Procurement Specialist

Lead I- Procurement Specialist

Who we are:

At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 26,000 employees in 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

 

Category Management Services

 

Deliverables

1.       Supports the India Construction Category Business Leader for Construction category within India region to:

2.       Implement, and drive category and vendor strategies using business and market data. Continue to optimize category through spend reduction, driving innovations, value enhancement, and risk mitigation

3.       Develop project pipeline in working with the stakeholders

4.       Lead RFx creation/management, supplier communications, market research/analysis, data collection/analysis, and contract management, development and redlining (pricing, terms and conditions, SOWs, MSAs, etc.).

5.       Support opportunity assessments, category strategies, supplier negotiations and supplier performance/relationship management.

6.       Capture product and service requirements from business owners and stakeholders for RFx activities and supplier business reviews.

7.       Support the business in spend management projects that accomplish key objectives like savings, process effectiveness, supplier consolidation & management, risk reduction & management, improved visibility, and control of expenditures.

8.       Facilitate accurate and favorable transactions, supplier relationship management and compliance.

9.       Support business reviews with strategic suppliers

 

 

 

Expectations

 

Supplier will assign a qualified resource for Category Management Services

 

·       Experience in the facilities & construction sourcing categories.

·       Collaboration and communication skills (both verbal and written) are demonstrably effective in a collaborative environment. You are confident in managing and executing projects from start to finish.

·       Resourceful with a strong work ethic, committed to complete execution of projects and objectives.

·       Communicate in a clear, concise, and timely manner and operate effectively as a team player

·       A self- starter.

·       Creative problem solver and negotiator.

·       Thrive when multi-tasking and work best in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

·       Exceptional customer service skills

·       Familiarity with procurement software (SAP SRM, Ariba and Ariba CLM, Workday Sourcing, Taulia), approval workflows, purchasing policy development and contracts.

·       Excel, Word, PowerPoint skills. 

·       Bachelor’s Degree and / or Procurement, Supply Chain, Project Management and /or relevant industry certification(s) preferred.

·       Min 4 - 5 years within Indirect Procurement

·       Languages: English and Kannada

What we believe:

We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the center of everything we do. 

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

 

• To support and promote the values of UST.

• Comply with all Company policies and procedures