About this role
Associate - Procurement
Position Overview
Indorama's Global Capability Center (GCC) is building out its SCM-Procurement function within GCC, which will support on both transactional and tactical procurement processes including Logistics
The team is seeking procurement/logistics/SCM professionals/ buyers/ analysts to join our growing procurement team. This position is located in GCC Office, Kolkata. We are looking for highly motivated professionals with demonstrated capabilities and relevant experience. A successful individual in this role must have strong negotiating, communication, attention to detail, presentation, reporting & demonstrated related work experience with the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
What You'll Do
Key Responsibilities
The Associate - Indirect Procurement is responsible for executing Requisition to Pay (R2P) transactional processes such as issuing POs, payment processing support, material & service master as well as contract & catalogue support; Source to contract processes including supporting RFXs and contract lifecycle management, Supplier management processes including supplier pre-quals, supplier information , supplier performance monitoring.
- Provides tactical process support, such as for procurement analytics including, planning & category analytics, sourcing analytics, supplier analytics, transaction analytics.
- Provides tactical process support, such as for MIS, Analytics, Dashboards etc.
- Responsible for internal customer satisfaction.
- Drive identification of continuous improvement opportunities throughout the organization.
- Responsible for promoting the company spirit and a world class image to customers and colleagues.
- Interaction with site level personnel in the Americas region on strategic initiatives and contract terms.
- Provide support for internal reporting requirements.
- Work on special projects or programs as needed.
What We're Looking For
Educational Qualifications
Four-year college degree or equivalent experience
Experience
- Sourcing/Purchasing (Capex/Opex/MRO/Indirect/Contract) experience in a manufacturing industry with a demonstrated track record on cost savings in a similar role is preferred.
- Must be able to multi-task and pro-actively identify solutions.
- Must have working experience in S4 HANA, Transport and Warehouse Management Module.
- Must have excellent computer skills including Power Point (PPT), Excel Advance Formulae /Pivot, and Word.
- Sound knowledge of MDG Vendor master/material master creation is preferable.
- Works independently with limited direct supervision.
- Energetic, self-motivated, dependable individual with good communication and people skills.
- Experience with ERP system SAP is preferred.
Technical Skills
Experience with workflow management tools, and ERP systems (e.g. SAP), and Microsoft office applications, including managing large databases.
Behavioural Skills
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
- Tenacity to work in international environment with operational challenges across different time zone / Countries / department.
- Customer service mindset with excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to build relationships across the organization and geographic regions.