Transact Supplier Management

Wsne Consulting; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Wsne Consulting in Bengaluru is seeking a procurement specialist to standardize tail spend, manage risk, and drive cost savings through AI-enabled sourcing and guided buying.

The role covers governance, supplier consolidation, and spend analytics using Power BI/Tableau, with ERP integrations (SAP/Ariba/Coupa). You will deliver leadership dashboards and ensure policy compliance while collaborating with global BU teams to minimize leakage.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of procurement processes and applications.
• Experience in Global Pharma/MedTech/CPG environments.
• Proficiency with MS Office and ERPs (SAP/Oracle) and sourcing tools (Coupa, Ariba, Ivalua).

Responsibilities

• Standardize tail spend definitions across BUs and establish governance policies.
• Develop Head/Middle/Tail segmentation for tail spend management.
• Lead supplier consolidation and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Manage RFx, tactical sourcing, and contracting processes end-to-end.
• Ensure alignment to approved supplier base and negotiated terms.
• Design leadership dashboards and reporting on supplier concentration, risk exposure, and policy compliance.
• Enable AI-powered touchless sourcing and automated approvals for low-value purchases.
• Deploy chatbots for direct buying support to reduce maverick spend.
• Hands-on with ERP and data tools (SAP/Ariba/Coupa; Power BI/Tableau).

Skills

Tail spend

AI sourcing

RFx sourcing

Power BI

ERP SAP

Data analytics

Governance

Dashboards

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Ivalua

Job description

Role & responsibilities

The role will focus on standardization, risk management, and financial discipline, enabling consistent and compliant execution of tail spend processes while achieving cost savings, improving efficiency, and mitigating risks. This position will leverage AI/automation capabilities for touchless sourcing, predictive spend intelligence, and guided buying to minimize transaction costs and control spend leakage.

• Establish a standard definition and classification of tail spend across BUs (low-value, high-volume transactions representing 20% of spend but 80% of suppliers/transactions)


• Develop segmentation frameworks using the Head/Middle/Tail of Tail approach:


• Head of Tail: Spend challengeable to top 80% suppliers for tight management


• Middle of Tail: Spend explored for consolidation within categories


• Tail of Tail: Highly transactional tail/local small value requirements


• Define and enforce governance policies, approval thresholds, and operating guidelines


• Drive process standardization across BUs and alignment with global procurement strategy


• Support supplier consolidation/rationalization initiatives where structurally justified


• Manage robust RFx/tactical sourcing/spot buy processes from initiation to contracting


• Ensure alignment to approved supplier base and negotiated terms


• Monitor adherence to commercial controls and procurement policies


• Design and deliver leadership dashboards and reporting frameworks, including:


• Supplier concentration and risk exposure


• Policy compliance and exceptions


• Enable exception-based management and decision-making


• Drive adoption of analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)


• Establish reporting cadence with leadership and BU stakeholders


• Implement AI-powered touchless sourcing and compliant transaction execution


• Enable automated approvals for low-value purchases


• Deploy interactive assistants/chatbots for direct buying support to reduce maverick spending


• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP/Ariba/Coupa preferred)


• Data analytics tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau)


• Ability to translate data into actionable insights


• Familiarity with predictive spend intelligence models


• Build a centralized governance framework for tail spend across BUs


• Delivery cost savings, improved efficiency, and risk mitigation

Preferred candidate profile

• Advanced knowledge /subject matter expertise of Procurement processes and applications


• Global Pharmaceutical, MedTech, or Consumer Goods (FMCG/CPG) organizations


• Experience in MS Office suite, ERPs (SAP, ORACLE), Sourcing tools (COUPA, Ariba, Ivalua etc.)