Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.
• Analyzing quotations
• Coordinates Purchasing activities with all BU to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Processes Purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes from Vendors.
• Interacts closely with vendors and BU to resolve all issues.
• Track the PCard expenses, invoices and process the same.
• Manage contract in TCM.
• Periodical review of Open PO & AP holds reports, billing reports & work with finance for royalty reporting.
• Periodical review of Vendor performance

Required Experience / Skills

• Total 5-7 years of corporate experience
• Hands on with inbuilt financial tracking tools
• Good analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to deal with US counter parts for sourcing and procurement.
• Really good experienced transactional procurement background.
• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies together with cross-functional teams across the organization.
• Designing efficient system for monitoring all open purchase orders.
• Preparing regular purchase order reports for review by management team.
• Analyzing categories of spend to determine potential opportunities regarding cost optimization.
• Management of existing supplier relationships and contracts and renegotiation of supplier contracts where required.
• Should have experience right from Receiving Demand from internal Team, Sourcing for vendors, negotiation, creating PR, converting to PO, Approvals, Strict to delivery SLA.
• Having some experience in software licensing management and able to understand various software licenses terminology.
• Experience would be great in supplier management, including preparing scorecards, reviewing documents, understanding risk assessments, etc.
• Engaging with sales representatives regarding quotes and Statements of Work (SOW) for new sales. connect with suppliers to obtain SOWs, quotes, and delivery schedules.
• Having some experience helping with supplier diversity for US-based teams would be good too.
• Should be flexible with working in shifts.