Deputy Manager-Procurement Operations Associate
Schneider Electric
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Preparation of RFQ Packages(includes technical data collection), supplier set up, supplier information management(including improvement actions) and updates
- As eauction champion, evaluate auction types, applicability to RFQ on hand and impart training to plant buyers and suppliers periodically
- Drive high adotion of RFX service in the regions, Europe and International with proper ticket management.
- Collaborate with Tech teams to maintain project details into tools.
- Assist procurement function in managing vendors to ensure service reliability and quality reports and analysis of metrics of supplier performance.
- Partner with internal customers to positively influence spending decisions.
- Help coordinate and establish required legal documentation and contracts
- Provide input to supplier business reviews when prompted to ensure full end to end supplier performance is included in overall business review.
- Train new executives and guide them through the GPS processes and tools.
- Support a group of associates as a first point of escalation to solve doubts.
- Proactively balance workload for their scope of associates, identifying opportunities and discussing them with the GPSTeam Leader for further action.
- Review KPIs for their scope of executives and provide performance feedback along with the GPSTeam Leader
- Participate actively on the performance management revisions for their scope of analysts.
- Act as subject matter expert for the GPSprocess for a given country or commodity.
- Graduate or Post graduate (BE Mechanical) with ability to read technical drawings.
- Fluency on English (verbal and written).
- Proficiency on excel with analytics skills
- Process oriented, with disciplined process management skills.
- Experience with Procurement tools (SRM, ARIBA, SAP, Oracle).
- Self-initiative and aptitude for process improvement
- 3-5year experience in Procurement.
- Strong training facilitation and coaching skills for the user group.
- Proven experience working under pressure.