Procurement Specialist

Job Summary: An Individual Contributor or Team Lead role with following major accountabilities:- Shipping & Logistics: Letters of credit (At sight, Usance), BFC, CAD, TT- PaymentProcess; Imports/Exports Documentation (Sea & Air Freight); ShipmentTracking, Transportation etc.- Procurement Operations – Tactical Procurement, Vendor Management, OrderProcessing, Contract Management; Inventory Management, MRP, Procure toPay, Reporting, MIS etc- End to End Procurement Process in MM Module in SAPJob Description: - Letter of Credit scrutinizing, negotiation & coordination with Banks. ProcessLC’s as per Payment conditions (At sight, Deferred / Usance)- Shipment Processing (Import & Export documentation- Sea /Air). ImportShipment monitoring, tracking and reporting to Origins/ Business Units- Run periodic reports (Shipment or Order progress status/Sales/Purchase/ etc)and update to Customer. Coordinate with Customer for query/resolutionpertaining to shipments/documents/delivery schedules- Design and track dashboards for quality, productivity, and effectiveness- Coordinate with vendor for Product readiness/ Shipment readiness; SRM.Manage & optimize Inventory at Origins– Inventory Models (ROP), JIT & VMI,MRP, Scheduling, Call Off’s etc- Effective communication of issues across the stakeholders. Provide inputs toManagers for periodic updates to internal and external stakeholders. Ensureadherence to SLAs; Drive continuous improvements within the processestransitioned to increase efficiency continuously- Perform Benchmarking, Identification, Approvals, Onboarding, Auditing,Ongoing Operations – end to end Vendor Life Cycle Management (VLC) &Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)- Support Vendor Relationship Managers (VRMs) on various supplier relatedactivities e.g. Mandatory Trainings and escalate whenever needed; EnsuringCompliance etc- Supplier Evaluation, Rating & Monitoring: Lead measuring supplierperformance, root cause analysis and driving improved performance. Own allaspects of supplier performance (cost, quality, delivery)- Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance: Continuously measure, manage,and improve supplier actual performance against negotiated SLA. Continuoustracking, KPI reporting, via dashboards- On-time delivery: Measure, report, and action to improve service and deliveryperformance- Ongoing cost productivity: Measure, report, and action cost productivity as afunction of market pricing- Knowledge Transfer- Train, induct and work closely with the incumbents atvarious levels to deliver the targetsProfile Description: - 7-9 years of relevant experience in Procurement Operations, StrategicSourcing & Vendor Management, in Food & Agribusiness, FMCG and similarrelated Industries preferably- A minimum of 2-4 of relevant experience; managing small to mid-sized Teams- Good exposure to Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Operations, VendorManagement- Exposure to Import Export – Shipping & Logistics, Shipment Execution,Shipment Documentation Handling, Vendor Coordination. Experience indealing with International Suppliers and Shipping line/Freight forwarders- Experience handling multiple stakeholders.