{"id":262712,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wns-associate-procurement-services","title":"Associate - Procurement Services","company":{"id":6220,"name":"WNS","domain":"wns.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wns","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":87,"open_postings":50,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.72,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":8,"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San José, Costa Rica"],"countries":["CR"],"hiring_countries":["CR"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Multimodal AI","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-05-05T23:30:49Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-05-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T14:51:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":184,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":184},"description":"WNS, part of Capgemini, is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We bring together deep domain excellence - WNS’ core differentiator - with AI-powered platforms and analytics to help businesses innovate, scale, adapt and build resilience in a world defined by disruption.Our purpose is clear: to enable lasting business value by designing intelligent, human-led solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and a differentiated impact. With three global headquarters across four continents, operations in 13 countries, 65 delivery centers and more than 66,000 employees, WNS combines scale, expertise and execution to create meaningful, measurable impact.\n Role Overview\nWe are seeking a Logistics Sourcing Associate to support procurement activities across North America (NA) and LATAM. This role will focus on logistics-related indirect procurement, driving value through cost optimization, supplier management, and operational efficiency.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport sourcing and procurement activities across logistics categories for NA and LATAM markets.\nManage and evaluate suppliers across freight, packaging, and warehousing services.\nAnalyze and balance cost, service reliability, and risk in sourcing decisions.\nContribute to sourcing strategies for multimodal freight, packaging, and warehousing operations.\nTrack and interpret commodity indices (e.g., resin, steel, fuel, labor, space) to support commercial decisions.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business objectives\n Key Requirements\nExperience in logistics-related indirect procurement or sourcing.\nStrong understanding of freight modes (air, ocean, road), packaging types, and warehousing services.\nKnowledge of multimodal logistics and supply chain operations.\nStrong business acumen with the ability to interpret market and cost drivers.\nExperience supporting NA and LATAM markets preferred.\n General Skills (Critical)\nExcellent communication skills (written and verbal).\nStrong problem-solving ability with a solution-oriented mindset.\nSolid analytical skills with attention to detail.\nEffective stakeholder management and collaboration skills","description_format":"text","description_chars":2354,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Costa Rica","iso":"CR","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-05T12:01:29Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":1,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.05,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":184,"expected_fill_days":8,"reasons":["conf:4","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wns-associate-procurement-services","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wns-associate-procurement-services.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T18:49:33Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1630,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6220},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6220"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwns-associate-procurement-services"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwns-associate-procurement-services"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwns-associate-procurement-services"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wns-associate-procurement-services\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwns-associate-procurement-services"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":262712}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"wns.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":262712},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}