Sr. Buyer: Indirect Procurement

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED; Pune District, Gurugram District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED in Pune, India, is seeking a Sr. Buyer in Indirect Procurement to manage end-to-end sourcing for assigned commodities, including RFQ release and PO coordination.

The role involves leading complex sourcing topics with multiple stakeholders, performing detailed cost analyses, negotiating terms, and ensuring governance and timely approvals. Candidates should be adept at stakeholder management and developing sourcing presentations.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end sourcing for indirect procurement.
• Ability to lead complex sourcing topics with multiple stakeholders.
• Define business requirements for RFQ release and evaluations.
• Strong negotiation and price/cost-analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end sourcing for assigned commodities, including RFQ release and PO coordination.
• Lead complex sourcing topics with multiple stakeholders and tight delivery timelines.
• Review business requirements with user departments to define scope, KPIs, and terms before RFQ.
• Prepare commercial evaluations, including price comparisons and total-cost analysis.
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies, including terms and penalties.
• Prepare sourcing recommendations and present in management forums.
• Guide Junior Buyers on complex cases while maintaining ownership.
• Ensure procurement governance, audit compliance, and documentation.
• Support Category Manager in stakeholder management and process improvements.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Total cost analysis

Vendor management

Procurement governance

PO coordination

Presentation skills

Job description

Job Summary

Sr. Buyer: Indirect Procurement

• Manage sourcing activities end-to-end for assigned commodities, including requirement review, bidder-list finalization, RFQ release, offer evaluation, negotiation, approval and PO co-ordination.
• Lead medium, high-value and complex sourcing topics involving multiple stakeholders, commercials parameters, unclear requirements, limited supplier options or challenging delivery timelines.
• Review and improve business requirements by working with user departments to ensure clarity of scope, deliverables, KPIs, SLAs, timelines, warranties, payment terms, and other commercial conditions before RFQ release.
• Prepare detailed commercial evaluations, including price comparisons, total-cost analysis, commercial-condition comparisons, budget checks and local/global benchmarking wherever relevant.
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies, including target setting, cost-breakdown analysis, negotiation sequencing, supplier positioning and optimization of prices, payment terms, penalties, warranties, and delivery conditions.
• Prepare and own sourcing recommendations and Globe presentations for assigned topics, ensuring that the commercial rationale, savings, risks, options, and final recommendation are clearly documented.
• Present or jointly present procurement topics in applicable approval forums such as ISC, Pre-Meetings, RSC and CSC, and ensure timely incorporation of management or forum feedback.
• Guide Buyers and Junior Buyers on complex cases by reviewing sourcing strategy, commercial analysis, negotiation preparation and documentation quality, without taking away the assigned buyers ownership.
• Ensure procurement governance and audit compliance, including complete sourcing documentation, required approvals, negotiation protocols, deviation controls and adherence to VW India/VW Group policies and processes.
• Support the Category Manager/HOD in stakeholder management, escalations and process improvement, and act as a delegated backup for PO checking/release and other critical procurement activities where required.