Senior Executive - Sourcing

Role Details

Team/ Function:

Key Role Related Skills

• Prior Sourcing experience
  
• Category knowhow
  
• Negotiation Skills
  
• Basic understanding of

  ARIBA

  (mandatory)

Reporting

• Reporting Manager: Sr. Manager - Middle East & Europe
  
• Direct Reports: NA
  

Role Objective

Role Responsibilities

• Get relevant suppliers’ quotes, negotiate, and build relationships for price analysis and conversion to favorable delivery and credit terms.
  
• Analyze customer purchase data to identify and maximize ARC (Annual Rate Contract) and RFQ (Request For Quotation) opportunities.
  
• Perform category-wise and item-wise price analysis to estimate item level, category level, and overall profitability with minimal margin of error.
  
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Business Development, Customer Purchase teams, Central Procurement, and Local Sourcing teams to submit competitive and timely data analysis.
  
• Identify & develop standard processes that address business development requirements.
  
• Develop innovative approaches to review the effectiveness of procurement analysis.
  
• Improve TAT in customer purchase data analysis.
  
• Build a purchase database of indirect items for scaling up and improving TAT.
  

Essential / Desirable

• Work Experience:

  3-6 years of experience in the sourcing industry.

• Knowledge Skills:

• In-depth business management, supply chain, and strategic sourcing knowledge.
  
• Exceptional domain knowledge of Indirect Procurement in the manufacturing sector.
  
• Customer-centric mindset.
  
• Exceptional negotiation skills.
  
• Basic understanding of

  ARIBA

  (essential).
• Willingness to set up things from scratch.
  
• Excellent communication skills with a flair for BD & sales (desirable).
  

Education

• Graduation/equivalent from a reputed institute (essential).
  
• MBA/equivalent from a reputed institute (desirable).