Category Buyer, Logistics

Job Description

Job Title: Category Buyer, Logistics

Location: Mumbai, same as L&D located there.

Responsibilities and Scope:

The Category Buyer is responsible for assigned category or region/country within APAC, more specialized in India Continental. Responsibilities include supplier scouting, selection, supplier management, price & contract negotiation and working capital management. The Category Buyer will develop and deploy sub-category strategy in specified region/country. She/He will be the owner of assigned category or region/country cost reduction goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• As sub-category owner, develop category strategy for the responsible categories
• As supplier owner, manage the relationship with suppliers properly and perform as the single contact window of supplier in region
• As operation Buyer, do daily operation (PR to PO) in compliance with regional or country wise category strategy requirements
• Negotiate the long term and spot time contract with suppliers, manage the contract lifecycle and update before contract expired
• Manage supplier performance, including project-based cost, on time delivery, quality and service
• Drive year-over-year improvement in field spend through supplier negotiation
• Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier DPO management
• Drive solution standardization and significantly drive repeat buy percentage increase
• Implement E2E process from procurement perspective
• Ensure pre-bid support and execution with high efficiency to serve business delivery and growth
• Monitor and support procurement productivity improvement projects complete on schedule

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related Business Degree.
• 5 years sourcing/procurement experience, preferred in logistics industrial
• Excellent negotiation skills, familiar with contracting
• Familiar with cost reduction methods and tools
• Good interpersonal skills to enable and manage relationships internally and externally
• Adaptable towards a rapidly changing environment
• Experience in working in multi-cultural teams
• Experience in working in multifunctional development teams
• Preferably experience in an innovative but also cost-driven environment
• Honest and Integrity
• Good at English writing, reading
• Willing to travel