Specialist - Procurement

Overview

Specialist in Procurement based in Coimbatore, responsible for supplier relations, purchase orders, inventory and material flow for production.

What you'll do

• Maintain relations with suppliers.
• Place orders for raw materials and purchased parts according to production requirements.
• Receive and handle order confirmations.
• Check purchase orders and modify them for changes in the production plan using the Shortage List and Open Purchase Order List.
• Track shipments and urge them if needed.
• Check stock weekly to avoid overstock, and review the obsolete report weekly to minimize obsolescence risk.
• Correspond with freight forwarders and warehouses, and organize transportation when required.
• Deal with claims and settle debit and credit issues.
• File and record all necessary documents.
• Check inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List, and resolve inventory discrepancies with warehouse personnel.
• Handle purchasing data privacy.
• Ensure active components are supplied on time, at the price in the request, according to production needs.
• Review requisitions and MRP output.
• Confer with vendors to obtain 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 and monitor movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Conduct quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintain procurement records, reports and metrics.

What you'll need

• Typically a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience.
• Working usage of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), and ERP software, as may be required.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume; ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense comprehension to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Details

• Location: Coimbatore, India.
• Benefits include health insurance and paid time off.