Manager - Parts Planning & Procurement

Manager - Parts Planning & Procurement Location: Hosur, Tamil Nadu About DriveX: DriveX, backed by TVS Motor Company, is India's leading pre-owned two-wheeler platform, transforming the used mobility ecosystem through technology, operational excellence, and customer-centric innovation. As we scale rapidly across India, we're looking for a seasoned leader to build and strengthen our Parts Supply Chain function - ensuring best-in-class availability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence. About the Role: The Manager - Parts Planning & Procurement will lead end-to-end parts supply for in-house refurbishment operations and aftersales requirements. The role involves developing sourcing strategies for multi-brand, multi-model parts, building supplier partnerships, and driving the aftermarket business for DriveX-branded parts and supplies - with a strong focus on operational excellence, cost optimization, and inventory planning. Business horizon covers around maintaining 20K SKUs and serving more than 100 MMVs. This position works closely with the Production Manager and Warehouse Manager to align parts planning and procurement with operational needs. Procurement & Supplier Development: - Develop and execute sourcing strategies for multi-brand, multi-model automotive spare parts. - Build and expand a strong supplier ecosystem across OEM distributors, OES suppliers, and aftermarket vendors. - Parts planning and order management to meet production and aftersales parts requirements. - Drive supplier performance reviews on quality, cost, delivery, fill-rate, and service metrics. - Identify alternate sourcing opportunities to reduce dependency and optimize parts cost. - Lead the parts development and sourcing activities for DriveX branded parts with channel partner. Parts Planning, Cataloguing & Database Management: - Build demand forecasting models based on sales trends, consumption, and refurbishment patterns to drive stocking policies - reorder levels, safety stock, EOQ, and replenishment. - Own and maintain the parts master database across all brands, ensuring accurate part numbers, descriptions, upgrade as per OEM changes, and MMV mapping. - Maintain OEM references, OES information and cross-reference data for accurate part identification. - Establish and manage pricing and discount structure for all parts procured from dealers and suppliers. Parts Sales Support: - Ensure timely parts availability to support retail sales, workshops, refurbishment centres, service operations and post sales requirements. - Analyse parts consumption to identify opportunities for assortment expansion. - Support revenue growth by improving availability of fast-moving and critical spare parts. Creating a discount structure for increase in parts sales revenue and profitability. - Build a distribution network for the DriveX range of aftermarket parts. Process Excellence, Analytics & Stakeholder Management: - Build scalable, repeatable procurement and supplier development processes to support business growth. - Develop executive dashboards tracking procurement, supplier performance, inventory health, and key operational KPIs. - Track procurement savings, inventory productivity, supplier scorecards, and service level performance. - Collaborate closely with Operations, Service, Sales, Finance, Product, Technology, and Logistics teams. - Drive cross-functional projects that improve customer experience and operational efficiency. Educational Qualification: - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Automobile Engineering (mandatory). Experience: - 12 - 15 years of progressive experience in automotive parts procurement, inventory planning, supply chain, or aftermarket operations. - Minimum 4 years leading teams within automotive spare parts or aftermarket businesses. - Strong exposure to multi-brand spare parts procurement and inventory management. - Demonstrated experience in supplier development, strategic sourcing, and demand planning. - Proven track record leading transformation, process improvement, and cost optimization initiatives. - Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP and data-driven inventory planning tools.