Buyer

Responsibilities:

·     Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.

·    Analyzing quotations

·     Coordinates Purchasing activities with all BU to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.

·     Processes Purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes from Vendors.

·     Interacts closely with vendors and BU to resolve all issues.

·     Track the PCard expenses, invoices and process the same.

·     Manage contract in TCM.

·     Periodical review of Open PO & AP holds reports, billing reports & work with finance for royalty reporting.

·     Periodical review of Vendor performance

Required Experience / Skills

·       Total 5-7 years of corporate experience

·       Hands on with inbuilt financial tracking tools

·       Good analytical skills

·       Excellent communication skills

·       Able to deal with US counter parts for sourcing and procurement.

·       Really good experienced transactional procurement background. 

·       Developing and implementing sourcing strategies together with cross-functional teams across the organization.

·       Designing efficient system for monitoring all open purchase orders.

·       Preparing regular purchase order reports for review by management team.

·       Analyzing categories of spend to determine potential opportunities regarding cost optimization.

·       Management of existing supplier relationships and contracts and renegotiation of supplier contracts where required.

·       Should have experience right from Receiving Demand from internal Team, Sourcing for vendors, negotiation, creating PR, converting to PO, Approvals, Strict to delivery SLA.

·       Having some experience in software licensing management and able to understand various software licenses terminology.

·       Experience would be great in supplier management, including preparing scorecards, reviewing documents, understanding risk assessments, etc. 

·       Engaging with sales representatives regarding quotes and Statements of Work (SOW) for new sales. connect with suppliers to obtain SOWs, quotes, and delivery schedules.

·       Having some experience helping with supplier diversity for US-based teams would be good too.

·       Should be flexible with working in shifts.