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.