Sourcing Specialist - Buying/Procurement
Location : GURGAON, GOA
Category Sourcing Job ID: 1924694
Essential Responsibilities:
- Negotiation with suppliers on prices and delivery. Coordinating with Engineering, Project, Quality for technical alignment, budget, product quality.
- Placement of orders on time is the key.
- Effective and timely communication with internal customers and stakeholders
- Formulate and Implement sourcing strategies with commodity teams if required.
- Initiate Simplification and Digitization projects to improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
- Ensure PO acknowledgement submitted by the supplier within the prescribed time and update the same in the system.
- Assess supplier capabilities and get detailed manufacturing schedule.
- Implement sourcing strategies to ensure supplier executes the job as per the need of the project.
- Keep a weekly track on the manufacturing schedule of our orders and update the system on a regular basis.
- Coordinate with buying, engineering or quality team to resolve any supplier issue as per the project requirement to ensure smooth execution.
- Write reports to track PO activity and supplier performance.
- Analyze and track Supplier promise date accuracy and develop reports to ensure Supplier promise date accuracy.
- Drive effective recovery plans when the supplier is in delay and ensure support to the project team.
- Check for the submission of documentations required along with the material.
- Coordinate and regular follow-up with receiving teams to get your material received on time.
- Support supplier to get their invoices cleared as and when required.
- Prepare long term strategies to improve the performance of supplier.
Qualifications/Requirements : Bachelors of Engineering or B.Tech degree from an accredited university or college with min 4-5 years’ experience in an Sourcing/Operations profile
Desired Characteristics:
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Strong problem solving skills.
Location: Gurgaon, India