Assistant Procurement Manager

Company Overview

Founded by experts with more than 70 years of collective experience in the staffing solutions industry, TASQ understands the unique challenges in the talent acquisition space and is committed to being the trusted partner of companies in their pursuit of hiring the best people to fill their manpower needs.

Composed of highly skilled team members who have worked with organizations ranging from small-to-medium entities to large-scale enterprises (including Fortune 500 companies), TASQ is fully capable of meeting staffing demands at all levels and across different industries.

• Job Title: Assistant Procurement Manager
• Contract Duration: 5 months
• Shift Schedule: 2/3pm-11/12pm mnl (but candidate should be flexible & also amendable to OT)

Job Description:

• Develop and Execute Sourcing and Category Strategy for various Indirect (non-production) goods and services (Capex/ Opex)
• Develop Supplier landscape for various spend categories by continuously screening suppliers in domestic market, running RFI, evaluating suppliers on risk and performance
• Develop format for RFI / RFQ, initiate RFI or RFQs for various procurement needs, perform in-depth analysis and comparison of RFQs, present commercial proposals and provide holistic recommendations to internal stakeholders/ business units.
• Develop negotiation strategy to negotiate on commercial terms with the suppliers and achieve the target cost. Knowledge on applicable indirect taxes in India is must. Experience to working in STPI & SEZ environment is preferred
• Initiate Contract and perform review with Contract Specialist on disputed terms, get the contract signed from authorized signatories and upload in the contract repository.
• Process Purchase Requisitions from various internal stakeholders, obtain quote, shortlist best supplier, release PO and follow up on the deliverables from suppliers. Proactively keep all stakeholders informed on delivery status.
• Manage supplier relationship effectively. Maintain supplier performance scorecard by seeking inputs from internal stakeholders and take necessary actions to improve suppliers performance
• Prepare and Maintain Sourcing dashboard and prepare adhoc reports as requested.
• Adhere to Principals Global Procurement and related policies and standards
• Support Internal audit process, perform RCA and implement short and long term solutions to close the observations.
• Prepare request for quotations and purchase orders in the PO tool, ensuring that proper GL code and department code are correct.
• Responsible for meeting the budget/forecast for each purchase and variance are accounted for, if there is any .
• Perform 3 way matching: Delivery receipts, Purchase orders and Invoice.
• Review invoices and ensure that hard copy of all invoices are submitted to Finance
• Handle all Employee Engagement
• Handle all kinds of purchase, PO & Non-PO

Qualifications:

• Any Bachelors degree, certification in supply chain/ procurement domain is preferred
• 10+ years of end to end procurement experience in Indian service sector located in SPTI/ SEZ unit with
• Strategic Sourcing/ Category Management/ Tactical Sourcing experience for 2-3 spend categories (eg. Facilities, IT hardware, Recruitment, benefits, learning and development, etc.) for Indian SEZ/ STPI unit.
• Knowledge of PO & Contract terms
• Good in commercial acumen, performing supplier negotiations and fair understanding of local legal terms and conditions
• Good in performing Spend data analysis and proficient in using MS Excel, PowerPoint for preparing and delivering Sourcing recommendations to internal stakeholders
• Good in internal and external stakeholder management
• Exposure to any Source to Pay / ERP tool
• Adaptable and flexible