Job Summary:

An Individual Contributor or Team Lead role with following major accountabilities:
- Shipping & Logistics: Letters of credit (At sight, Usance), BFC, CAD, TT- Payment
Process; Imports/Exports Documentation (Sea & Air Freight); Shipment
Tracking, Transportation etc.
- Procurement Operations – Tactical Procurement, Vendor Management, Order
Processing, Contract Management; Inventory Management, MRP, Procure to
Pay, Reporting, MIS etc
- End to End Procurement Process in MM Module in SAP

Job Description:
- Letter of Credit scrutinizing, negotiation & coordination with Banks. Process
LC’s as per Payment conditions (At sight, Deferred / Usance)
- Shipment Processing (Import & Export documentation- Sea /Air). Import
Shipment monitoring, tracking and reporting to Origins/ Business Units
- Run periodic reports (Shipment or Order progress status/Sales/Purchase/ etc)
and update to Customer. Coordinate with Customer for query/resolution
pertaining to shipments/documents/delivery schedules
- Design and track dashboards for quality, productivity, and effectiveness




- Coordinate with vendor for Product readiness/ Shipment readiness; SRM.
Manage & optimize Inventory at Origins– Inventory Models (ROP), JIT & VMI,
MRP, Scheduling, Call Off’s etc
- Effective communication of issues across the stakeholders. Provide inputs to
Managers for periodic updates to internal and external stakeholders. Ensure
adherence to SLAs; Drive continuous improvements within the processes
transitioned to increase efficiency continuously
- Perform Benchmarking, Identification, Approvals, Onboarding, Auditing,
Ongoing Operations – end to end Vendor Life Cycle Management (VLC) &
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Support Vendor Relationship Managers (VRMs) on various supplier related
activities e.g. Mandatory Trainings and escalate whenever needed; Ensuring
Compliance etc
- Supplier Evaluation, Rating & Monitoring: Lead measuring supplier
performance, root cause analysis and driving improve

📌 Procurement Specialist (Chennai)
🏢 Mindsprint
📍 Chennai