Buyer - Services - Africa & Middle East Countries

Michelin; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Michelin in Pune seeks a capable Buyer - Services to support Africa & Middle East markets. You will own and deliver process outputs from requirement specs to contract, educate users, and ensure adherence across regions.

Responsibilities include managing Source to Contract and Request to Pay cycles, driving cost savings, and collaborating with suppliers while using Oracle Prod 2, Business Central, Ivalua, Hermes, and PowerBI. Strong English required.

Qualifications

• Experience with Source to Contract and Request to Pay processes.
• Ability to operate across multiple countries and cultures.
• Familiarity with ERP and procurement tools.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the Source to Contract outputs and educate users on the process.
• Own and deliver Request to Pay outputs and ensure adherence to processes.
• Support country teams in implementing compliant purchasing practices.

Skills

Strong English language skills

Structured analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Change management basics

Tools

Oracle Prod 2

Business Central

Ivalua

Hermes

PowerBI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Buyer - Services - Africa & Middle East Countries

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MISSION :

Build and develop an expertise of the markets with the business entities from the sourcing phase and through end-to-end execution to maximize business performance. Ensure that the Purchasing process is properly executed through supplier relationship life cycle

Context specific expectations from the candidate

The person will play the role of a buyer for the countries of the Africa Middle East Region. The mission also includes reinforcement of Purchasing processes, practices and mindsets in the supported countries.

Countries supported

United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa

Purchase families

Services domain, all families

Key responsibilities

Source to Contract

own and deliver the process output from requirement specifications to contract signed. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.

Request to Pay

own and deliver the process output from request received to PO issued. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.

Key Deliverables & KPIs

• Purchasing Savings: cost reduction and cost avoidance
• Purchasing Terms of Payment
• Innovation With Suppliers
• Payment on Time
• Touchless Purchase Orders & Invoice Payments
• BEE Supplier Score deliverables in the Republic of South Africa

Tools that will be used (familiarity desirable, training will be imparted)

• Oracle Prod 2 for UAE
• Business Central for Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa
• Ivalua for competitive bidding
• Hermes for contract management
• PowerBI for dashboard
• Microsoft Office fluency is a must (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Ability to use Aurora AI is desirable as a selection criteria. However, the selected candidate will be expected to use Aurora AI increasingly in the future.

Key qualities & traits needed to succeed

• Structured, analytical and rational thinking, using data and events as evidence
• Learning mindset: an ability to quickly learn new metier & approaches
• Communication – precise and concise articulation, coupled with good listening
• Assertiveness, to hold your ground in defence of the process when faced with stakeholders
• Project management basics are understood
• Process improvement basic principles are understood
• Change management basics are understood
• Ability to synthesize situations, then develop and systematically and autonomously deploy actions consistent with the synthesis
• Negotiation skills

Language skills:

strong English language skills are mandatory

Stakeholder interaction:

key skill and with 4 different countries and cultures

Work from office expectations

are consistent with the prevailing company policy, as may be amended from time to time.

Travel:

very occasional. If required, it will be maximum once per year to some of the supported countries.