Location: Pune
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MISSION
- Build and develop an expertise of the markets with the business entities from the sourcing phase and through end-to-end execution to maximize business performance. Ensure that the Purchasing process is properly executed through supplier relationship life cycle
- Context specific expectations from the candidate: The person will play the role of a buyer for the countries of the Africa Middle East Region. The mission also includes reinforcement of Purchasing processes, practices and mindsets in the supported countries.
- Countries supported: United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa
- Purchase families: Services domain, all families
Key responsibilities
Source to Contract: own and deliver the process output from requirement specifications to contract signed. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.
Request to Pay: own and deliver the process output from request received to PO issued. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.
Key Deliverables & KPIs
- o Purchasing Savings: cost reduction and cost avoidance
- o Purchasing Terms of Payment
- o Innovation With Suppliers
- o Payment on Time
- o Touchless Purchase Orders & Invoice Payments
- o BEE Supplier Score deliverables in the Republic of South Africa
- Tools that will be used (familiarity desirable, training will be imparted)
- o Oracle Prod 2 for UAE
- o Business Central for Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa
- o Ivalua for competitive bidding
- o Hermes for contract management
- o PowerBI for dashboard
- o Microsoft Office fluency is a must (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
- o Ability to use Aurora AI is desirable as a selection criteria. However, the selected candidate will be expected to use Aurora AI increasingly in the future.
- Key qualities & traits needed to succeed
- o Structured, analytical and rational thinking, using data and events as evidence
- o Learning mindset: an ability to quickly learn new metier & approaches
- o Communication – precise and concise articulation, coupled with good listening
- o Assertiveness, to hold your ground in defence of the process when faced with stakeholders
- o Project management basics are understood
- o Process improvement basic principles are understood
- o Change management basics are understood
- o Ability to synthesize situations, then develop and systematically and autonomously deploy actions consistent with the synthesis
- o Negotiation skills
- Language skills: strong English language skills are mandatory
- Stakeholder interaction: key skill and with 4 different countries and cultures
- Work from office expectations are consistent with the prevailing company policy, as may be amended from time to time.
- Travel: very occasional. If required, it will be maximum once per year to some of the supported countries.
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