Indirect Purchase Analyst

PERSOL; Navi Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL is seeking a procurement professional specializing in indirect purchasing and tail spend management in Navi Mumbai. You will leverage SAP MM and SAP Ariba to drive savings, efficiency, and supplier consolidation across the tail Spend portfolio.

The role requires collaboration with regional sourcing and requisition teams, spend analysis, and RFP coordination to optimize procurement processes and deliver measurable cost improvements.

Qualifications

• SAP MM hands-on experience is mandatory.
• Experience in indirect purchasing, S2P, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to conduct spend analysis and support category plans.
• Basic analytical mindset for data understanding and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Conduct spend analysis, maintain reports, and perform research to support category plans, identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Manage and optimize tail spend procurement, identifying opportunities for cost reduction, process improvement, and supplier consolidation.
• Collaborate with procurement and sourcing teams to implement best practices, tools, and strategies that enhance tail spend control and visibility.
• Streamline the procurement process through automation, standardization, and use of digital tools (SAP Ariba).
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to understand purchasing needs and ensure tail spend alignment with broader strategies.
• Support the roll-out of tail spend management strategies across business units, ensuring alignment with procurement objectives.
• Develop RFP documents, coordinate RFIs, analyze responses, and facilitate negotiations and selection processes.
• Pre-qualify suppliers and evaluate vendor quotations using negotiation and purchasing analysis techniques.
• Enhance the purchasing experience for end customers by suggesting enhancements to catalogs.
• Ensure tail spend procurement meets quality, compliance, and cost expectations.
• Manage and consolidate supplier base, promoting supplier rationalization and reduction of rogue spending.

Skills

Indirect Purchasing

S2P

Stakeholder Management

Sourcing

Procurement

Data analysis

Tools

SAP MM

SAP Ariba

Job description

Procurement (Indirect Purchasing, S2P, Stakeholder Management)

Mandatory SAP MM (Hands-on)

Procurement, Sourcing, SAP MM, S2P, Stakeholder Management

Basic analytical mindset (data understanding, decision-making)

Conduct spend analysis, maintain reports, and perform research to support category plans, identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.

Manage and optimize tail spend procurement, identifying opportunities for cost reduction, process improvement, and consolidation of suppliers.

Collaborate with the procurement and sourcing teams to implement best practices, tools, and strategies that enhance tail spend control and visibility.

Streamline the procurement process through automation, standardization, and use of digital tools (SAP Ariba).

Liaise with internal stakeholders like Regional Sourcing managers and Requisitioners to understand purchasing needs and ensure alignment of tail spend management with broader procurement strategies.

Support the roll-out of tail spend management strategies across business units, ensuring alignment with overall procurement and sourcing objectives.

Develop Request for Proposal (RFP) documents, coordinate supplier Requests for Information (RFIs), analyze supplier responses, and facilitate negotiations and selection processes.

Pre-qualify suppliers and evaluate vendor quotations using effective negotiation and purchasing analysis techniques.

Enhance the purchasing experience for end customers by suggesting enhancements to catalogs.

Ensure the procurement of goods and services in tail spend categories meets company quality, compliance, and cost expectations.

Manage and consolidate supplier base, promoting supplier rationalization and reduction of rogue spending.