Specialist - Purchase

Job Description Specialist - Procurement (Purchase) Ahmedabad, INDIA | Position Code: 1214AS About the Role: We are looking for a Specialist - Procurement (Purchase), who thrives in a high performance and fast paced technical environment. As a Specialist within the Procurement (Purchase) team, you will be responsible for performing all critical tasks, ensuring that our customer receives a great product. What you'll deliver: - Work to team plan & deliver your tasks on-time & within budget - Evaluate your work progress to the plan and make required course corrections - Compliance to company code of conduct in all purchase & store activities and immediately report non-compliance - Manage Purchase and store processes for consumable, capital goods and services - Manage Request for Quotation Request for Proposal documentation - Manage supplier selection, competitive bidding & offer evaluation process - Manage supply continuity risk mitigation framework - Manage goods receipt, store and inventory management framework - Manage Supplier compliance with statutory and customer requirements - Optimise inventory and spend with demand forecast - Manage, Purchase orders, purchase agreements and rate contracts frameworks - Work with Supply Chain and Finance function to fulfil organisation needs and swift payments - Swiftly resolve non-conformance to minimise impact on project objectives - Help fellow team members to deliver their work right first time & on time in full - Understand project goals and objectives and complete your task within budget - Support team member to learn standard operating procedures (SOP) and best practices - Follow function's performance and improvement processes in your work - Apply lean & 5S visual work environment principles in your work - Align your work to meet your KPIs to achieve your growth goals - Evaluate your KPI trend and implement required course corrections - Support onboarding of new team members - Utilise learning material & proactively participate in discussion forums - Make your structured learning program and enhance your skills & knowledge & competency - Make & implement your performance & economic growth plan What you'll need: - Passion for our Vision: Transform Manufacturing - 4+ years of total working experience in related domain - In-depth domain knowledge & competency gained at an education institution or self-learnt - Fluent Knowledge & Competency of purchase & store organisation with P&L responsibilities - Fluent Knowledge & Competency of purchase terms and conditions, bidding process & contracts - Fluent analytical and negotiation skills in order to get the best price and value products and services - Clear Understanding & Competency of application taxes, customs duty & statutory compliances - Development Knowledge & Competency of high verity low volume store & inventory management - Fluent understanding & competency of quality management systems and ISO9001/AS9100 standards - Fluent understanding & competency of lean & six sigma principles - Fluency in engineering fundamentals and emerging technologies - Fluent ability to identify risks, manage them and develop mitigating actions - Flexibility to go beyond normal work hours in time of need and support other functions Must have: - Attitude to help fellow team members to positively work with cross functional teams - Respectful behaviour and willingness to adapt company code of conduct - Attitude to help fellow team members to learn, to do their best work and grow - Initiative and courage to explore new ideas and learn from the mistakes - Perfectionist approach and meticulous to the finest detail in everything that you do - Clear and concise written & verbal English language communication as well as presentation skills - Prompt and on-time communication of operational matters - Fluency in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams and other MS Office software - Readiness work in different shifts to support customers in different time zone Nice to have: - Experience in Engineering Purchase and Supply chain - Experience of working with leading ERP software like - Epicor / SAP / NetSuite - Great sense of humour