Specialist - GBS Procurement

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Specialist – GBS Procurement in Chennai

A purchasing professional who can quickly and accurately process purchase orders in a fast-paced environment. Excellent stakeholders service skills and work well in a team to consistently meet challenging performance targets.

What a typical day looks like:

• Timely issuance of POs to Vendors, follow-up for order confirmation and coordination for on time payment to suppliers
• Coordinating with vendors for actual delivery status of material 
• On time completion of Open Purchase Order Report and Shortage Report for review
• To execute core procurement processes efficiently and accurately for assigned products
• To meet or exceed desired service levels and inventory targets as defined for the products assigned, validated through procurement metrics
• Coordinate with Internal Business Partner (requestor) and Supplier for Purchase Order Changes. 
• Select supplier for placing new orders in accordance with approved Purchasing strategies 
• Managing supplier's database 
• To identify, recommend, and implement operational efficiencies to drive continuous improvement in the execution of procurement processes 
• Perform root cause analysis to expedite the resolution of service issues
• Prepare Customized reports for analyzing and incorporating improvements in processes
• Should we include shortage/excess escalation management, co-ordinate and follow through on urgent receive, past dues management and receiving challenge resolution

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Experience in the following domains: Order processing, Supply chain management, Order management, Procurement end to end preferred
• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Experience in working with Power Projects is preferred
• Knowledge of ERP (Preferably BAAN) 
• Experience in Manufacturing or relevant industry preferably in electronics 
• Knowledge of MS office and MS outlook 
• Excellent communication skills MANDATORY
• Good analytical skills
• Mandatory Knowledge of computer software applications, MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint (PF)
• Flexible Shifts

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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