Knowledge Analyst - Procurement

• Bachelor's in engineering/technology; master's degree preferred with MBA from a business school with specialization preferably in operations
• will be an added advantage
• 3+ years of relevant industry/consulting experience in procurement
• Strong understanding of purchasing, sourcing, supplier identification and management, vendor development, costing etc.
• Solid problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand the relevant analysis required to prove a hypothesis and ability to gather information
• around it and make informed/logical assumptions where required
• Basic understanding of research techniques, information sources, and statistical analysis/analytic techniques relevant to purchasing and
• operations
• Good business knowledge and solid understanding of economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminology
• Strong interpersonal skills, good team player
• Intellectual curiosity
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and relevant analytics/statistical packages
• Knowledge/experience on e-procurement tools spend analysis tools, RFQ tools, should costing/zero based costing, eAuctions, etc. will be
• added advantage

Preferred candidate profile