Procurement activities for professional services like consultancies, insurance providers, recruitment agencies, labour services, lashing providers, and other services within procurement.
• Coordination with end-user teams to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations. This is a crucial step to ensure maximum clarity is derived whilst obtaining a clear scope of the requirements and supporting Business.
• New Supplier developments for specialized and one-time business requirements. This will require enhancing and utilizing the existing supplier database to ensure quality suppliers.
• Work closely to devise a long-term strategy for market knowledge development & devise market benchmarking in the services area.
• Manage end-to-end procurement requests (PRs) within Oracle and ensure timely release and closure of such requests whilst following compliance.
• Drive Cost optimization & Efficiency improvement initiatives
• Coordination with Vendor – End-to-end follow-ups and coordination until the project is finally implemented.
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms, and finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries. Communicate recommendations.
• Ensure suppliers submit digitally signed invoices for all the purchase orders placed. Closure and tracking of open contracts, PRs, and POs would be of crucial essence
• Close collaboration with the business partners.
• Be a business enabler with market knowledge, best practices, and resolving pain points of business as a “Partner”