Assistant Manager- Procurement

JLL; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in Bengaluru is seeking an Assistant Manager Procurement to drive the procurement strategy for CLIENT accounts and liaise with site teams to support standardized procurement and contract processes.

You will negotiate terms with vendors, manage POs, and monitor cost savings while ensuring compliance with JLL procedures and timely payments. This role suits an experienced procurement professional aiming to optimize supplier performance and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in procurement processes
• Degree holder with strong procurement focus
• Strong communication and stakeholder management

Responsibilities

• Execute the procurement strategy for JLL – CLIENT account.
• Communicate with site teams and support operations in standardized procurement and contracts.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with vendors to achieve best commercially.
• Manage Purchase Orders issued to vendors and provide information to management as needed.
• Track cost savings and report on procurement performance.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate supplier base to leverage volume economies.
• Maintain PO tracker and ensure timely PO issuance and vendor payments.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance with JLL standard processes.
• Coordinate with vendors, site teams, finance and management for timely payments.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

JDE ERP

Job description

Asst Manager Procurement.

Work Dynamics

What this job involves:

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible to execute the Procurement strategy for JLL – CLIENT account.
• Ensure proper communications with site teams.
• Provide detailed instructions and continuous follow-up to support the operations team in standardized procurement and contract processes.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with vendors to provide best possible solution to CLIENT Account Team.
• Manage information of Purchase Orders issued to JLL vendors. Provide information to management on Purchase Orders whenever required.
• Manage information on cost savings and provide reports whenever required.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate supplier base wherever possible to leverage on volume economies.
• Identify suppliers, capabilities, share of business, products pricing to establish standardization of rates for all requirements within scope.
• Ensure timely issue of Purchase Order to vendors.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve procurement operations, decrease turnaround time and streamline work processes.
• Manage data integrity and provide reports whenever required by the management.
• Ensure compliance to JLL standard processes and procedures.
• Be proactive and manage internal and external customer expectations.
• Ensure Vendors are submitting all required information and documents in line with the statutory compliance requirements.
• Undertake scrutiny of vendor invoices for correctness and timely submission.
• Provide liaison between vendors, site teams, finance team and management to ensure timely payments to vendors.
• Ensure timely issue of POs to vendors as per PO’s/Cost sheets
• Ensure PO tracker is maintained as per agreed format and shared with the Finance and Operations team.
• Overview on the management of the JDE team.
• Ensure all Procurement and savings related data is maintained.
• Ensure data security and sharing of data on need-to-know basis.

• Responsible to execute the Procurement strategy for JLL – CLIENT account.
• Ensure proper communications with site teams.
• Provide detailed instructions and continuous follow-up to support the operations team in standardized procurement and contract processes.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with vendors to provide best possible solution to CLIENT Account Team.
• Manage information of Purchase Orders issued to JLL vendors. Provide information to management on Purchase Orders whenever required.
• Manage information on cost savings and provide reports whenever required.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate supplier base wherever possible to leverage on volume economies.
• Identify suppliers, capabilities, share of business, products pricing to establish standardization of rates for all requirements within scope.
• Ensure timely issue of Purchase Order to vendors.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve procurement operations, decrease turnaround time and streamline work processes.
• Manage data integrity and provide reports whenever required by the management.
• Ensure compliance to JLL standard processes and procedures.
• Be proactive and manage internal and external customer expectations.
• Ensure Vendors are submitting all required information and documents in line with the statutory compliance requirements.
• Undertake scrutiny of vendor invoices for correctness and timely submission.
• Provide liaison between vendors, site teams, finance team and management to ensure timely payments to vendors.
• Ensure timely issue of POs to vendors as per PO’s/Cost sheets
• Ensure PO tracker is maintained as per agreed format and shared with the Finance and Operations team.
• Overview on the management of the JDE team.
• Ensure all Procurement and savings related data is maintained.
• Ensure data security and sharing of data on need-to-know basis.

Sound like you? To apply you need to be:

An experienced professional

Are you a degree holder with two to three years’ experience in procurement processes? Are you a stickler for key business goals and results? Do you put customer satisfaction at the forefront? If you said yes to all these, we’re more than happy to work with you.

An effective communicator

You’ll be teaming up with people across various departments, so a good command of spoken and written English and other non-English languages―coupled with superior people skills―will be indispensable in this role. You should also be proficient in all MS applications to land this job.

A client hero

Got upbeat and pleasant attitude? This role is the perfect opportunity for you to show off your people skills, which will ease your interactions with different kinds of clients. Your superior organizational skills will also come in handy when it’s time for you to prepare client reports.

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realize your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.