Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Job summary
Have you ever wondered how Amazon is managing its Capex Procurement in India? Do you want to join a company with an amazing growth to make history and leave your own footprint? Our India Procurement team is growing and we are hiring a Senior Procurement Manager for MHEs (Conveyors & Automation) with Pan-India responsibilities.

As Senior Procurement Manager, you will manage multiple categories/ subcategories and projects of increased complexity, Operates with significant autonomy and discretion, Influence other internal teams and may manage multiple direct reports. In this role you will define and own the capabilities, strategies and innovation roadmap for your category and team. You will develop key innovation activities, enhance the capability of the Procurement teams and promote the Procurement function internally and externally. You will lead in creating the procurement of tomorrow and work side-by-side with your stakeholders to deliver the best end customer experience.

Key job responsibilities
1. Evaluates key spend, performance, and compliance data to lead supplier or category decisions;
2. Uses knowledge of the market segment for assigned categories to identify trends and mitigate potential market-related issues;
3. Identify, develop and implement sourcing strategy, works with cross-functional teams to ensure that strategies are executed, and effectively communicates initiatives to gain customer and supplier buy-in and to drive them towards anticipated outcomes;
4. Builds mechanisms and leads initiatives to ensure that suppliers' costs don't extend beyond established goals. Constantly seeks ways to reduce spending and
demonstrates the ability to advise business owners on whether a given purchase is reasonable and justified;
5. Determines which suppliers should be positioned for long-term contracts based on the suppliers' overall value to the business. Establishes and implements standards for partnering with these suppliers;
6. Establishes supplier diversity/sourcing targets and expands current supplier selection options accordingly. Regularly evaluates these targets to raise the bar in terms of deliverables;
7. Operates with significant autonomy and discretion.
8. Promote the Procurement team internally and externally.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Preferably Electrical, Mechanical) with MBA from premier institutes in India.
• 10+ years of experience in effectively negotiate complex purchases
• Ability to interpret financial data and apply to decision making
• Understand contracting terms & condition and good in drafting complex contracts of Multi Million INR.
• Have experience in procurement transformations
• Earned trust and respect of the team and build positive working relationships by consistently making good decisions, keeping commitments, treating others and their ideas with respect.
• You speak up when you see problems that sit outside of your area - and you don't let go of them until they are resolved.
• Hands on experience in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and analytical platforms, including but not limited to the ability to analyze data using pivots and V-Lookups.
• Lean / Six-Sigma knowledge will be an added advantage
• Ability to work with ambiguity
• Must be highly self-motivated and customer-centric

• Insists on the highest standards from self and others. Drives accountability for results.
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Strong communication, reading comprehension, and writing skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and to meet deadlines in challenging situations
• Admits and takes ownership for mistakes.
• Knows when to ask for help.
• Keeps others informed of information that contributes to the performance of the team, department or company.
• Engenders trust and respect in all working relationships.
• Strong influencing skills and negotiation skills