Role Title: Vendor Management Specialist Procurements

Location: Gurgaon with responsibility spanning GCC (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia).

Experience: 3–5 years

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Commerce, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, IT or related field.

Reporting to: Spend Lead

Role Purpose

Own the end-to-end vendor lifecycle across India and GCC operations — ensuring vendors are onboarded compliantly, remain operationally sound, are engaged periodically, evaluated on performance, and that escalations and audit queries are resolved with transparent documentation.

Key Responsibilities

- Vendor Onboarding: Manage end-to-end supplier onboarding and activation including document verification, approvals, follow-ups, compliance checks across all categories and geographies.
- Operational Sanity Checks: Periodically audit vendor master data, contract validity, pricing accuracy, and PO/invoice hygiene to flag gaps before they escalate.
- Periodic Engagement: Run structured vendor touchpoints (reviews, check-ins) to sustain relationships and surface risks early.
- Performance Evaluation: Design and administer vendor scorecards (quality, delivery, compliance, cost) and share feedback with category teams.
- Escalation Management: Act as first point of resolution for vendor-related issues (delivery, payment, compliance),



coordinating with category and finance teams to close them.
- Internal Audit Support: Own vendor-related audit queries — assemble documentation, respond to auditor questions, and track corrective actions to closure.
- AI-Enabled Vendor Management: Use AI capabilities within Oracle ERP (or equivalent tools) to automate/flag onboarding checks, anomaly detection, and vendor risk signals.
- Dashboard & Reporting: Build and maintain periodic dashboards (vendor performance, onboarding TAT, escalation trends, audit status) for leadership review.

Required Skills & Experience

- 3–5 years in vendor management, procurement operations, or supply chain, ideally with multi-country/GCC exposure.
- Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion Cloud or similar ERP; comfort with AI/automation features within ERP or procurement tools.
- Strong data analytics skills (Excel/Power BI or equivalent) for dashboarding and trend analysis.
- Experience supporting or responding to internal audit requirements.
- Clear communicator, comfortable coordinating across geographies and stakeholder levels.

Good to Have

- Healthcare industry background (hospital/pharma/medical devices procurement).
- Exposure to categories like Pharma, MedCon, BME, Indirect, or Lab.
- MBA / relevant postgraduate qualification will be an advantage

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