What you’ll do:

The Indirect Buyer is responsible for managing the end-to-end RFQ process, driving sourcing initiatives for Indirect Procurement categories like Capital, MRO, Packaging and engaging with suppliers to obtain competitive quotations. The role involves conducting commercial negotiations to achieve cost savings, evaluating proposals, and ensuring optimal procurement decisions. It also requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders to define sourcing strategies, ensuring compliance with company policies, and monitoring supplier performance. Additionally, the role includes supporting contract finalization and tracking savings, KPIs, and overall sourcing progress.
"Key Responsibilities:
1. Category Strategy and Spend Management:
- Develop and execute category strategies for MRO, Infrastructure, and Packaging commodities in alignment with business requirements and procurement objectives
- Analyze historical and forecasted spend, and market trends to identify sourcing, consolidation, and cost-reduction opportunities.
2. Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Negotiation:




- TLead RFQ, RFP, and competitive bidding events, including preparation of bid packages, supplier communication, technical and commercial comparison, and negotiation
- Prepare sourcing recommendations and approval documentation with explicit justification, risk assessment, and stakeholder alignment.
3. Purchase Order, Contract, and Compliance Management:
-Convert approved sourcing decisions into accurate purchase orders, blanket agreements, and contracts with clearly defined scope, price, quantity, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
- Maintain sourcing and negotiation records for audit readiness and ensure compliance with procurement policies, delegated authority, ethical standards, and internal controls
4. Procurement & ERP System:
- Implement and manage procurement practices, ensuring cost-effective sourcing and supplier compliance.
- Advanced Excel and ERP Systems (Oracle/SAP/

📌 Analyst SCM (Pune)
🏢 Eaton
📍 Pune