Roles and responsibilities:

· Provide leadership for client specific Procurement Operations activities

· Supervise a team of 15 to 20 resources involved in Procurement Operations, while processing high value/high criticality requests on his/her own.

· Pre-qualify request by determining quality and completeness of purchase request (PR) based on defined set of rules for complex requests

· Obtain and analyze quote/pricing from preferred or contracted supplier and submit for approval

· Create Purchase Orders (PO), PO amendments / deletions based on requests

· Attempt to resolve outstanding receipt-related issues / open order expediting

· Handling queries regarding Invoice / PO Mismatch

· Addressing the Helpdesk queries regarding PR to PO / PO amendments in a timely manner

· Ensure that services are provided within assigned budgets and timelines; take necessary action to address any issues

· Verify requisition is accurate and contains updated requirements and information per agreement.

· Validate approvers and add new approvers if required.

· Conduct Purchase Requisition quality check: For complex PR / complex categories check PR information against given templates to determine completeness and compliance of PR Provide leadership for client specific Procurement Operations activities

· Should have experience in documenting procurement processes in the form of SOPs/DTPs etc.

Required Qualifications:

· Good interpersonal skills (need to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers / customers on a regular basis)

· Ability to negotiate with suppliers

· Procurement and analytical background

· Minimum 10-15 years of relevant experience in PR to PO with minimum 5 years of team management experience

· ERP experience is a must (Preferrable Lawson)

· Should be working in 6pm to 3 am shift.