Position: Buyer Indirect Procurement

Department: Global Purchasing Office

Status: Full Time

Location: Pune, India

Travel: Moderate

Job Summary

This position is recognized as a strategic buyer and is responsible primarily for the purchase and strategy of goods and services in various Indirect Commodities in an efficient and economical manner following established policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Local strategic sourcing of Indirect Procurement Services and goods.
- Develop, evaluate, and manage supplier relationships to accomplish material cost, availability and inventory goals.
- Negotiate pricing, terms and long-term contracts with strategic suppliers.
- Supplier cost analysis and creating reports / dashboards for management decisions.
- Closely co-ordinate with global commodity manager to implement Global strategy for the subject commodities.
- Analyze supplier cost / pricing information and benchmark the competition.
- Troubleshoot/analyze continuous/reoccurring quality problems and work with supplier to resolve them, in a commitment for continuous improvement.
- Organize and facilitate product teams for problem solving or issue resolution.
- Maintain supplier quality and delivery through assessment, evaluation and ongoing monitoring.
- Support engineering, sales and production by providing supplier delivery and open order data in order to assist in the most cost-effective utilization of materials.
- Maintain Supplier data, Part data and PO data with integrity.
- Ensure Supplier compliance.
- Assertively resolve all pricing,



invoicing and contract related issues with suppliers.
- Work/Communicate/collaborate with order management, sales, engineering, production, accounting, and quality department on any part related issues/questions.
- Maintain inventory levels that allow productive production while attaining inventory and cost savings goals.
- Responsible for following safety and environmental procedures.
- Perform special projects as required.
- Other tasks as assigned by Manager.
- Supplier Evaluation and Tracking.
- Stakeholder management, Agile way of working, ensure on-time, on-budget, quality deliveries.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Preferred:

B.E/B. Tech (Mechanical) with MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain/Business Management OR M.Com with MBA in Finance Supply Chain

Experience Preferred:

8 to 10 Years of experience with at least 8 years in Strategic Procurement management experience of sourcing Indirect Procurement Commodities, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Information about the commodities to be handled.

Candidate needs to possess

- TEAM PLAYER
- Strong negotiation skills
- Professional approach
- Strong interpersonal skills, communication and the ability to work efficiently with others.




- Working knowledge of purchasing policies, processes and procedures.
- Extensive knowledge and ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing and delivery based on specific budget and schedule requirements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power point) and SAP skills (MUST to HAVE).
- Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels within the organization, along with external contacts.
- Manage a commodity on a global basis across several MTU locations
- Strong problem solving, decision making and analytical capabilities.
- Ability to travel on a limited basis and learn commodity processes at supplier locations
- Supplier Networking

Work Conditions:

Daily work is performed in an office environment. This position has a Monday through Friday work schedule, as business requires.

While performing duties of this position, the employee is occasionally required to stand, reach, and / or grasp. Next, an employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to manipulate small items such as a keyboard or mouse. Finally, an employee is also frequently required to walk within the work environment.

Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, and the employee must have the ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer : This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role detailscontentand availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

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