Procurement Manager

Morning Star — Mumbai

Procurement Manager Role Work closely with various G&A other service procuring teams to understand their procurement needs Develop structure around procurement decisions, ensure mechanisms to provide for transparency in the function like Supplier short list criterions, suppliers short lists, decision matrix for procurement decisions Identify suppliers for specific procurement, negotiate and present the cases of best suppliers to the end users and authorized approvers Consolidate various ad-hoc procurements into a few comprehensive arrangements – one stop supplier arrangements Reduce advance payment requirements through sustained supplier relationships Facilitate suppliers to adhere to Morningstar process and systems on procurement and payments Build mechanisms to ensure all anti-corruption laws are followed by all stakeholders – internal and external, in letter and spirit The position currently is an individual contributor position Requisites Experience of procurement in indirect procurement for 6 – 10 years Demonstrated ability in Supplier selection, development and negotiation Should be able to gain insights into the domains of requesting functions and appreciate operating nuances to optimally serve as a support function Is able to build create great partnerships with various requesting teams Ability to build processes and structure around procurement activities Strong negotiation skills, while maintaining quality as well as fairness to all stakeholders Integrity is of utmost importance in the role - the role needs to stay above all doubts, by provision of maximum transparency and staying away from conflict of interests Ability to bring in out of box solutions Understands priorities while not losing long term view Pursues results rather than just processes Reasonable communications skills, especially on emails Prior experience on procurement systems like Coupa etc preferable. Alternative experience with ERPs involving workflows can be considered Strong analytical

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