Branch Buyer: Indirect Buying

3 weeks ago


Mumbai, India Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd Full time

About Function/Department

Business & Commercial (B&C) is the procurement function of Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd. It is a part of the Supply Chain Management function.

About the Position

Responsible for receiving well-defined requirements from multiple users, sending enquiries to targeted set of suppliers to negotiate and finalize pricing, payment, delivery, and other terms. Role holder is expected to handle planned and in-depth tactical negotiations for large annual requirements, including Pan India centralized contracts and liaison with vendors for adherence to quality, speed, and cost. 

Areas of Responsibility

Requirement Monitoring: Regularly monitor SAP and email for requirements that have been put up by users. Discussion with users to ensure in-depth unambiguous understanding of requirement, to be able to send enquiries to vendors and negotiate on offers received. Ensure proper approvals before finalizing commercials. Have advance planning with users for annual requirements, with proper tactical plan in place for ensuring best negotiations. In-depth experience in events Vendor Management: Send enquiries to potential vendors; be aware of strengths and weakness of vendors in the marketplace; be aware of correct hierarchy of vendor with whom to communicate for best results. Organize technical discussion with user where required; prior understanding with user on how to convert technical differences in offer to commercial differences. Obtain maximum concessions from vendor; finalize payment and delivery schedule with vendors; Issue Purchase Order with agreed legal terms from SAP, after suitable internal approvals, as required. Vendor Development : Be in constant touch with market to identify potential new vendors and leveraging same to commercial advantage in ongoing negotiations. Have long-term plan to develop stronger vendors. Be in constant touch with multiple levels in hierarchy of vendor, to ensure seamless resolution of issues and suitable leveraging for negotiations. User Coordination: Ensure timely updates to users on status of requirement. Coordinate with user and vendor for resolution of any quality / quantity related issues that may arise, with suitable commercial and financial closure. Follow-up with users for timely processing of vendor invoices to ensure timely payments, which will help in future negotiations. MIS Preparation : Interact with supply chain teams for collation, compilation of various data points, analyze the data and convert the data into meaningful information and MIS Support various internal and external audits and ensure nil deviation against defined processes

Educational Qualifications Required

B.E. / B.Tech. or MBA

Relevant Experience

6-8 years of experience in Procurement (end to end procure to pay process; indirect procurement; spares buying)

Preferred industry is Media/ Manufacturing /Engineering. 



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