Material Buyer

We are seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Procurement Manager to join our team.

This role will be based at our Corporate Office, Hyderabad, and will involve:

• Receiving Bill of Material from Design Department and seeking quotations from all vendors.
• Making a cash flow plan to support the project, including constant update of the cash flow plan and costs incurred on the project.
• Preparing comparative quotations and putting up to management for decision.
• Releasing purchase/work orders to vendors with appropriate payment terms and delivery conditions.
• Follow up with the accounts team for release of advances and running payments to vendors as per terms.
• Ensuring timeliness of material delivery by regular follow up with vendors.
• Follow up with vendors for material inspection upon readiness.
• Follow up with vendors and transporters for delivery of material on time and in good condition.
• Follow up with vendors for invoices.
• Entry of invoices into SAP.
• Providing Weekly Financial Project Progress to the Management.
• Maintaining a database of vendors.
• Insuring all work, workers, and movement.
• Supporting Tender/BD team in costing of upcoming projects/Tenders.
• Working out various project requirements with respect to utilities, procurement activities and monitoring overall operations (Procurement & Logistics) for ensuring timely completion.
• Monitoring, implementation & documentation of procurement systems, managing commercial activities relating to contracts, equipment, and other related activities.
• Liaison with the site project management to minimize the communication gap between the procurement department and the end users for timely expedition of the materials at respective project sites.
• Dealing with Vendors, Architects & Contractors, and monitoring expenses with optimum utilization of resources.
• Provide management reports and key performance data and manage relationships with existing and new suppliers.
• Proper Worksheets to be maintained in terms of payments against the orders placed and inventory management. These sheets should be updated daily.

Requirements:

• A Graduate, preferably in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with 7 to 10 years of experience in Procurement.
• Awareness of products, functions, application parts and manufacturers.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process & Raw-Material.
• Good Negotiations and Analytical skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office, SAP & Analytics.

Preferred Skills:

• Awareness of products, functions, application parts and manufacturers.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process & Raw-Material.