The Procurement Buyer role is accountable for executing and managing critical steps in the order to cash cycle. It is the responsibility of the Buyer to manage a portfolio of both internal and external suppliers, placing orders and managing the fulfillment in a timely manner. Ensuring a robust MOS to manage key stakeholders and process flow is critical to achieving key customer and business metrics including OTTR and revenue targets.
Procurement Buyer
- Review all Open orders on daily basis and ensure it is delivered from Supplier
- Review Pending PR’s daily twice and ensure all PO’s are sent to supplier
- Ensure all orders are duly acknowledged by supplier in the system
- Follow up and update missing OA’s in the system
- Ensure OA dates are within lead time
- Review open orders with internal customers and be proactive in expediting deliveries
- Schedule daily/weekly call with supplier to address, delivery, logistics and other queries
- Ensure to work with all suppliers to achieve revenue forecast
- Review LOC instructions and arrange documents from shipper. Control LOC shipments from the date of order till it is submitted in bank
- Scheduling weekly / Daily calls with suppliers and ensure past due lines are closed and minimize the OTTR failures
- Work closely with CPT freight forwarders for delivering material to customer. Resolve issues and escalate as required.
- Timely IBD creation, GR completion and verify posting of customer invoice.
- Verify shipping documents, coordinate with shipper/Customers on COC process
- Ensure to update all tracking details for CPT shipments in team room
- Execute MRBR report daily and ensure GR posted through batch job
- Resolve vendor invoice disputes in Dolphin and MRBR
- Resolve discrepancies with supplier, FF, and provide timely feedback to customers
- Performance Matrix to be published weekly (Missing OA’s, Past due, Dolphin)
- Review and handle Vendor expedite payments
Knowledge required
- End to end knowledge on supply chain management process
- Planning and Revenue forecast activities
- Knowledge on Trade compliance and COC process
- Responsible for end to end LOC Process
- Supplier Negotiation skills.
- Working experience with Freight Forwarder for all CPT shipments
- Experience required 3-5 years
- Experience with Six Sigma and Lean Tools
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Good Knowledge on SAP
- Soft Skills Powe r Point and Expertise in Excel
