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Delhi | India

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Job title- Manager - Admin, Facility & Employee Benefit procurement

Department- Supply chain management

Job location- Delhi

POSITION SUMMARY

The Category Buyer - Services is responsible for supporting the business needs by ensuring timely procurement of requests related to assigned categories in Services. He /She ensures that the category performance is in alignment with the guidelines and targets set under SCM objectives. He /She adheres to the policy guidelines and organizational processes defined for procurement.

The Category Buyer performs sourcing for sub-categories under the Services category, amounting to $100 - 110 Mn spend. He/ She assists demand forecasting and annual sourcing plan creation, aligned with the business requirements. He /She analyses the supply market and industry trends and assists the Category Lead in developing category strategies.

He /She executes sourcing and negotiation strategies basis category strategy for all the major sourcing projects. He /She is an effective negotiator who can come up with creative negotiation strategies. He /She monitors contractual compliance and coordinates contract amendments (if any).

He/ She creates catalog for direct purchase and promotes catalog based ordering amongst all business functions. He /She collaborates with the vendors for optimizing technical specifications of products/ services. He /She is responsible for effective supplier relationship management and leads collaborative discussions for value creation with the supplier. He /She maintains a good working relationships with all business functions, SCM Operations, SCM Enablers and SCM Logistics to ensure cross-functional collaboration.

He /She is accountable for compliance to the guidelines and rules, both internal and external (tax laws, legal/ regulatory laws), and accountable for any artefacts/ processes needed for the same.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS according to Strategic Business Plan

Strategy development and planning:

- Support the Category lead in development of Annual Sourcing Plan for sub-categories under Services (incl. internal and external demand)
- Support Category Lead in developing both, category and sourcing strategies, by forecasting demand, analyzing industry trends, understanding vendor landscape, etc.
- Develop negotiation strategies for all the key sourcing projects under the guidance of Category Lead
- Examine supplier-s industry position and cost-structure, identify trends in supply market, develop cost-tear downs for key sourcing requests
- Optimize sourcing and ordering schedule by assessing demand drivers
- Minimize the potential risks to reduce supply chain uncertainties and shocks (through laid-out risk mitigation strategies)

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