Buyer

Responsibilities:

· Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.

· Analyzing quotations

· Coordinates Purchasing activities with all BU to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.

· Processes Purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes from Vendors.

· Interacts closely with vendors and BU to resolve all issues.

· Track the PCard expenses, invoices and process the same.

· Manage contract in TCM.

· Periodical review of Open PO & AP holds reports, billing reports & work with finance for royalty reporting.

· Periodical review of Vendor performance

Required Experience / Skills

· Total 5-7 years of corporate experience

· Hands on with inbuilt financial tracking tools

· Good analytical skills

· Excellent communication skills

· Able to deal with US counter parts for sourcing and procurement.

· Really good experienced transactional procurement background.

· Developing and implementing sourcing strategies together with cross-functional teams across the organization.

· Designing efficient system for monitoring all open purchase orders.

· Preparing regular purchase order reports for review by management team.

· Analyzing categories of spend to determine potential opportunities regarding cost optimization.

· Management of existing supplier relationships and contracts and renegotiation of supplier contracts where required.

· Should have experience right from Receiving Demand from internal Team, Sourcing for vendors, negotiation, creating PR, converting to PO, Approvals, Strict to delivery SLA.

· Having some experience in software licensing management and able to understand various software licenses terminology.

· Experience would be great in supplier management, including preparing scorecards, reviewing documents, understanding risk assessments, etc.

· Engaging with sales representatives regarding quotes and Statements of Work (SOW) for new sales. connect with suppliers to obtain SOWs, quotes, and delivery schedules.

· Having some experience helping with supplier diversity for US-based teams would be good too.

· Should be flexible with working in shifts.