Job description 

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• To Handle core commodity like. Steel Castings, Forgings and Manufactured product (Valves, Buy outs). 
• Timely issuance of POs to Vendors, follow-up for order confirmation and co-ordination for on time payment to suppliers.
• Coordinating with vendors for actual status of material for open orders and ensure to dispatch on time.
• On time completion of Open Purchase Orders and Shortage Report for review
• To implement core procurement processes efficiently and accurately for assigned products.
• To meet or exceed desired service levels and inventory targets as defined for the products assigned, validated through procurement metrics.
• Coordinate with Internal Business Partner (requestor) and Supplier for Purchase Order Changes.
• Identify, recommend, and implement operational efficiencies to drive continuous improvement in the execution of procurement processes.
• Prepare Customized reports for analyzing and incorporating improvements in processes
• Need to Send weekly shipment list to all suppliers and follow-ups for weekly shipments
• Provide resolution for receiving challenges.
• Need to provide resolution for invoice discrepancies and ensure timely payment for suppliers.

Who You Are:

You quickly and decisively act in constantly evolving, unexpected situations. You adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse partners. You always keep the end in sight; puts in extra effort to meet timelines. You analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. You observe situational and group dynamics and select best-fit approach.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Proven professional experience in Supply chain
• 5-7 years of Strategic Sourcing, Procurement & Project management experience, Commodity buyer background
• Excellent interpersonal skills (English at conversational level required)
• Speaking Hindi is an additional advantage
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Procurement skills e.g., category management, supplier management, sourcing, negotiations, benchmarking
• Proficiency in MS office
• Ability to build good relationship with suppliers / internal customers
• Hold the ability to run multiple projects parallelly and having a strategic mind-set
• Brings an external focus to work, by being constantly updated on developments and innovations in the external world
• Desire and ability to take full ownership of end to end procurement and produce high quality work
• Strong work ethic with excellent organization, time management, and problem-solving skills