BMW has said it will set up an international purchasing office in Delhi by August.
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The office will cater to the needs of 23 sites world-wide and will be headed by an expatriate, India News Online reported.
“The purchasing office will be directly reporting to our global head-quarters in Munich though there will be co-operation between us,” BMW India president Peter Kronschnabl was quoted as saying.
The website noted that BMW currently has a purchase unit for its manufacturing unit in Chennai and the two offices may approach vendors together.
Kronschnabl reportedly did not give details of what would be sourced from India.
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By GlobalData“Once the sourcing team comes to India, they will study what kind of components to be sourced from here,” he told India News Online.
