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It involves handling procurement and supply within their area of responsibility, usually under supervision and defined requirements, with gradually increasing financial scopes.\nThe individual receives detailed and routine tasks and performs them to gain and improve professional skills, typically 5 or more years of experience.\nCovering initially:\nEngineering items, QC+ R&D Lab POs - working with North America requestors at NAM EST time zone.\nIssuing POs from PRs in SAP system and EZ Portal/others, updating all data in SAP.\nCovering Later:\nIf candidate is having good potential, then for same categories he/she can manage multiple geographies.\nResponsibilities:\nProfessional/Managerial Authority: Conducting negotiations with suppliers, but under close supervision and guidance.\nComplexity of the Role: Working with multiple interfaces, actively participating in cross-organizational processes as an executing entity.\nAdditional Responsibilities: Actively participating in procurement strategy as defined by management and the team.\nRoutine Tasks: Responsible for issuing routine procurement orders for the plant's departments.\nCost Reduction: Responsible for cost reduction through contract closures, presenting alternatives, and initiating cost-saving programs.\nSystem Maintenance: Responsible for maintaining procurement data in the SAP system.\nSupplier Management: Responsible for negotiating with suppliers, creating and maintaining relationships with suppliers to achieve team goals as defined.\nImplementation: Responsible for implementing routine procurement processes.\nCoordination: Responsible for coordinating with all relevant departments ( Engineering, R&D, QC, admin etc.).\nContinuous Learning: Responsible for initiating continuous updates in the pharmaceutical field to enhance procurement capabilities through professional learning (external and internal), and familiarity with suppliers and peer companies.\nImprovement Initiatives: Responsible for proposing ideas for efficiency and improvement based on procurement and plant needs, including supplier management and routine procurement.\nProcess Improvement: Responsible for initiating improvements and streamlining existing procurement processes and workflows with procurement interfaces.\nUnique Responsibilities:\nLaboratory Procurement: Responsible for R&D and QC laboratory procurement includes Opex, spares, consumables, ref. standard, Outside Lab tests, etc…\nEngineering Procurement: Responsible for Engineering items and services procurement includes Opex, spares\nAdmin Procurement: Responsible for Admin procurement includes Opex, spares, consumables, etc…\nJob Requirements:\nKnowledge and Expertise: Increasing familiarity with the products purchased and suppliers in the field. Good negotiation skills, control over logistics and payments.\nKnowledge Transfer: Authorized to train and transfer knowledge to others, including issuing and following up on routine orders, tracking orders, and generating reports.\nComputer Skills: Word, Excel, SAP (preferred)\nInitiative and Innovation: Responsible for deepening knowledge in their field and staying updated with innovations. Required to take an active part in relevant improvement/project teams related to procurement, such as supplier approvals.\nImprovement Ideas: Proposing ideas to improve work processes within the team and actively participating in their advancement.\nEducation: Associate degree / Bachelor's degree.\nExperience: Min. of 3 years + in the relevant procurement role.\nLanguage Requirements: Good command of English.\nAdditional Criteria and Considerations: Ability to function under pressure and heavy workload, ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, high service awareness. Working with NAM buyers in their time zone\n\nTravel Estimate\n\nNot applicable.\n\nJob Requirements\n\nEducational Qualification :\n\nAny Graduate [Engineering preferred]\n\nExperience:\n\nAbove 3 Yrears of relevant experience\n\nYour Success Matters to Us\nAt Sun Pharma, your success and well-being are our top priorities! We provide robust benefits and opportunities to foster personal and professional growth. Join us at Sun Pharma, where every day is an opportunity to grow, collaborate, and make a lasting impact. Let’s create a brighter future together!\n\nDisclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees as assigned to this job. 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