introducing new products in the market to cater same set of customers. Over the last 40 years, our consistently high quality, and our commitment to solving our customers’ unique process requirements has helped us build a solid reputation as a preferred supplier of process equipment.

Role Location

Anand, Gujarat

Internal Designation

Senior Officer

Reporting to

Purchase Head

Deliverables

• Manage the subcontracting process in accordance with defined SOPs.
• Handle costing and Zero-Based Costing (ZBC) for subcontracted and machined components.
• Conduct commercial negotiations with vendors to achieve optimal cost and commercial terms.
• Manage sourcing and subcontracting of critical machining components.
• Evaluate technical requirements, including GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing).
• Identify and implement value engineering and cost optimization opportunities.
• Manage vendors involved in forming, bending, machining, and associated manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Production, Quality, and other internal stakeholders for timely execution.
• Support vendor development and ensure adherence to required quality and delivery standards.

Core Performance Metric

• Cost savings and cost optimization
• Subcontracting cost and ZBC effectiveness
• Vendor performance
• On-time material/service delivery
• Quality and rejection performance
• Value engineering initiatives

Non-negotiables

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with 13+ years of relevant experience OR Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 9+ years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of subcontracting processes and SOPs
• Hands-on experience in costing / ZBC
• Strong commercial negotiation skills
• Good exposure to critical machining components and GD&T
• Working knowledge of value engineering concepts
• Strong hands-on understanding of forming and bending processes
• Previous experience in the manufacturing industry

Read More about us

www.hleglascoat.com

www.thaletec.com