Senior Procurement Executive

Overview

Senior Procurement Executive supporting the country team's sourcing, pricing, contracting and vendor management activities, based on-site in Bengaluru.

What you'll do

• Keep an eye on sourcing activities and ease the path for the country team's procurement activities.
• Assist in drafting requirements for bidding and conduct sourcing references, including requests for information, proposals and quotations.
• Draw up contracts and find opportunities to drive costs down.
• Be ready to address any pricing issues that may arise.
• Support the solutions department by securing the best pricing in line with their tenders.
• Handle the development, implementation and maintenance of purchase orders (JDE preferred) and benchmark reports.
• Carry out scheduled audits to ensure contract and insurance requirements are met.
• Take part in growing the business by actively participating in tender and pricing activities.
• Find and keep vendors and suppliers who deliver on time and meet quality standards at the right price, and track their performance.
• Support the supply chain management team by developing and looking after vendor management programmes, ensuring seamless negotiation processes and promoting effective project coordination.
• Ensure transition and information updates are well in place.

What you'll need

• Degree holder.
• Two to three years' experience in procurement processes.
• Focus on key business goals and results.
• Put customer satisfaction at the forefront.
• Good command of spoken and written English and other non-English languages.
• Superior people skills.
• Proficiency in all MS applications.

Nice to have

• JDE experience for purchase orders.

Details

• Location: On-site, Bengaluru, KA.
• Scheduled weekly hours: 48.