Indirect Procurement Specialist

Viatris; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

VIATRIS is seeking an Indirect Procurement Support Specialist to manage end-to-end P2P processes, review high-value PRs, ensure compliance, and drive improvements. The role collaborates with procurement excellence, accounts payable, and stakeholders to enable timely, compliant procurement operations.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years in indirect procurement, strong SAP experience, and a willingness to support governance, analytics, and reporting initiatives across a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in indirect procurement, procurement operations, procurement compliance, or P2P support.
• Experience reviewing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and sourcing documentation.
• Strong understanding of indirect procurement categories and procurement governance requirements.
• Experience supporting procurement audits and compliance activities.
• Experience in multinational company and SAP ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Review high-dollar purchase requisitions (PRs) prior to sourcing and PO creation.
• Ensure compliance with Local Indirect Procurement Procedure and obtain competitive quotations.
• Act as SME for end-to-end procure-to-pay (S2P) lifecycle; Sourcing, PR, PO, GR, and PO closure.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve PO, receipt, and invoice discrepancies.
• Monitor PO lifecycle with monthly open PO reports and support PO cleanup.
• Assist in reporting and analytics; support system testing and standardization initiatives.

Skills

Indirect procurement

Procurement operations

P2P support

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, procurement, business administration, finance

Tools

SAP

SAP Ariba

SMART by GEP

Job description

At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.

Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.

• Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
• Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
• Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference.

The Indirect Procurement Support Specialist is responsible for supporting the end-to-end indirect procurement process, ensuring compliance with company sourcing and purchasing policies, and driving efficient Procure-to-Pay (P2P) execution. This role will review high-value purchase requisitions, monitor PO lifecycle activities, provide training and guidance to stakeholders, support reporting and analytics, and support procurement governance and improvement initiatives. The Specialist will act as a key liaison between requesters / buyers, accounts payable, and procurement excellence teams to ensure compliant, efficient, and timely procurement operations.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement Compliance & Requisition Review

• Review and validate high-dollar purchase requisitions (PRs) prior to sourcing and purchase order creation.
• Ensure Local Indirect Procurement Procedure compliance, including:
• Completion of required sourcing events.
• Collection and documentation of a minimum of three competitive supplier quotations.
• Inclusion and consideration of preferred suppliers.
• Identify and elevate non‑compliant transactions and recommend corrective actions.

Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Process Support

• Serve as a subject matter expert on the end-to-end procurement process:
• sourcing
• Purchase Requisition (PR)
• Purchase Order (PO)
• Goods Receipt (GR)
• PO Lifecycle Management and Closure
• Encourage self‑service user support
• Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve PO, receipt, and invoice discrepancies.

Purchase Order Lifecycle Management

• Monitor purchase orders from creation through closure by issuing the monthly open PO report
• Support periodic PO cleanup and closure activities

Reporting & Analytics

• Support Procurement Excellence team in generating procurement operational reports and dashboards. Analyse procurement data to identify trends, risks, and process improvement opportunities.
• Monitor key procurement metrics, including but not limited to:
• Requisition cycle times
• Compliance rates
• Supplier utilisation (including e‑catalog and preferred suppliers)
• PO coverage
• Any other identified metrics
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement efficiency, compliance, and data quality.
• Participate in system enhancement testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and process standardisation initiatives.

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Consistent adherence to procurement policies and procedures, resulting in high compliance rates for sourcing events, competitive quote requirements, preferred supplier utilisation, and approval workflows.
• Accurate and timely review of documents
• Highly custom service orientated: ability to support users across the complete Source‑to‑Pay (S2P) lifecycle—from sourcing events through requisitioning, purchase order management, goods receipts, supplier invoicing, and PO closeout—will be a key differentiator for success in this role.
• Ability to proactively identify and implement improvement opportunities

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) may include:

• Requisition‑to-PO cycle time
• PO ageing and closure metrics
• Process improvement initiatives completed and realised benefits

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Fluency in English is a must, additional language is a plus.

About Your Skills & Experience:

• 2–5 years of experience in indirect procurement, procurement operations, procurement compliance, or P2P support.
• Experience reviewing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and sourcing documentation.
• Strong understanding of indirect procurement categories and procurement governance requirements.
• Experience supporting procurement audits and compliance activities.
• Experience in multinational company
• Procurement ERP system experience: comfortable working across multiple procurement platforms. Advanced SAP skills are required, while experience with SMART by GEP, SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Buying, and SAP Ariba Invoice Management/Supplier Portal is highly preferred.