Job Summary

Role Definition: Processes requisitions and provides support for purchasing, supply chain, sourcing, cost, price analyses and contract/purchase order generation.

Responsibilities

- Serve as the Cost Vertical Coordinator for the Electrical Electronics (EE) Segment, aligning and driving robust cost governance across global teams, including Category Buyers, Supplier Development Engineers and Engineering stakeholders to deliver segment-wide value.

- Developing improvement plans to support buyers professionals related to Response Time, Lean Targets Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to enable optimal and efficient operations.

- Performing analysis and maintenance of assigned processes that produce output excellence, builds expertise for the assign process area, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts.

- Supporting customers and customer proposal efforts with pricing information and supplier selection.

- Performing analytical and administrative tasks in support of purchasing strategic initiatives.

- Perform complex data analysis and manage large datasets to support strategic sourcing decisions, while coordinating global sourcing projects through the effective use of digital and automation tools such as Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Python, and AI-enabled technologies to improve efficiency and business outcomes.

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

- Data-driven Decision Making: Knowledge of the data-driven decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to gather and analyze data to make organizational decisions that align with strategic business objectives and goals.

- Level Working Knowledge: Applies an assigned technique for data-driven thinking in a Decision-Making process.

- Level Working Knowledge: Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when interpreting data.

- Level Working Knowledge: Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

- Level Working Knowledge: Participates in the process of choosing KPIs and metrics to influence decisions.

- Level Working Knowledge: Utilizes the basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.

- Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

- Level Basic Understanding: Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.

- Level Basic Understanding: Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.

- Level Basic Understanding:



Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.

- Level Basic Understanding: Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

- Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

- Level Working Knowledge: Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

- Level Working Knowledge: Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

- Level Working Knowledge: Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

- Level Working Knowledge: Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

- Level Working Knowledge: Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

- Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

- Level Working Knowledge: Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.

- Level Working Knowledge: Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.

- Level Working Knowledge: Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.

- Level Working Knowledge: Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.

- Level Working Knowledge: Produces standard project status reports.

- Procurement: Knowledge of buying and procurement; ability to work with organizational strategies and practices, and use tools for buying goods, supplies, equipment and services needed to conduct business.

- Level Basic Understanding: Identifies the major steps and critical paths in a purchasing cycle.

- Level Basic Understanding: Explains the basic concepts and responsibilities of institutional purchasing.

- Level Basic Understanding: Describes the major types of materials, products or services purchased by the organization.

- Level Basic Understanding:



Identifies the basic tools used for maintaining procurement information and records.

- Knowledge of a Specific Procurement System: Knowledge of the features, functions and operations of a specific procurement system; ability to develop and use tools, techniques, and practices for a specific procurement application.

- Level Working Knowledge: Uses the system to process routine purchase orders and payments.

- Level Working Knowledge: Communicates with professionals to understand various procedures for a specific procurement system within the organization.

- Level Working Knowledge: Troubleshoots common applications or data problems for a specific procurement system.

- Level Working Knowledge: Uses software to monitor the status and shipment of orders.

- Level Working Knowledge: Maintains inspection records, photographs, and important documentation of procurement system.

- Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.

- Level Basic Understanding: Identifies the basic tools used for maintaining procurement information.

- Level Basic Understanding: Identifies major types of products or services purchased by the organization.

- Level Basic Understanding: Explains the basic concepts and responsibilities of purchasing tasks and activities.

- Level Basic Understanding: Describes established procurement processes and standards.

- Logistics Management: Knowledge of the processes, tools and operational considerations for effective and effective movement of goods and materials; ability to understand, predict and control the movement of goods, materials and supplies.

- Level Working Knowledge: Uses tools, with guidance, to forecast delivery times, determine costs and assess performance.

- Level Working Knowledge: Works with logistics in a domestic environment.

- Level Working Knowledge: Maintains records of all shipments and invoices using an established system.

- Level Working Knowledge: Assists in the development of process flows to track lead time by activity.

- Level Working Knowledge: Participates in integrating logistics processes and developing effective networks.

Requirements

- This job requires 5 working days from office

- Up to 20% global travel required; regular overlap with US working hours expected

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📌 Associate Procurement Professional (Chennai)
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