Operational Buyer
Strategic and Transactional Procurement | EME & North America
Location
Pune, India
Core Procurement Experience
6 to 10 Years
Function
Global Procurement Operations
Regions
EME & North America
Employment
Full-Time
Industry
Manufacturing / Agricultural Equipment
Reports to
Operational Lead / Procurement Operations Manager
Job Location
Pune
Job Summary
AGCO is seeking an experienced Operational Buyer to execute tactical and transactional procurement activities across EME and North America. The role ensures material availability, supplier performance, timely procurement execution, invoice resolution, and process compliance, while supporting Category Buyers in selected strategic sourcing activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute sourcing activities - Current Product Management (CPM), Recent Product Introduction (NPI), Supplier Price Change Approval (PCA), and PPAP/IBQ activities.
- Create, maintain, and amend prototypes, PPAP, and other Purchase Orders (POs) and Scheduling Agreements (SAs) in SAP.
- Expedite orders from PO/SA creation through supplier confirmation, dispatch, delivery, and successful Goods Receipt (GR).
- Coordinate with Category Buyers, suppliers, warehouses, logistics, quality, engineering, manufacturing sites, and Accounts Payable to resolve operational issues.
- Monitor and resolve blocked invoices in VIM, including price, quantity, PO/SA, and GR discrepancies, to support timely supplier payments.
- Support Category Buyers in supplier identification and selection, RFQ/RFI execution, competitive multi-bidding processes, bid comparison, negotiation preparation, and sourcing implementation.
- Track supplier commitments, delivery performance, open actions, and procurement KPIs; proactively identify and escalate supply, delivery, pricing, and invoice risks.
- Manage procurement data and prepare accurate KPI reports and dashboards using Power BI, advanced Microsoft Excel, macros, HTML, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to
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