Graduate Apprentice Trainee - Purchasing Associate

Volvo Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Group in Bengaluru seeks a proactive professional to autonomously maintain Handler Logs and manage portfolio activities, RFQs, and supplier queries. You will support price discrepancy resolution, cost breakdowns, and cross-functional collaboration with buyers, PD and XF teams.

You'll perform analyses (ABC, 80/20, volume trends, dashboards) and assist supplier integration (EDI, supplier portal) while supporting governance on agreements approvals.

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Automobile/E&E/Industrial Engg & Mgmt.
• Quick Learner who drives Competence Building.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Multi-cultural openness and customer focus.
• Continuous Improvement and Excellence mindset with good communication skills.
• Good understanding of different manufacturing processes and best practice costing.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills - true connector working in ecosystems.
• Positive and collaborative mindset, and strong energy to contribute to the Volvo Group.
• Problem-solving / Solution mindset / Go-getter attitude.
• Business Understanding and knowledge within the field of responsibility.
• MS Office Skills / Advanced Excel Programming Skills.
• Proactiveness is an absolute must!

Responsibilities

• Autonomous maintenance of Handler Logs and Portfolio Activities/Order Management/PriorityAftermarket Requisitions handling.
• RFQ Management, including launching, follow-ups for quotes, and answering supplier queries incollaboration with buyers and PD and XF teams
• Supplier Price Discrepancy Management / Issues Handling/ Clearing invoice & payments related queries
• Compiling & analyzing quotes from suppliers, preparing preliminary quotes summary/analysis as well as a cost breakdown for various suppliers and parts
• Solving portfolio-related issues with suppliers/cross-functional teams and Supplier Price DiscrepancyManagement/Issues Handling
• Performing various analyses for buyers and managers, like Price Inconsistency Analysis, 80/20 Analysis,ABC Analysis, Volume trend Analysis, Supplier Dashboard Creation, Material Cost Levels Report, SupplierSpend Analysis, Part Price Evolution, Cost Per KG Analysis, Supplier Deep Dive Analysis
• Supplier Integration Support on buyer request - Support in establishing EDI Connections, Supplier PortalAccess, Creation/Addition/Deletion of Parma Code/Supplier base administration, Supplier Base Follow-ups
• Taxonomy and Segmentation Support to buyers and management, segment owners, and maintenance ofVarious Department Dashboards and Reports
• Portfolio Analysis and Cleaning
• Coordinating on the Agreements approval flow

Skills

Quick Learner

Teamwork

Multicultural openness

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Proactiveness

Education

BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Automobile/E&E/Industrial Engg & Mgmt

Tools

MS Office

Advanced Excel

Job description

Main Activities & Responsibilities:

Autonomous maintenance of Handler Logs and other Portfolio Activities/Order Management/PriorityAftermarket Requisitions handling

RFQ Management, including launching, follow-ups for quotes, and answering supplier queries incollaboration with buyers and PD and XF teams

Supplier Price Discrepancy Management / Issues Handling/ Clearing invoice & payments related queries

Compiling & analyzing quotes from suppliers, preparing preliminary quotes summary/analysis as well as acost breakdown for various suppliers and parts

Solving portfolio-related issues with suppliers/cross-functional teams and Supplier Price DiscrepancyManagement/Issues Handling

Performing various analyses for buyers and managers, like Price Inconsistency Analysis, 80/20 Analysis,ABC Analysis, Volume trend Analysis, Supplier Dashboard Creation, Material Cost Levels Report, SupplierSpend Analysis, Part Price Evolution, Cost Per KG Analysis, Supplier Deep Dive Analysis

Supplier Integration Support on buyer request - Support in establishing EDI Connections, Supplier PortalAccess, Creation/Addition/Deletion of Parma Code/Supplier base administration, Supplier Base Follow-ups

Taxonomy and Segmentation Support to buyers and management, segment owners, and maintenance ofVarious Department Dashboards and Reports

Portfolio Analysis and Cleaning

Coordinating on the Agreements approval flow

Qualifications:

University degree in BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Automobile/E&E/ Industrial Engg & Mgmt

Quick Learner who drives Competence Building

Teamwork and collaboration

Multi-cultural openness and customer focus

Continuous Improvement and Excellence mindset with good communication skills

Good understanding of different manufacturing processes and best practice costing.

Excellent interpersonal and networking skills - true connector working in ecosystems

Positive and collaborative mindset, and strong energy to contribute to the success of the Volvo Group

Problem-solving / Solution mindset / Go-getter attitude

Business Understanding and knowledge within the field of responsibility

MS Office Skills / Advanced Excel Programming Skills

Proactiveness is an absolute must!