buyer procurement

Job Description

Job Offer Closes: 22 December 2025

Summary

Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Client: A client of Randstad India
Type: Temporary
Posted: 23 October 2025
Reference Number: JPC

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Job Details

Job Title: Buyer
Job Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Working Day: 6
Job Timing: 9 Hrs
Salary: Upto 12 LPA
Qualification: Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Materials Management, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management or a related technical discipline.

Summary

This role is responsible for the timely and cost-effective purchase of services and components to support key corporate functions, as well as key customer contracts and service offerings, such as repair, remanufacturing, field labor, and projects. Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are inadequate. An individual in this role may recommend cost-saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing, and vendor evaluation criteria.

Position Summary

This role is responsible for the timely and cost-effective purchase of services and components to support key corporate functions, as well as key customer contracts and service offerings, such as repair, remanufacturing, field labor, and projects. Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are inadequate. An individual in this role may recommend cost-saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing, and vendor evaluation criteria.

Essential Functions:

• Develop, implement, and manage commodity strategies; evaluate and select suppliers, including global opportunities, negotiation of supply agreements, and rationalization of the supply base.
• Drive continuous improvement in the supply base in support of business goals.
• Participate in continuous learning and professional development activities, while developing and implementing actions to achieve commodity goals delivery performance, lead time reduction, productivity, and quality.
• Actively develop Global Standard Work with the purchasing team.
• Provide continual support to Sourcing & Commodity Teams, Customer Service Delivery Team, plants & repair facilities, Suppliers, and Customers.
• Prepare/handle RFQs for commodities and customer projects.

Principal Duties:

• Evaluate and manage existing and potential suppliers based on the principles of Total Cost of Ownership and ensure timely acquisitions of product or service requirements from known sources of supply.
• Ethically represent Automation when interfacing with other companies. This representation includes conducting meetings/presentations with supplier and Automation personnel, selecting appropriate sources, communicating material specifications, negotiating pricing, establishing delivery commitments, resolving quality problems, communicating industry trends/technological innovations, and resolving disputed legal and financial issues.
• Develop specific objectives in support of Purchasing's departmental objectives. Establish personal growth objectives to support you and Automation. Report periodic progress toward those objectives to the purchasing supervisor.
• Edit and process purchase requisitions working with appropriate departments to clarify specifications and requirements. Uses SAP and other enterprise systems and programs to issue purchase orders, collect and analyze data.
• Coordinate activities with other functional areas (including Engineering, IT, Marketing, Regional Service Delivery, Customer Care, and Finance/Accounting) to achieve maximum customer service levels.
• Participate in and support the coordinated purchase agreement programs with the Strategic Sourcing organization.
• Aid in the development of new or enhanced computer systems/capabilities in support of overall productivity improvement efforts and management reporting.
• Ensure thorough familiarity with policies and procedures relating to the purchasing department and standards of business conduct.
• Conduct tasks in accordance with applicable health, safety, quality, and environmental regulations (state/federal laws, ISO 9001, ISO 14000, etc.) as well as Automation policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Materials Management, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, or a related technical discipline.
• A minimum of two years indirect related experience.
• Legal authorization to work in posted country is required.
• Language: English, Tamil, Hindi required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Purchasing experience in a manufacturing or services environment is helpful.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task under high-risk situations.
• Ability to influence peers and lead cross-functional teams.
• Proven results in driving supplier improvement and implementing cost reduction programs.
• Exposure to concepts of contract negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills.
• Self-starter, possessing a high degree of self-motivation and bias for action.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and project management skills.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification is desired.
• SAP experience is preferred.

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