Procurement Buyer I

Ensure that purchased goods, materials and services and company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery ensuring continuity of supply. You will be responsible for a specific project/region/business, with guidance from senior professionals. You will be responsible for delivering tactical activities of purchasing goods and services from defined contracts with stated terms and conditions. You may also be involved in occasional one-off negotiations for non-standard or off-contract buys, low dollar volume buys or items that are not strategically sourced.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver on customer needs
• Conduct competitive bids·
• Timely issuance of POs to Vendors, follow-up for order confirmation
• Coordinating with vendors for actual delivery status of material and expediting critical orders
• On time completion of Open Purchase Order Report and Shortage Report for review
• To efficiently and accurately execute core procurement processes for assigned products
• To meet or exceed desired service levels and inventory targets as defined for the products assigned, validated through procurement metrics
• Coordination with SIOP, Customer Support, Sourcing, Logistics
• Managing supplier's database and reporting performance metrices
• Identify, recommend, and implement operational efficiencies to drive continuous improvement in the execution of procurement processes
• Perform root cause analysis to expedite the resolution of service issues
• Prepare Customized reports for analyzing and incorporating improvements in processes
• Inventory management and review
• Hands on experience in SAP ERP MM module, BI Portal and tableau
• Good Excel and presentation skills required.
• Hard core experience of Import and local procurement in Buy to Sell
• Knowledge and monitoring of Material Management Metrics like OTTR, OTFP, Inventory DOS, ITR
• Knowledge of PFEP and 12 Blockers
• Draw Liquidation Plan of IOS inventory after discussion with SIOP, Sales and Marketing

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor Degree

WE VALUE

• Knowledge of purchasing systems and methodologies
• Strong communication skills and a team player
• Good organizational skills and the ability to prioritize problem solve
• Limited experience in a purchasing environment
• English fluent, any other language is a plus
• Negotiation skills

Minimal knowledge of procurement/sourcing