TEAM MEMBER - PURCHASE

Saint-Gobain Group in India; Kanchipuram; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint-Gobain Group in India invites a procurement professional to lead end-to-end site purchases for project and operation sites in Tamil Nadu. You will manage local project purchases and related contracts, drive tendering, and ensure compliance with policies and strategy while expediting supplier deliveries to meet project timelines.

Experience with Greenfield/Brownfield projects and regular plant operations is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end procurement for project/site purchases.
• Strong negotiation and vendor management capabilities.
• Knowledge of tendering, contracts, and cost optimization practices.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end procurement for project/operation site purchases.
• Handle local project purchases and related contracts.
• Ensure compliance with policies, standards, procedures, and strategy.
• Initiate and support tendering locally as mandated by the Project Team.
• Expedite supplier deliveries to meet project timelines.
• Procure to Pay (P2P) process for Project/Operation Capex & Opex purchases.
• Review technical documents and rating sheets.
• Interface between suppliers and internal departments on purchasing and new projects.

Skills

Procurement

P2P process

Vendor management

Tendering

Contract negotiation

Cost optimization

DOA compliance

Job description

Responsibilities

• 1) Responsible for end-to-end procurement of project / Operation site purchase activities.
• Handling local project purchase & project/operation related contracts.
• Ensure compliance with policies, standards, procedures, and strategy.
• Initiate and support the tendering process on a local level as mandated by the Project Team.
• Periodic review of schedules and expedite supplier deliverables to meet overall project timelines.
• PO closing & Vendor reconciliation activity.
• Responsible for Procure to Pay (P2P) process in Project/ Operation Capex & OPEX purchase.
• Proper Analysis/Assessment of requirements considering Project/OPEX/CAPEX scenario. To discuss with the concerned Project/user department to have proper understanding and clarity of the requirement.
• Review of technical documents along with technical rating/assessment sheet.
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems that may impact the business project schedule.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
• Preparing properly compiled comparative statements and negotiating contracts, improving prices and terms of business with suppliers and reviewing opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practices, tools and methods, and order finalization.
• Analysing/assessing commercial proposals to achieve cost targets as required in the business plan.
• To ensure effective compliance of Delegation of Authority (DOA).
• Timely closure of requirements with due evaluation.
• Post-order review & track, wherever it is needed to ensure timely execution of the order
• Settlement of disputes/claims of the suppliers/contractors/vendors with respect to orders
• Vendor/Supplier development and assessment to introduce new vendors/suppliers
• To review spend analysis, and vendor/supplier's performance to formulate a strategy for cost optimization/rationalization.
• Negotiate and manage contracts with suppliers to ensure the best pricing and commercial terms. Define and negotiate supply, shipping terms, LD and warranty agreements, in addition to contracts and legal documentation.

Requirements

Greenfield/Brown Field Project Experience & Regular plant operation experience is must