Contracts Associate / Strategic Buyer

ExxonMobil; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking a Contracts Associate / Strategic Buyer in Bengaluru to develop agreements and spot orders for goods and services. You will lead end-to-end category management, drive cost efficiency, and ensure competitive terms while maintaining quality and service across global projects.

The role requires 2+ years of procurement/contracting experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to collaborate with legal, controllers and procurement teams in a fast-paced, multinational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2+ years of procurement/contracting experience.
• Experience identifying, evaluating and sourcing suppliers and managing supplier relationships.
• Experience negotiating mid-to-high complexity contracts or orders.
• Spend management and market intelligence experience.
• Collaborate with legal, controllers and procurement teams to maximize outcomes.
• Participate in complete Procure to Pay lifecycle for projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive agreements or spot orders for goods and services.
• Drive value via end-to-end category management to improve cost and quality.
• Plan, organize and control contracts and negotiations for acquisitions.
• Handle Procure to Pay lifecycle and contract lifecycle for assigned projects.
• Collaborate with legal, finance and procurement teams to optimize outcomes.

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Supplier evaluation

Negotiation skills

P2P knowledge

Cross-cultural comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Contracts Associate / Strategic Buyer

What role you will play in our team

Develop comprehensive agreements or spot orders of goods and services for our Business Clients on timely. These agreements/orders should ensure that all acquisitions are made under competitive terms, optimizing cost-efficiency and maintaining high standards of quality and service also fostering strong and reliable business relationships.

What you will do

Drive value, efficiency and expanded market advantage via end-to-end category management phases, while ensuring operational integrity.

Plan, organize and control business, contracts, negotiations for acquisition of Goods and services.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in engineering and Equivalent related stream with minimum 6 CGPA.
• Minimum 2+ years of procurement and/or contracting experience
• Responsible for supplier identification evaluating and sourcing suppliers and managing ongoing supplier relationships to drive projects to achieve the objectives of global requirement.
• Own commercial actions (bids/Auctions, renewals, amendments, etc) by focusing on Rate Kaizen, total system cost, provide assistance in negotiating medium to high complexity contracts or orders.
• Spend management - Market intelligence, analyze the expenditure and patterns to identify opportunity for consolidation, supplier base rationalization, demand management, alternative analysis etc
• Proactively communicate and collaborate within Projects organization, functions (ie legal, controllers, etc) and Procurement category families to maximize commercial outcomes.
• Ensure all documents and exhibits are complete and included in the final contract, all functional reviews and management approvals are complete/obtained as required
• Handle complete Procure to Pay (P2P) activities and operations and responsible for contract life-cycle management for assigned projects while leveraging relevant partners across the organization.
• Bring industry expertise in supporting category strategies that drive savings and business transformation. Analyzes the supply market to understand industry trends, market competitiveness, goods, services, alternatives, etc

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Analytical skills / knowledge of TSC/TCO principles
• General industry and global market knowledge
• Effective negotiation, advocacy and influencing skills
• Knowledge of PtP process including ERP systems
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work across different cultures and organizations
• Fast learner, results/customer oriented