Buyer

Role Overview

The Buyer will manage day-to-day purchasing activities and support procurement operations across business units. This role focuses on cost-effective, timely sourcing, vendor coordination, purchase order control, and ongoing monitoring of supplier performance and spend.

Core Responsibilities

• Examine purchase requests and assess requirements before processing.
• Review vendor quotations and compare offers to support sourcing decisions.
• Coordinate buying activities with multiple business units to secure inventory in a timely and economical way.
• Handle purchase requisitions, change orders, and quote requests from suppliers.
• Work closely with vendors and internal business teams to resolve issues and keep procurement moving smoothly.
• Monitor PCard spend, review invoices, and support invoice processing.
• Administer contracts in TCM.
• Regularly check open purchase orders, AP hold reports, and billing reports, and coordinate with finance for royalty reporting.
• Review vendor performance on a periodic basis.
• Develop sourcing approaches with cross-functional teams across the organization.
• Create and maintain systems for tracking all open purchase orders.
• Prepare recurring purchase order reports for management review.
• Analyze spending patterns to identify savings and cost optimization opportunities.
• Manage existing supplier relationships and renew or renegotiate contracts when needed.
• Support the full procurement cycle from demand intake to vendor sourcing, negotiation, PR creation, PO conversion, approvals, and delivery SLA tracking.
• Assist with software licensing administration and understand common software licensing terminology.
• Support supplier management activities such as scorecards, document reviews, and risk assessment checks.
• Coordinate with sales representatives on quotes and statements of work for new sales and obtain SOWs, quotations, and delivery schedules from suppliers.
• Contribute to supplier diversity efforts for US-based teams when needed.
• Be available to work in shifts as required.

Experience and Skills

• Overall corporate experience of 5 to 7 years.
• Strong background in transactional procurement.
• Hands-on experience with built-in financial tracking tools.
• Good analytical ability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort working with US counterparts for sourcing and procurement activities.
• Experience across the sourcing workflow, including demand capture, vendor search, negotiation, requisition creation, purchase order conversion, approvals, and delivery monitoring.
• Exposure to supplier management processes such as scorecards, documentation review, and risk assessment.
• Working knowledge of software license management.
• Ability to collaborate with vendors on quotes, SOWs, and delivery timelines.
• Shift flexibility.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Baroda, Madhya Pradesh, India.