Associate Specialist, Procurement
Location
Chennai | India
Job description
Title
Associate Specialist, Procurement
About The Role The successful candidate will become a part of the buying team within the Chennai Transactional Hub. This is a great opportunity to gain experience procuring a wide range of goods and services across a wide range of locations.
KBR uses both bespoke and commercial off the shelf (COTS) systems, including but not limited to:
- SAP
- Deltek Costpoint
- KBRSupplier (KBR's in-house supplier management/tendering tool)
- SharePoint
- OnBase
Qualifications Qualification Essential Desirable Bachelor's degree
General Skills This Role Requires Confident and effective communication skills with excellent English
Articulate with a good attention to detail
Enthusiasm & flexibility
Ability to display initiative and work well in a fast-paced environment
Be well organised and maintain a tidy environment, adaptable and dedicated to the tasks in hand
Be honest, conscientious, well presented, highly motivated, with first class interpersonal skills
Good team player, also able to work independently
Negotiation and relationship management with an active Supply Chain
Maintaining best procurement practices
Process driven
Basic knowledge of contracts is essential
Specific Skills This Role Requires Ability to receive and understand business user queries, analyse and resolve.
An understanding of Supply Chain P2P and ERP systems and activities (such as requisitions, purchase orders etc.) in a project environment.
Core Responsibilities & Duties Processing of Requisitions in Costpoint into Purchase orders.
Processing of Shopping Carts in SAP into Service Orders.
Procurement of Corporate services for example IT Services/Real Estate Services/Utilities,Non- IT (Office Equipment, Furniture, Fitting & Fixtures) Contract (Software license, Building, Facility insurance), etc.
Knowledge of basic terms and conditions.
PR to PO process
Query Management
Support in invoice resolution.
COMPETENCIES
Flexibility and adaptability
Proactivity and shows initiative
Solid interpersonal skills
Collaboration and teamwork
Effective listening
Analytical, creative and forward thinking
Decision making
Ethics
Self-motivating
Organised
Problem solving
Process driven
Additional Information Focuses effort on agreed targets, ensuring contribution to the overall departmental Supply Chain targets.
Proposes personal training needs in relation to the role remit.
Actively participate in quarterly 1-2-1s to review progress against targets.
Participate in team meetings.
Report to line manager on work activities, priorities and upcoming tasks.
Perform and/or delegate other office duties or projects as required or assigned.
Contribute to improving processes through innovative thinking and embracing new technologies.
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