-Identify and evaluate potential suppliers to meet procurement needs.

- Ensure compliance with established procurement procedures and policies.

- Analyze and document procurement activities and financial expenditures.

- Build and maintain positive relationships with vendors and suppliers.

- Communicate effectively with internal teams regarding procurement activities.

- Utilize market insights to make informed sourcing decisions.

- Navigate challenges in negotiations to secure favorable terms.

- Analyze market trends to anticipate supply chain challenges and opportunities.

- Work closely with IT, Tech, HR,, Business Operations, Call Center, and ML team to gather requirements and understand timelines

- Strive to improve the procurement process, ensuring it is effective, responsive, and cost-efficient for all teams involved

- Impact on the revenue funnel to the tune of 100crs

- Challenges & Decisions

- Working in a highly commoditized & competitive landscape

Qualification & Experience (type & industry):

- Graduate or Postgraduate.

- Graduate - 6-8 years of experience | MBA - 3-5 years of experience.

- Preferably: 2-3 years of startup experience & 1-2 years of consulting.

Skills & know-how:

- Solid problem-solving capabilities - Once given a problem you are able to break them down, identify root causes, run associated analysis and recommend solutions that are effective.

- Strong stakeholder management - you are able to build relationships across teams and are able to work with them effectively to deliver best possible results ( Sales, Risk, Ops).

Behaviors:

- A curious mind and a mastery over numbers - you are comfortable with ambiguity, love to experiment and data excites you!

- Strong execution capabilities and rigor - you are not afraid to get your hands dirty, are detail oriented and stay on top of things to ensure you deliver consistently

Mandatory Pointers :

- Need candidates for IT procurement who hold knowledge of softwares / hardwares.

- After Graduation - 6-8 years of experience is required.

- If completed MBA then 3-5 years of experience is required.

 - Preferably: 2-3 years of startup experience & 1-2 years of consulting.

- Solid problem-solving capabilities

- Strong stakeholder management

- Candidate should have Handled Procurement process.

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.