TEAM MEMBER - PURCHASE

Saint-Gobain Group in India; Sriperumbudur; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint-Gobain Group in India is seeking an experienced procurement professional for end-to-end project and operation site purchases in Sriperumbudur. You will manage local procurements, contracts, and P2P processes, ensuring DOA compliance and timely delivery while driving cost savings.

The role requires strong negotiation, tendering, and vendor-management skills, with a focus on expediting supplier deliverables and aligning with project timelines across CAPEX and OPEX purchases.

Qualifications

• End-to-end procurement for project/operation site purchases.
• Local project purchases and related contracts.
• Experience with P2P for CAPEX & OPEX.
• Tendering processes at local level.
• Vendor development and supplier performance review.

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 tendering process at local level as mandated by the Project Team.
• Expedite supplier deliverables to meet project timelines.
• PO closing and vendor reconciliation.
• Procure to Pay (P2P) for CAPEX & OPEX purchases.
• Discuss requirements with project/user departments to ensure clarity.
• Review technical documents with rating/assessment sheets.
• Communicate supply issues to prevent schedule impact.
• Interface between suppliers and departments on purchasing and new projects.
• Prepare comparative statements and negotiate contracts to achieve savings.
• Analyze proposals to meet cost targets in the business plan.
• Ensure DOA compliance.
• Timely closure of requirements with evaluation.
• Post-order review and tracking for timely execution.
• Settlement of supplier disputes/claims.
• Vendor/supplier development and onboarding.
• Review spend analysis to drive cost optimization.
• Negotiate terms including shipping, LD and warranty.

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Vendor management

Tendering

Cost optimization

DOA compliance

P2P process

Negotiation

ERP systems

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Description:

• 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.

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