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Associate Procurement Lead

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Serves as first point of contact for suppliers related to category of spend. Supports Procurement Operations Leads with strategic supplier relationships through data-driven recommendations. At their level, ensures appropriate collaborative communication is occurring between strategic sourcing teams and shared services transactional teams.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Partners with local procurement operations leadership to execute strategy at the regional/local level.
  • Carry out daily order processing.
  • Monitor all open Purchase orders.
  • Partners with local stakeholders to understand their requirement to provide solutions for purchase / sourcing.
  • Negotiation with qualify vendors.
  • Manage relationships with all stakeholders and vendors.
  • Responsible for feedback and process improvement for all e-sourcing activities or sourcing activities.
  • Accountable for compliance management.
  • Accountable for all internal and external audit preparation and feedback. Follow up all the closure activities for audit findings.
  • Supports Commercial Council through appropriate communication channels (informing and requesting feedback).
  • Accountable for meeting aspirational training goals for 7-Step Strategic Sourcing Process and Enhanced Sourcing Tools.
  • Attend all internal required training from time to time.
  • Serves as first point of contact for suppliers related to indirect category of spend.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or a related field.
  • More than 5 years of experience in a corporate setting required. Prior experience in Procurement, Supply Chain or a related Operational function preferred.
  • Experience in end-to-end procurement functions.
  • Experience in Indirect spending sourcing process.
  • Experience in SAP / SRM
  • Fundamental knowledge of business processes.
  • Organization skills, skills in database programs, team-player, strong communication skills, self-motivating
  • Skills desired: Strong financial/statistical analysis, foreign language, manufacturing processes, mathematical modeling, international experience, purchasing & technical experience
  • Experience in Microsoft words, Excel, power points