Specialist Buyer- NSC And Commercial Services

Purpose

• Work as Buyer for marketing services, event buying, consultancy, merchandise, media buying, hotels and other miscellaneous services related to sales and marketing.
• Responsible to steer, monitor and develop new supplier for competitive bidding and sustainable business growth / development.
• Must be able to work within the defined process and systems and should be able to work together with the team / team leader for improvement / betterment of process, if any.
• Buyer member should be strong in cross functional co-ordination and alignment to fulfil organizational goals of timely cost-efficient supplier onboarding.
• Support and prepare status reports for Department Head.
• Ensure accurate information in all reports and communications.
• Represent General Purchasing for the specific items, wherever necessary
  
  

• Achieve savings targets and KPIs established by SAVW India Management and VW Group Board as applicable.
• Coordinate & work with various brands for the effective planning & execution of purchasing activities.
• Preparation and monitoring of daily / weekly / strategic activities independently and along with the respective Head.
• Timely approval of Bidders List, send RFQ, receive quotations, organize technical approvals and Shopping cart.
• Get the new suppliers registered into B2B system, KSRM & SAP (documentation, follow up etc.)
• Prepare price comparisons, benchmarking and plan the price negotiation (internal reviews, benchmarking, strategy etc.).
• Prepare and conduct price negotiations with the suppliers.
• Support the cost saving initiatives- localization, alternate sourcing etc
• Preparation and participation in Applicable Sourcing Committee meetings and other decision-making forums.
• Approval of relevant topics from respective Head and Globe (as per the approved limits).
• Prepare Purchase Orders in KSRM and SAP and take necessary approvals. Accordingly send to the Suppliers
• Handle Purchase Order change management.
• Liasioning with Users, Finance etc. for Supplier related issues.
• Adherence to the SAVW India and / or VW Group processes and procedures (wherever applicable).
• Timely escalation of the issues (if any) to the respective Head