Specialist - Procurement

Overview

Specialist - Procurement role based in Coimbatore, responsible for supplier relations, purchase order management and inventory control to support production needs.

What you'll do

• Maintain relations with suppliers.
• Place orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to production requirements.
• Receive and handle order confirmations.
• Check and modify purchase orders according to changes in the production plan, using the Shortage List and Open Purchase Order List.
• Track shipments and urge them if needed.
• Carry out a regular weekly check of stocks to avoid overstock.
• Minimize obsolescence risk through the weekly check of the obsolete report.
• Correspond with freight forwarders and warehouses, and organize transportation where necessary.
• Deal with claims and settle debit and credit issues.
• File and record all necessary documents.
• Check inventory of critical materials according to the Shortage List.
• Contact the relevant warehouse personnel and have inventory discrepancies corrected.
• Handle purchasing data privacy.
• Ensure all active components are supplied in time for production needs, at the price agreed in the request.
• Review requisitions and MRP output.
• Confer with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Order, reschedule and cancel material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintain procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manage suppliers to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalate when appropriate.
• Approve invoices for payment.
• Investigate inventory levels.
• Monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Conduct quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintain procurement records, reports and metrics.

What you'll need

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of procurement / supply chain experience.
• Working usage of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• English language knowledge.
• Data entry and ten-key skills.
• Spreadsheet (PC) skills.
• ERP software use, as required.

Details

• Location: Coimbatore, India.