Purchase Executive – Plastics, Polymers & Injection Moulding

ROLE PURPOSE Morcom is an ODM / OEM manufacturer of induction cooktops, infrared cookers, electric kettles and OTGs, and is setting up its own in-house injection moulding shop. The Purchase Executive – Plastics & Moulding owns everything that is plastic in that business: the polymer granules that feed the machines, the moulded parts still bought from outside moulders, the polybags and film that protect the finished product — and the injection moulding machines, auxiliaries, moulds and spares themselves. The role must buy the right grade (food-contact, heat-resistant or flame-retardant as the part demands), at a price that tracks the polymer market rather than a trader’s margin, and keep the moulding shop running without a single machine standing idle for want of material or a spare part. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Plastic Granules & Raw Polymers Grade selection with engineering: Buy the right polymer for each part — PP homo / co-polymer for bodies and bases, ABS / HIPS for cosmetic covers, PC for transparent parts, PBT / PA66-GF and heat-resistant grades near heating elements, food-contact grades for kettle parts and UL94 flame-retardant grades where the product standard needs them — always against the BOM and the approved datasheet, never a “similar” grade. Producer vs. distributor buying: Develop sources across producers (Reliance, HPCL-Mittal, IOCL, GAIL, Haldia and importers) and their authorised distributors; know when a direct producer contract beats a dealer and when it does not. Price tracking: Track producer price circulars and polymer market movements; time purchases and negotiate price-linked arrangements so Morcom never pays last month’s peak in a falling market. Masterbatch & additives: Source colour masterbatch (shade-matched to customer references), UV / antistatic additives and fillers; control shade approvals with Quality. Quality at receipt: Insist on a Certificate of Analysis for every lot; coordinate MFI, moisture and visual checks with IQC; reject mixed, repacked or wet material. Regrind & scrap: Work with the moulding shop on runner / regrind ratios and the sale of plastic scrap at the right rate, with weighment controls. 2. Moulded Parts & Outside Moulders Vendor base: Manage outside moulders for parts not yet made in-house — capacity, machine tonnage, mould condition, and first-article approval. Should-cost: Build a should-cost for every moulded part: part weight + runner × polymer rate + machine-hour rate × cycle time ÷ cavities + rejection + margin — and negotiate from that number, not from the vendor’s quote. Mould ownership: Track moulds owned by Morcom lying at vendors — mould register, shot count, maintenance and return on demand. Make-or-buy input: Provide cost data that helps management decide which parts move into the in-house moulding shop. 3. Polybags, Film & Plastic Packaging Specification: Buy LD / HM / PP polybags, BOPP, stretch film and bubble wrap to a written spec — size, micron, printing, vent holes and warning text — and verify weight per 1,000 bags against the micron ordered. Compliance: Ensure polybags and plastic packaging meet the Plastic Waste Management Rules (minimum thickness, marking) and support the company’s EPR documentation. 4. Injection Moulding Machines, Auxiliaries, Moulds & Spares Machine specification: Prepare technical comparatives for injection moulding machines — clamping tonnage, shot weight, screw diameter and L/D, tie-bar distance, platen size, daylight, servo vs. conventional hydraulics, energy consumption, controller — so management compares like with like. Auxiliaries: Source hopper dryers, mould temperature controllers, chillers, cooling towers, auto-loaders, granulators, robots / pickers and compressors, sized to the machines they serve. Spares & consumables: Build and maintain a critical-spares list with Maintenance — heater bands, thermocouples, nozzle tips, check rings, screw & barrel, hydraulic seals, pumps, valves, proportional cards, servo drives, hydra