Purchase Manager

As a Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for planning, developing, and purchasing materials, parts, supplies, and equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications. You will prepare purchase requisitions, approve and issue purchase orders in accordance with institute policy and negotiated terms and conditions. Identifying potential cases for consolidating purchases across various businesses to achieve bulk/volume purchase advantages will be crucial. You may suggest feasible alternatives to respective indenters to standardize requirements. Additionally, you will review and renew contracts as necessary to enable effective trading. Reviewing, evaluating, and approving specifications for issuing and awarding bids will be part of your responsibilities. Resolving any quality issues, deviations, documentary deficiencies, or installation difficulties noted in the products or services availed with vendors is essential to ensure the readiness of products or services for use. Collaborating with users, vendors, and others to discuss defective or unacceptable new goods or services to determine the cause of the problem and take corrective and preventative action is also expected. Managing store operations to ensure optimum inventory levels for maximum cost savings without hampering processes will be a key focus area. Analyzing market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability is vital. Representing the organization in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers is another significant aspect of the role. Building and developing relationships with key suppliers and customers is crucial for effective procurement operations. Preparing documentation, systems, and procedures to enable upgrading to ISO compliance in each business area, including records, vendor feedback, process parameters, and role objectives, is part of the responsibilities. Planning to reduce work complexity through simplification and standardization while meeting institute standards and system compliances with business continuity will be essential. Required Qualifications and Experience: - Post Graduate degree (preferably MBA in Finance / Supply Chain Management / Operations / Logistics and Material Management) from a reputed Institute - 7 years of relevant experience - Experience in handling foreign procurement processes Join our team as a Procurement Manager and contribute to optimizing procurement operations while ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with industry standards.,