Sr. Assistant, Accountant

Overview

Procurement Coordinator role supporting the procurement team in Bangalore, reporting to the Procurement Operations Manager, with primary responsibility for supporting various procurement team functions.

What you'll do

• Help update training material and/or assist in conducting office hours training as required; take notes and/or action items.
• Monitor relevant Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics for supplier reporting.
• Assist in reporting using ERP and Coupa systems and vendor usage reports under supervision of procurement leads.
• Coordinate and follow up with legal, compliance and privacy teams to prioritize agreements, ongoing follow-ups and meeting prep under supervision of the Operations Manager.
• Perform basic, ad hoc vendor, industry and spend research under supervision of procurement leaders in support of RFPs and basic market research.
• Contract administration via uploading and managing contracts in the Procurement System.
• Manage procurement inbox for various requests and disposition and close out quick service requests.
• Manage the DocuSign signature process for contracts, including execution and coordination, packaging and sending contracts for signatures.
• Run various pre-defined reports and maintain operational trackers to drive closure of open items with internal and external stakeholders.
• Track and report on contract renewals for closure, with regular follow-ups to track ongoing progress.
• Under guidance and supervision, assist the leadership team on small mini-projects or procurement internal initiatives.
• Coordinate with approval chain stakeholders and follow up on various request workflows under supervision of procurement leaders.
• Provide coordination support: set up basic RFPs, execute sourcing activities, and onboard and offboard suppliers within the Coupa procurement system.

What you'll need

• 2 to 4 years of work experience, preferably in a coordination role within a finance and procurement function or a highly transactional environment related to service management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with the capability to use Excel for pivot analysis, basic graphing, and compiling data for presentation inputs.
• Excellent coordination, organization, communication, task management and time-management skills.
• Adaptive learner who grasps new topics and is comfortable providing collaborative inputs to the operations manager over time.
• Graduate (educational qualification).

Nice to have

• Knowledge of any procurement system, preferably Coupa.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India (Millenium Towers - MT2).
• Full-time employment.