Procurement Specialist

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Chennai is seeking a Procurement Specialist for PDS within Work Dynamics to lead sourcing initiatives and drive cost efficiencies. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams across India and globally, implementing strategies, managing supplier performance, and ensuring governance across procurement activities.

The role requires 5–7 years of experience, strong communication skills in English, and proficiency with procurement platforms and MS Office.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in procurement with deep knowledge of sourcing and tech.
• Strong English communication and stakeholder management.
• Proficient in MS Office and procurement systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for India.
• Leads RFPs, bid analysis, contract negotiation and recommendations.
• Liaises with internal stakeholders for approvals, savings reporting and documentation.
• Identifies risks and provides mitigations.
• Ensures compliance with regulations and JLL policies.
• Manages supplier relationships and performance.
• Supports e-procurement applications and systems.
• Prepares papers, presentations and reports for stakeholders.
• Bravo Adoption, Training & Implementation.
• Maintains Procurement Governance.

Skills

Procurement strategy

RFP leadership

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

MS Office proficiency

Procurement systems

Tools

Bravo adoption

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Procurement Specialist PDS, Work Dynamics Engaging with Stakeholder and the Business: This role gives high visibility and opportunities to engage with the different stakeholders within and outside of our organization. Building rapport, excellent communication and interpersonal skills is key to success in this role. You must be fluent in both written and oral English. With relevant category knowledge and experience, you will be an SME providing procurement advice and guidance to stakeholders in India, collaborate with procurement colleagues across the wider regional and global team to deliver value to our internal and occasionally external clients. Developing and implementing sourcing strategies In this role, you’re responsible for all the sourcing & procurement activities that we do at several sites across different cities. Support the India Bravo Adoption, implementation & training of different technology initiatives to the distributed teams of PDS. This includes process and procedures for vendor management such as registration (Phase 01 & Phase 02), maintaining clean sheet in terms of regional DQE dashboard. Oversee the use of Bravo on projects. Make presentations that captures the procurement goals and status against the road map. Work with the project & procurement leads to support the use and adoption by all staff and ensure compliance to necessary tasks on the platform across all projects. Work with the cost management team of PDS, Central Procurement Team on matters relating to project procurement and cost management, Cost benchmarking etc., Additionally, you’ll be our subject matter expert in this domain. As such, you must gather and track relevant information, and maintain their accuracy, so that we can use such details when we set our targets and identify opportunities for further improvement to our defined category strategy.

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for PDS Central Procurement Team in India.
• Leads RFP’s, performs bid analysis, contract negotiation and prepares recommendations.
• Liaises with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting and documentation.
• Identifies risks and provides solution to mitigate.
• Ensures compliance with relevant regulations, JLL policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.
• Manages supplier relationship and performance.
• Supports the use of e-procurement application, system, and methodologies.
• Prepares high quality papers, presentations, and reports for use with internal and external stakeholders.
• Bravo Adoption, Training & Implementation.
• Maintaining Procurement Governance.

Adroit and experienced You’ll need to have at least 5 to 7 years of practice in applying your detailed know-how of the various procurement facets, principles, and approaches, including, among others: supplier marketplace; key drivers and levers; supply base and balance of power; spend category; sourcing management & technology. An effective communicator You’ll be teaming up with people across various departments and countries, so a good command of written and oral English coupled with superior people skills will be indispensable in this role. You should also be proficient in all MS applications and procurement system to land this job. Do you have strong numeracy and analytical skills? To succeed in this role, you should be able to analyse and work with numbers to derive at the best cost model and solution to meet Business requirements and objectives.

• At least 5 to 7 years of practice in applying detailed know-how of the various procurement facets, principles, and approaches including supplier marketplace; key drivers and levers; supply base and balance of power; spend category; sourcing management & technology.
• Effective communicator with a good command of written and oral English coupled with superior people skills.
• Proficient in all MS applications and procurement system.
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills; able to analyze numbers to derive cost model and solution to meet business requirements and objectives.

We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.

Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at [e-mail].

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Location: On-site – Chennai, TN

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 48