Assistant Procurement Lead

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Bengaluru seeks a procurement specialist to lead strategy, supplier negotiations and governance for India. You will work with stakeholders across regions to drive value and ensure compliant purchasing practices.

The role emphasizes procurement analytics, cost management, and adoption of Jaggaer across projects, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Three to six years of procurement experience.
• Knowledge of procurement facets, principles and approaches.
• Strong written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for India, leads RFPs and contract negotiations.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders for approvals, savings reporting and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, JLL policies and procurement governance.
• Support Jaggaer adoption, training, and implementation across teams.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Power BI

MS Office

Jaggaer

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Engaging with Stakeholder and the Business:

Building rapport, excellent communication and interpersonal skills is key to success in this role. You must be fluent in both written and oral English.

With relevant category knowledge and experience, you will be an SME providing procurement advice and guidance to stakeholders in India, collaborate with procurement colleagues across the wider regional and global team to deliver value to our internal and occasionally external clients.

Developing and implementing sourcing strategies. In this role, you’re responsible for all the sourcing & procurement activities that we do at several sites across different cities.

Support the India Jaggaer Adoption, implementation & training of different technology initiatives to the distributed teams of PDS. This includes process and procedures for vendor management such as registration, Qualification, maintaining clean sheet in terms of regional DQE dashboard. Oversee the use of Jaggaer on projects. Make presentations that captures the procurement goals and status against the road map. Work with the project & procurement leads to support the use and adoption by all staff and ensure compliance to necessary tasks on the platform across all projects.

Analysis: The role involves working on the analysis of procurement and costing data to fuel the strategies to be implemented. Make presentations portraying the status updates and other strategy implementations. Being the core team member of central Procurement Team, you are expected to provide the complete central support for the team in enabling better outcomes in the BAU activities. Work with the cost management team of PDS, Central Procurement Team on matters relating to project procurement and cost management, Cost benchmarking etc., Additionally, you’ll be our subject matter expert in the entire domain. As such, you must gather and track relevant information, and maintain their accuracy, so that we can use such details when we set our targets and identify opportunities for further improvement to our defined category strategy.

Task-oriented responsibilities will include:

Develop and execute procurement strategies for PDS Central Procurement Team in India. Leads RFP’s, performs bid analysis, contract negotiation and prepares recommendations. Liaises with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting and documentation. Identifies risks and provides solution to mitigate. Ensures compliance with relevant regulations, JLL policies, standards, guidelines and procedures. Manages supplier relationship and performance. Supports the use of e-procurement application, system, and methodologies Prepares high quality papers, presentations, and reports for use with internal and external stakeholders. Jaggaer Adoption, Training & Implementation. Maintaining Procurement Governance.

Should have Knowledge in Power BI. Sound like you? To apply you need to be: Adroit and experienced You’ll need to have at least three to six years of practice in applying your detailed know-how of the various procurement facets, principles, and approaches, including, among others: supplier marketplace; key drivers and levers; supply base and balance of power; spend category; sourcing management & technology.

An effective communicator. You’ll be teaming up with people across various departments and countries, so a good command of written and oral English coupled with superior people skills will be indispensable in this role.

You should also be proficient in all MS applications and procurement system to land this job. Do you have strong numeracy and analytical skills? To succeed in this role, you should be able to analyse and work with numbers to derive at the best cost model and solution to meet Business requirements and objectives.

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise 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.

Location: On-site - Bengaluru, KA, Hyderabad, TS

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 48

At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you’re pursuing.

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at [e-mail].

At JLL, we give you the opportunity, knowledge and tools to own your success, because we value what makes each of us unique. We help our people thrive, grow meaningful careers and find a place where they belong. Together, we strive to be exceptional and shape a better world.

For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with operations in over 80 countries around the world, our employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM.

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