Procurement Specialist

Overview

Procurement Specialist based in 3M's Global Capability Centre in India, working as an individual contributor and serving as the APAC-area category leader for silicone-coated paper release liners, pressure sensitive papers, and tape & abrasive backing papers.

What you'll do

• Provide end-to-end sub-category leadership for the APAC area, including developing and implementing the area category strategy to ensure business continuity, resilience, and value creation.
• Drive year over year profitability and free cash flow improvements through moderate to complex supplier negotiation, supplier development, and identification of alternative sources of supply.
• Influence internal stakeholders to prioritize activities that drive cost reduction, working capital improvement, risk reduction, efficiency, and competitiveness.
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships that provide access to leading technologies and capabilities.
• Negotiate and establish moderate to complex vendor contract agreements, holding suppliers accountable to competitive prices, high quality and best in class service.
• Research and analyze short and long-term market and industry trends.
• Create solutions for moderate, multi-faceted problems, requiring ingenuity, creativity, innovation, and strong analytical skills.
• Conduct business reviews with key stakeholders covering collaboration, service, capacity, market insights, savings pipeline, and performance improvement.
• Manage change through effective project goal definition, scenario planning, data analysis, action tracking, and stakeholder alignment.
• Participate, lead, or recommend continuous improvement projects at suppliers, businesses, or client sites.
• Ensure the integration of sustainability and corporate responsibility into category strategies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational policies.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution, completed and verified prior to start.
• Minimum 10+ years of Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, and/or Manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated skills in negotiation, category strategy development, and managing stakeholders (internal and external).
• Experience working with paper or other raw material roll-goods (e.g., films, nonwovens, etc.).
• Proven category leadership and strong negotiation skills and attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong systems (AI, ERP, Excel, Power BI) expertise and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications and experience engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Experience successfully collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on complex projects.
• Strong business, contract language, and financial acumen with an understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations and experience conducting RFPs and cost modelling.
• Initiative, self-starter with a positive and proactive approach and good ability to challenge the status quo.
• Japanese language ability.

Details

• Location: Hebbal, Bangalore (Karnataka), India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Individual contributor role based in the Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India.