Procurement Practice Analyst
Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst
Qualifications:BCom/MCom/Master of Business Administration
Years of Experience:3 to 5 years
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What would you do? Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. Procurement Operations involve the process of acquiring goods and services that a business needs to operate. This includes identifying needs, selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing purchase orders. The goal is to obtain quality products at the best possible prices while ensuring timely delivery. Effective procurement operations help control costs, maintain supply chain efficiency, and support overall business objectives. They are essential for the smooth functioning of any organization. Analyze and design the best practices for tactical and transactional procurement processes. Plan implementation based on detailed understanding of technologies involved and best practice process output measures. Provide the setup and ongoing maintenance of suppliers, catalog content, user authorization data and procurement applications to provide efficient and effective transactions, and to help maximize compliance.
What are we looking for? Technical Skills • Demonstrated competency evaluating operational performance, formulating actionable tactics and strategies, developing business cases for change, and managing change in a supply chain context. • Ability to work creatively and analytically, both independently and in a problem-solving team-oriented environment • 3-5 experience years in Automotive Aptitudes • Excellent team player, communication, and interpersonal skills • Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills Nice to Have (one or more of the following) • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset • Ability to simplify complex tasks and drive efficiencies
Roles and Responsibilities: Operational Responsibilities • Work closely with associates to manage the daily operations delivery • Responsible to drive business saving with offshore, onshore & client team as per defined targets while working from client site • Should be able to guide & mentor analytics and operation teams to drive business outcomes • Monitor and interpret process KPI’s/SLA daily People Management Responsibilities • Need to be a good team player and lead, involve the team members for smooth day to day operation • Should be able to motivate, guide his team to achieve team target • Effective in allocation the workload within team • Should be able to understand team pulse and react effectively • Accountable for coaching, mentoring and motivating analysts & associates MUST HAVE Functional Skills • Manage a Supply chain team of associates that is responsible for delivering various Supply Chain initiatives majorly focused on delivery assurance, exception management & inventory management • Determine the required materials and generating purchase orders • Scheduling and overseeing the supply and delivery of materials and products • Liaising with customers, suppliers, and distributors • Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations • Work closely with client and address risks/queries independently • Generate client required reports and agreed frequencies • Work closely with the managers to understand their supply chain goals. To align business requirements with systems and process solutions that ensure overall objectives are met. • Provide Root cause analysis, What if analysis in the domain of PO placements/On-Time delivery/Inventory Planning/Exception Management
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