Assistant Manager - Indirect Procurement

Overview

Responsible for the sourcing and procurement of indirect category products and services as per business need, reporting to the India Procurement Manager with a dotted line to the Area Category Manager.

What you'll do

• Create and manage RFx for materials and services according to category or unit plans.
• Create should-cost models where needed and benchmark prices and norms.
• Lead supplier negotiations and formulate terms and conditions of ordering.
• Pre-tender price/norm finalization and submission, and create source lists and costing manuals for all products and services.
• Pre-budget pricing, lead time and norm sign-off with price validity for all products for the next year's budget across NBS, Service Business, Professional Services, IT, Marketing, etc.
• Liaise with stakeholders for procurement alignment to ensure on-time procurement of products and services at optimal prices below budget.
• Ensure timely procurement and delivery of products and services as per agreed timelines.
• Execute global, regional and local supplier agreements.
• Monitor and manage supplier contracts and performance for the category.
• Plan, steer and develop supplier relationships on a continual basis.
• Act as central contact point and contract owner for category suppliers.
• Manage supplier requirements and resolve issues to honor commitments to suppliers.
• Keep agreements and price lists updated and feed data into operational purchasing systems (e.g. SAP, following KW master data processes), including KSMP source plan uploading and saving project creation for each network/job.
• Maintain contract validity and manage re-negotiation as needed in alignment with category and sourcing strategy.
• Follow up supplier KPIs and support measurement where needed.
• Follow up supplier-related risks, define mitigation actions and monitor implementation.
• Arrange and conduct regular steering meetings with suppliers following a standard agenda for continual improvement.
• Manage and drive resolution of supplier issues and escalate with stakeholders and management if needed.
• Involve other functions in issue resolution and supplier development as needed.
• Steer supplier segmentation regularly by performance evaluation and category plans.
• Update or trigger updating of relevant data in IT systems (KONE SPD, cost models).
• Manage savings actions with suppliers against saving targets.
• Steer custom clearance activities for imported materials.

What you'll need

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Indirect Procurement.
• Relevant education.

Details

• Location: Chennai HO, KONE India.