Purchase Executive

3one4 Capital; India; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Exponent, a leading energy tech company in India, is seeking a Strategic Sourcing & SCM professional to strengthen supplier negotiations, spend analysis, and supplier relationships.

You will maintain purchase records, create price lists, coordinate with Finance for payments, and support budgeting and quarterly demand planning. A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and a data-driven, customer-first mindset are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Structured problem-solving, detail orientation, and customer-first attitude.
• Ability to handle data in a structured manner.

Responsibilities

• Maintain & verify accurate records of purchases, supplier information. Contracts and invoices, ensuring data integrity.
• Create and maintain master price lists for various products. Report cost variances
• Coordinate with Finance team for any vendor payment related issues and quarterly ledger reconciliation
• Preparing Purchase plan based on SNOP and pre-defined Safety stock
• Participate in inventory audits and assist in stock management activities and preparing budgets for quarterly demand.
• Support in Budget Planning as needed.

Skills

Structured problem-solving

Detail orientation

Customer-first attitude

Data handling

Empathy towards customers

Job description

You’ll be working with the Strategic Sourcing & SCM team.

This team runs on supplier negotiations, spend analysis and coffee (with suppliers of course). The team has an infectious passion for building deep and engaging relationships with our supplier partners and developing capabilities to manufacture innovative products and components.

Our philosophy

Break. Believe. Build

Break stuff. Break assumptions. Break the thumb rule.

Believe in the team. Believe in the process. Believe through failures.

Build fast. Build passionately. Build to simplify.

Responsibilities

Maintain & verify accurate records of purchases, supplier information. Contracts and invoices, ensuring data integrity.

Create and maintain master price lists for various products. Report cost variances

Coordinate with Finance team for any vendor payment related issues and quarterly ledger reconciliation

Preparing Purchase plan based on SNOP and pre-defined Safety stock

Participate in inventory audits and assist in stock management activities and preparing budgets for quarterly demand.

Support in Budget Planning as needed.

The ideal candidate requires

3+ years of relevant experience

Structured problem-solving, detail orientation, and customer-first attitude

Ability to handle data in a structured manner

What matters

Empathy toward all customers

Holding Context as your guiding force

Approach towards problem-solving

A positive attitude

Resilient attitude to bounce back after failure

About Us

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.

Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging

The 200+ strong team has tons of EV experience and is in the process of hiring more professionals to build & scale Exponent as one of the best EV Energy Companies out of India.