Associate Buyer

The Opportunity

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Recommends / supports in Identifying new suppliers and coordinates with relevant category team. Follows the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.
• Supports in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.
• Analyses and evaluates bids within the scope, in order to determine the optimal value.
• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.
• Oversees supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.
• Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
• Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.
• Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within the scope of activities.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
  

Your Background

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in any fields.
• Minimum 1 years of experience.
• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package.
• JAGGAER tool experience preferred.
• Computer skills, analytical & creative mind.
• Presentation skills with attention to details.
• Business skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Time management and organization skills.
• This is a 1-year contractual role requiring availability for the evening shift from 5:30 PM to 2:30 AM IST.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.