Global Procurement Specialist

Job Description:

• Drive and execute annual and strategic plans with supporting strategies.
• Execute right and fast strategies to align with business growth and new product introductions.
• Manage project, category, and commodity sourcing strategies including spend analysis, benchmarking, cost, market analysis, and global technology/economic trends.
• Develop and manage relationships with key supplier leaderships.
• Align with sales, marketing, technology, business, operations, finance, and quality departments.
• Manage supplier selection, RFQ, RFI process, negotiation, contracting, and supplier performance processes.
• Support pre-sales pursuits aggressively for 3rd party buyouts products/services to achieve competitiveness and increase win rate.
• Work with cost estimation managers to optimize the cost of products/services, evaluate vendor offers techno-commercially, and align terms and conditions on a back-to-back basis before recommending e-gap approval to sourcing leadership.
• Deliver metrics meeting/exceeding annual operating plan (AOP) and strategy deployment targets.
• Drive functional excellence and key metrics include early engagement, win rate, productivity, working capital, e-auction, digitization, and on-time delivery.
• Apply effective sourcing supplier risk assessment methodologies to ensure supplier continuity.
• Improve working capital through payment terms extensions, payment cycle optimization, vendor-managed inventories, inventory lead time reductions, and e-invoice automation.
• Achieve material spend of bought-outs and its associated services as per project schedule and revenue plan.
• Engage with project management when projects are awarded to develop procurement plans and deliver metrics and expectations.
• Drive process compliance and excellence, initiate, and support HOS/improvement programs.
• Create, maintain, and benchmark pre-sales buyout/procurement databases across verticals from quotes and/or projects executed.
• Collaborate with global category management to identify and develop suppliers, establish contracts, cost models, and price agreements. Develop alternate suppliers and solutions.
• Support APAC and Global teams for sourcing competitive suppliers from emerging markets.
• Support timely submission of data/reports monthly metric reporting.
• Ensure compliance to PMT and Global Sourcing procedures and policies, and leverage global tools.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Post-graduation/MBA/CIPS/CPSM would be an added advantage.
• 10-14 years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, and procurement experience in process/and or building automation, engineering procurement & construction (EPC), or large oil & gas industries highly preferred.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills for velocity, plus effective listening skills; effective facilitation skills; demonstrates high energy and motivates others.
• Data analysis, interpretation, and presentation skills.
• Execution - persistent drive for results, utilizing sound project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills and strategic thinking.
• Travel up to 20-40%.

Benefits:

• Significant experience in global supply chain process, sourcing, and procurement process.
• Working in matrix and complex team environments.
• Project management and/or contract management experience.
• Professional certifications in project (PMP)/supply chain (CPSM)/CIPS/procurement and contract.
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen.
• Experience with SAP, e-sourcing platforms, e-RFX digital tools, project management tools.
• Experience managing multiple projects in dynamic global environments.
• Ready to handle global leadership and work in diverse cultures.
• Fluent in Excel and data analytics, PowerPoint, and reporting to business and global leadership.