Procurement Specialist

As a Procurement Specialist at DeHaat, your primary responsibility will be to streamline and optimize the procurement process for agricultural output. Leveraging your expertise in supply chain management and vendor relations, you will ensure timely sourcing of high-quality output at competitive prices to meet the needs of our customers. Your role will involve strategizing

procurement initiatives, negotiate contracts, and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to secure reliable and cost-effective supply chains. Ultimately, you will contribute to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of DeHaat's operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Onboard new suppliers and vendors in the designated location, ensuring completion of

Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures for onboarding in the DeHaat System.

- Track, Share Daily mandi wise commodity prices and Information; updating the team

the key stakeholders.

- Procure materials as per quality standard given by the buyer and based on the finalized

commercials by the sales team

- Collaborate with key stakeholders to obtain daily Souda rates, contributing to informed

decision-making.

- Collaborate with the Procurement Manager during the buying/auctioning process.

Conduct peripheral sampling of produce, marking and issuing commodity acceptance in

Mandi/Platform/Line Aggregation Points.

- Prepare & maintain data and details containing truck-wise details of all the procurement

done quality parameters and share it with key stakeholders as and when required.

- Maintain, Monitor and ensure availability of procurement related stationery, bagging

material, vehicle register, issue gate passes, and generate Goods Received Note (GRN)

documentation.

- Perform calibration checks at different points of procurement; manage the

loading/unloading process

- Prepare and adhere to APMC-related documentation, ensuring compliance with

regulatory requirements

Knowledge and Experience

MBA - Agribusiness or B.Sc. Agriculture with in depth knowledge of procurement processes and supply chain management ecosystem

Functional Skills

- Knowledge and understanding of the overall Agri-Output domain, commodity, seasonality,

- Market knowledge, geography & logistics

- Customer Relationship Management, Dealer management.

- Analytical skills (Margin calculations), Establish Mandi, Aggregator & Trader Connect, Market Intelligence

- Strong Negotiation and Communication Skills, Relationship building, Listening skills

- Problem Solving and Collaborative mindset.