Centre of Excellence (Policy/Process and audit support) - AM/DM - Noida

Paytm Payments Services; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Paytm Payments Services is seeking a seasoned Procurement Excellence professional to strengthen governance, standardize processes, and drive analytics across the Purchase function. You will lead P2P/S2P governance, MIS, audits, and automation initiatives to elevate procurement performance.

The role requires 5–7 years in procurement excellence with exposure to tech/fintech environments, and collaboration with Business, IT, Finance, Legal, and Risk teams.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Supply Chain, or related discipline; MBA/PGDM preferred.
• 5–7 years in Procurement Excellence, COE, Governance, P2P Transformation, or Analytics.
• Experience in technology, fintech, e-commerce, BFSI, telecom, or large corporate environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain procurement policies, SOPs, process controls, templates and approval frameworks.
• Drive governance across PR → RFQ → Evaluation → Negotiation → Approval → PO → SRN/GRN → Invoice lifecycle.
• Monitor PR/PO compliance, RFQ coverage, LPP adherence, retrospective procurement, and process deviations.
• Develop procurement dashboards covering spend, savings, cycle time, vendor performance, ageing and compliance.
• Drive savings and cost optimization through benchmarking, rate contracts, demand aggregation, vendor rationalization and negotiations.
• Coordinate internal/external audits and ensure timely closure of procurement observations.
• Identify and implement automation and digitization opportunities across procurement processes and systems.
• Establish vendor governance, performance management, and procurement risk-control frameworks.
• Work closely with Business, Finance, IT, Legal, Project, Operations, Risk, and Compliance teams.
• Drive procurement training, process improvement initiatives and continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Procurement Governance

S2P/P2P

Strategic Sourcing

Spend Analytics

Education

MBA/PGDM preferred

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI/Tableau

ERP/Procurement Tools

Job description

Role Overview

Responsible for strengthening procurement governance, process excellence, analytics, compliance, standardization and continuous improvement across the Purchase function. The role will drive P2P/S2P governance, procurement MIS, audit readiness, process automation and cross-functional procurement transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain procurement policies, SOPs, process controls, templates and approval frameworks.
• Drive governance across PR → RFQ → Evaluation → Negotiation → Approval → PO → SRN/GRN → Invoice lifecycle.
• Monitor PR/PO compliance, RFQ coverage, LPP adherence, retrospective procurement, and process deviations.
• Develop procurement dashboards covering spend, savings, cycle time, vendor performance, ageing and compliance.
• Drive savings and cost optimization through benchmarking, rate contracts, demand aggregation, vendor rationalization and negotiations.
• Coordinate internal/external audits and ensure timely closure of procurement observations.
• Identify and implement automation and digitization opportunities across procurement processes and systems.
• Establish vendor governance, performance management, and procurement risk-control frameworks.
• Work closely with Business, Finance, IT, Legal, Project, Operations, Risk, and Compliance teams.
• Drive procurement training, process improvement initiatives and continuous improvement projects.

Key KPIs

• P2P/S2P compliance and reduction in process deviations
• PR-to-PO cycle-time improvement
• Savings and cost avoidance
• Audit and compliance closure
• Vendor performance and risk compliance
• Automation and process improvement initiatives
• Accuracy and timeliness of procurement MIS

Qualification & Experience

• Graduate in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Supply Chain, or related discipline. MBA/PGDM preferred.
• 5–7 years in Procurement Excellence, COE, Governance, P2P Transformation, or Analytics.
• Experience in technology, fintech, e-commerce, BFSI, telecom, or large corporate environment preferred.

Key Skills

• Procurement Governance | S2P/P2P | Strategic Sourcing | Spend Analytics
• Advanced Excel | Power BI/Tableau | ERP/Procurement Tools
• SOP & Process Design | Audit & Compliance | Vendor Management
• Process Automation | Cost Optimization | Stakeholder Management