Purchase Officer

SupportFinity™; Honnali; On-site; INR 6,75,000 - 9,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG company in Karnataka, India is seeking an experienced procurement professional with 7-10 years' experience. The role involves managing packaging materials, coordinating with stakeholders, conducting online auctions, and handling vendor communication. Strong skills in SAP and Excel are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in FMCG procurement.

Responsibilities

• Realising artworks to vendors and follow up on the development of these artworks.
• Coordinate with Planning, Marketing, and R&D for artwork development.
• Handle import of packaging materials.
• Conduct online reverse auctions for contracting.
• Generate and communicate Purchase Orders to vendors.
• Maintain vendor and material master on SAP.
• Schedule materials based on planning requirements.
• Follow up on material deliveries as per schedules.
• Monitor inventory levels and address criticality.
• Address rejection issues and arrange replacements.
• Monitor vendor payments and resolve discrepancies.
• Obtain No Due Certificates and mandatory documents from vendors.
• Track cost-saving initiatives.

Skills

FMCG experience

SAP

Excel skills

Education

BE / Post graduate

Job description

Overview

Experience: 7-10 years. Should have worked in an FMCG setup in a procurement role. Should have experience in handling packaging materials. Should have worked on SAP. Should have good Excel skills.

Qualifications

• BE / Post graduate

Responsibilities

• Realising artworks to vendors and follow up on the development of these artworks with the vendors
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders like Planning, Marketing and R&D to close the artwork development work
• Handling import of packaging materials
• Conducting online reverse auctions for contracting
• Generating and communication of Purchase Orders to vendors
• Maintaining vendor master, material master etc on SAP
• Scheduling of materials in line with the requirement given by planning / regional purchase teams
• Following up for material deliveries as per purchase orders / schedule delivery dates
• Monitoring inventory levels across plants and address criticality basis inputs from planning team
• Addressing rejection issues and arranging for replacements
• Monitoring payments to vendors and resolving differences in the payments
• Obtaining No Due Certificates from vendors
• Obtaining mandatory documents like FSSR, FSSAI License and Halal certificates from vendors
• Tracking and monitoring of cost saving initiatives