Junior Sourcing Specialist(Procurement) - Hyderabad, India - Flutter International

Description

Summary-

Accountable for executing tasks assigned by the Sourcing team lead and divisional sourcing teams. This will include:

Managing defined procurement product categories including developing category plans, running competitive tender competitions, negotiating and contracting with preferred suppliers

Supporting Group and Divisional Buyers in managing large complex sourcing events

Collaborating with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to drive increased spend value i.e. cost savings, enhanced value added services from suppliers, increased supplier collaboration etc.

Delivery of agreed KPIs and SLAs to the business

Responsibilities-

Managing a defined set of product categories – including developing category plans and savings targets, liaising with Business Owners to define their requirements, researching supplier markets and identifying potential sourcing options, developing appropriate sourcing strategies based on agreed requirements, drafting go to market documentation, managing competitive tender competitions – including liaising with potential suppliers and evaluation of responses received, managing supplier negotiations and agreeing contractual terms and monitoring and assessing supplier performance

Supporting Group and Divisional Buyers in managing large complex sourcing events e.g. researching supplier markets, collating tender documents, responding to supplier clarification questions, setting up Supplier presentations and demos, analysis of supplier proposals and preparing evaluation forms

Monitoring and updating on key Procurement reporting requirements including – delivery of savings plans, KPIs and service levels

Supporting the Sourcing team lead in developing capabilities across the HSCC sourcing team – including, by way of example, developing our repository of templates e.g. tender documents, contracts, evaluation forms etc.; improving our suite of category reports and analysis, assessing how we can utilising procurement tools and systems more effectively etc.

Developing our knowledge base on defined product categories – including for example: Technology, Facilities, Retail, Professional Services, Customer Operations, Travel etc.

Collaborating with Business Owners and Group and Divisional Procurement teams to assess how we can drive enhanced value in procuring defined product categories – for example, opportunities to leverage preferred suppliers across multiple divisions, use of preferred supplier lists, supplier consolidation etc.

Skills and requirement-

1 to 3 years of relevant Strategic Sourcing experience ideally in a Global setting, encompassing - sourcing, negotiation, contracting, risk management

Bachelor's degree or relevant CIPS qualification is desirable

Awareness of leading edge procurement practices including category management, bench-marking, RFX, end to end contract management

Basic level of commercial and negotiation skills

Good listening and communication skills with ability to present ideas in a concise and organized manner

Customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business

Strong attention to detail, results oriented and well organized

Flexibility to work with team members across time zones