Procurement Specialist

Job Summary:

An Individual Contributor or Team Lead role with following major accountabilities:

- Shipping & Logistics: Letters of credit (At sight, Usance), BFC, CAD, TT- Payment

Process; Imports/Exports Documentation (Sea & Air Freight); Shipment

Tracking, Transportation etc.

- Procurement Operations – Tactical Procurement, Vendor Management, Order

Processing, Contract Management; Inventory Management, MRP, Procure to

Pay, Reporting, MIS etc

- End to End Procurement Process in MM Module in SAP

Job Description:

- Letter of Credit scrutinizing, negotiation & coordination with Banks. Process

LC's as per Payment conditions (At sight, Deferred / Usance)

- Shipment Processing (Import & Export documentation- Sea /Air). Import

Shipment monitoring, tracking and reporting to Origins/ Business Units

- Run periodic reports (Shipment or Order progress status/Sales/Purchase/ etc)

and update to Customer. Coordinate with Customer for query/resolution

pertaining to shipments/documents/delivery schedules

- Design and track dashboards for quality, productivity, and effectiveness

- Coordinate with vendor for Product readiness/ Shipment readiness; SRM.

Manage & optimize Inventory at Origins– Inventory Models (ROP), JIT & VMI,

MRP, Scheduling, Call Off's etc

- Effective communication of issues across the stakeholders. Provide inputs to

Managers for periodic updates to internal and external stakeholders. Ensure

adherence to SLAs; Drive continuous improvements within the processes

transitioned to increase efficiency continuously

- Perform Benchmarking, Identification, Approvals, Onboarding, Auditing,

Ongoing Operations – end to end Vendor Life Cycle Management (VLC) &

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

- Support Vendor Relationship Managers (VRMs) on various supplier related

activities e.g. Mandatory Trainings and escalate whenever needed; Ensuring

Compliance etc

- Supplier Evaluation, Rating & Monitoring: Lead measuring supplier

performance, root cause analysis and driving improved performance. Own all

aspects of supplier performance (cost, quality, delivery)

- Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance: Continuously measure, manage,

and improve supplier actual performance against negotiated SLA. Continuous

tracking, KPI reporting, via dashboards

- On-time delivery: Measure, report, and action to improve service and delivery

performance

- Ongoing cost productivity: Measure, report, and action cost productivity as a

function of market pricing

- Knowledge Transfer- Train, induct and work closely with the incumbents at

various levels to deliver the targets

Profile Description:

- 7-9 years of relevant experience in Procurement Operations, Strategic

Sourcing & Vendor Management, in Food & Agribusiness, FMCG and similar

related Industries preferably

- A minimum of 2-4 of relevant experience; managing small to mid-sized Teams

- Good exposure to Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Operations, Vendor

Management

- Exposure to Import Export – Shipping & Logistics, Shipment Execution,

Shipment Documentation Handling, Vendor Coordination. Experience in

dealing with International Suppliers and Shipping line/Freight forwarders

- Experience handling multiple stakeholders.