Specialist Purchase Hub - Indirects

As a Specialist - PO Partnering (Indirects), you will play a crucial role in handling procurement operations, ensuring seamless execution and compliance with organizational standards. Collaborating closely with suppliers & internal stakeholders by leveraging your expertise, you will ensure reliability in supplies and best in class Service levels.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Operational Support:

• Responsible for procurement processes for the assigned category To ensure OTIF is as per agreed KPI's
• Responsible for availability of purchase orders in SAP either through auto or through assignment based on approved PR, Price & Supplier To ensure PR are converted to PO as per SLA mentioned in KPI's
• Responsible for ensuring to get PO Acknowledgement along with Spec acceptance, dispatch dates & Quantity confirmations from supplier To ensure adherence to post PO activity as per SLA in KPI's
• Responsible for Life cycle Management (LCM) of purchase order till delivery at respective plant gate as per agreed lead time To ensure adherence OTIF target as per KPI's
• Post PO collaboration to ensure delivery dates are adhered & in case of exceptions co-ordinate with supplier & internal stake holders To ensure correct delivery dates are updated in PO, after internal alignment.
• Responsible to ensure ASN adoption from suppliers To ensure ASN compliance is as per agreed KPI's
• Responsible for logistics arrangement & PO provisions for delivery (Ex works) To Ensure that number of deviations in payment process are less than agreed KPI's
• Responsible to ensure Rush orders are processed on green channel To Ensure material is delivered as per business requirement.

1. Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Responsible to work with internal stakeholders, including Procurement Strategic team and Planning /QC/Marketing to resolve issues related to pricing/lead time/QM Info/MPN etc issues To ensure PO's are released within agreed KPI's.
• Responsible for post Delivery coordination with Plant partnering team for resolution of issues pertaining to supplier/logistics To ensure material is released as per agreed SLA with Quality.

1. Team Collaboration:

• Collaborate with team members of PO Operations/ Plant Partnering, Dpex , QC/GQM etc To ensure timely execution of procurement operations.
• Participate in team meetings and provide updates on assigned tasks on daily and weekly basis and make the list of exceptions To ensure that all corrective actions are implemented.

1. Process Improvement:

• Responsible to Identify and suggest opportunities for process optimization within the assigned category as applicable on the ways of working process so that automation/simplification/Elimination can be identified To ensure improvement in service levels.
• Responsible for training to suppliers for various Dpex lead process enhancements in S2P tool To ensure increased adoption of digital tools by suppliers.

Qualifications

Educational qualification & Minimum work experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or Operations Management, with min. 3-5 years of experience in procurement
• Proven experience in coordinating with multiple stakeholders and handling operational activities effectively
• SAP Operating knowledge, internal SOP's for material handling

Skills Required
Stakeholder Management, Sap