Procurement Analyst

Zoho; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho in Chennai is seeking a procurement analyst to manage end-to-end procurement activities, spend analytics, and supplier performance. You’ll collaborate with internal teams to define requirements, optimize buying, and drive cost savings through data-driven insights.

The role emphasizes strong MS Excel skills, vendor negotiations, and the ability to convert data into actionable business decisions while maintaining stakeholder alignment across multiple functions.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Ability to convert procurement data into meaningful business insights.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end procurement activities, including purchase requisitions, RFQs/RFPs, quotation analysis, purchase orders, and order tracking.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and ensure timely fulfillment.
• Evaluate quotations and prepare comparative statements to support purchasing decisions.
• Monitor purchase orders, deliveries, invoices, and outstanding commitments.
• Analyze procurement and vendor spend to identify cost-saving and optimization opportunities.
• Prepare regular reports and dashboards covering spend, savings, purchase orders, vendor performance, and procurement KPIs.
• Maintain accurate procurement data and ensure timely updates to procurement systems.
• Identify spending trends, anomalies, and opportunities for consolidation or standardization.
• Support vendor onboarding, documentation, evaluation, and periodic performance reviews.
• Maintain vendor master data, contracts, pricing information, and commercial terms.
• Coordinate with vendors on pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, and other commercial requirements.
• Track vendor performance against agreed SLAs, quality, cost, and delivery expectations.
• Assist in negotiations with vendors to achieve competitive pricing and favorable commercial terms.
• Conduct price benchmarking and market analysis.
• Support contract renewals and identify opportunities for renegotiation or consolidation.
• Track procurement savings and validate realized benefits with relevant stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work with multiple teams and manage competing priorities.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Ability to convert procurement data into meaningful business insights.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Data-to-insight

Tools

MS Excel

ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba)

Job description

• Support end-to-end procurement activities, including purchase requisitions, RFQs/RFPs, quotation analysis, purchase orders, and order tracking.
  
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and ensure timely fulfillment.
  
• Evaluate quotations and prepare comparative statements to support purchasing decisions.
  
• Monitor purchase orders, deliveries, invoices, and outstanding commitments.
  

Spend & Data Analysis

• Analyze procurement and vendor spend to identify cost‑saving and optimization opportunities.
  
• Prepare regular reports and dashboards covering spend, savings, purchase orders, vendor performance, and procurement KPIs.
  
• Maintain accurate procurement data and ensure timely updates to procurement systems.
  
• Identify spending trends, anomalies, and opportunities for consolidation or standardization.
  
• Support vendor onboarding, documentation, evaluation, and periodic performance reviews.
  
• Maintain vendor master data, contracts, pricing information, and commercial terms.
  
• Coordinate with vendors on pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, and other commercial requirements.
  
• Track vendor performance against agreed SLAs, quality, cost, and delivery expectations.
  

Commercial & Cost Management

• Assist in negotiations with vendors to achieve competitive pricing and favorable commercial terms.
  
• Conduct price benchmarking and market analysis.
  
• Support contract renewals and identify opportunities for renegotiation or consolidation.
  
• Track procurement savings and validate realized benefits with relevant stakeholders.
  
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  
• Good understanding of procurement and purchasing processes.
  
• Excellent MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, data analysis, and reporting.
  
• Experience with procurement/ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba, or similar tools is desirable.
  
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
  
• Good communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
  
• Ability to work with multiple teams and manage competing priorities.
  
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
  
• Ability to convert procurement data into meaningful business insights.