Senior Procurement Officer

Without®; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Provident Fund

Stock options (ESOPs)

Job summary

Without® in Pune, India, is seeking a Senior Procurement Officer to own every purchase across departments at the plant. You will secure feedstock, spares, and services, negotiate favorable terms, and drive vendor performance from demand planning to on-time delivery.

You will collaborate with production, maintenance, and admin to ensure uninterrupted operations, apply GST rules, and utilize Zoho and Excel to stay audit-ready and cost-efficient.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline; engineering, commerce or supply chain is a bonus, not a filter.
• 3–8 years of hands-on procurement or purchase experience, ideally in a manufacturing plant.
• Experience buying direct and indirect categories.
• Track record of finding and building vendors, not just managing inherited ones.
• Strong negotiation skills with measurable savings.
• Working knowledge of GST, e-way bills, PO–GRN–invoice matching and basic contract terms.
• Comfort with Zoho and Excel.
• AI-savvy: use AI tools to speed up vendor research, quote comparisons and paperwork.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Ownership — Run full purchase cycle: requisitions, RFQs, quote comparisons, negotiation, POs, follow-up and closure.
• Factory Buying — Source raw materials, additives, packaging, consumables, tooling and machine spares; coordinate with production on demand plans.
• Facility & Services — Manage housekeeping, security, canteen, PPE, office supplies, IT hardware; oversee contracts for AMCs and services.
• Vendor Development — Find, qualify and onboard vendors; keep multiple options for critical items.
• Negotiation & Cost Control — Negotiate price, terms, lead times, quality commitments; report savings monthly.
• Breakdown Buys — Handle urgent purchases fast with controls.
• Vendor Performance — Track cost, quality and on-time delivery; act early when slips.
• Compliance & Finance Coordination — Ensure GST, e-way bill, GRNs; coordinate payments.
• Systems & Documentation — Streamline procurement workflows in Zoho; audit-ready.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Vendor development

English proficiency

Hindi

Marathi

Excel

Zoho

AI awareness

GST knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Zoho

Excel

Job description

Without® is building one of India's first commercial-scale recycled materials plants. We take the plastic nobody else can recycle and turn it into materials that replace virgin plastic in cars, eyewear, packaging and more.

Every kilo we make depends on what we buy. As our Senior Procurement Officer, you'll own every purchase the plant makes, from feedstock and machine spares to facility services, for every department. The vendors and processes are in place; your job is to make them sharper, with stronger vendors, better prices, faster turnaround and no surprises on the shop floor. You'll be based at our Pune plant, reporting to the Head of Manufacturing.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• A Bachelor's degree in any discipline (engineering, commerce or supply chain is a bonus, not a filter).
• 3–8 years of hands‑on procurement or purchase experience, ideally in a manufacturing plant.
• Experience buying both direct categories (raw material, packaging, spares, consumables) and indirect ones (facility, services, admin).
• A track record of finding and building vendors, not just managing the ones you inherited.
• Strong negotiation skills, with savings you can show in numbers. "I got a good discount once" doesn't count.
• Working knowledge of GST, e-way bills, PO–GRN–invoice matching and basic contract terms.
• Comfort with Zoho and Excel.
• AI‑savvy: you use AI tools to speed up vendor research, quote comparisons and paperwork.
• Clear communication in English, Hindi and Marathi, with vendors and with the team.
• Bonus points: you're local to Pune and know the vendor networks in Chakan, Bhosari, Talegaon and Ranjangaon; you've worked in waste, recycling or scrap and understand aggregators and the informal supply chain; you've worked on a factory floor and know which spares can't wait.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Procurement Ownership — Run the full purchase cycle for every department: requisitions, RFQs, quote comparisons, negotiation, POs, follow‑up and closure. One process, no side doors.
• Factory Buying — Source raw materials, additives, packaging, consumables, tooling and machine spares. Work with production and maintenance on demand plans and reorder levels so the plant never stops for a missing part.
• Facility & Services — Manage everyday facility needs: housekeeping, security, canteen, PPE, office supplies, IT hardware and utilities. Own service contracts such as AMCs, transport, waste disposal and contract labour.
• Vendor Development — Find, qualify and onboard vendors, job‑workers and fabricators. Keep at least two options for anything critical.
• Negotiation & Cost Control— Negotiate price, payment terms, lead times and quality commitments. Track spend by category and department, and report savings every month.
• Breakdown Buys — Handle urgent purchases fast when a machine goes down, without skipping controls.
• Vendor Performance — Track every key vendor on cost, quality and on‑time delivery. Act early when one slips.
• Compliance & Finance Coordination — Work with stores and accounts on GRNs, three‑way matching and on‑time vendor payments. Make sure purchases meet GST, e‑way bill and environmental requirements.
• Systems & Documentation — Streamline procurement workflows, approval limits and records on Zoho. Audit‑ready, no loose ends.
• Cross‑Functional Coordination — Work hand‑in‑hand with production, maintenance, R&D, quality, EHS, sales and admin to understand what they need before they need it.

YOUR COMPENSATION

• An annual Cost-to-Company (CTC) between INR 8–12 lakhs.
• Stock Options (ESOPs) in the legal entity that vest over an agreed‑to tenure.
• A 3-month mutual incubation period. Both you and we will have the option to end the agreement after three months if it isn't working out.
• We provide benefits such as health insurance and Provident Fund contributions.