Buyer - Indirect Procurement

Group Indirect Sourcing(GIS) aims at consolidating, negotiating and finalising all the Indirect Spend for M&M Group(AFS + Corporate Office, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Lifespace, Mahindra Holidays, Mahindra Finance, and many more other groups of Mahindra.

Buying for indirect material and services across all group companies for Sales & Marketing Category.

Key spend categories include IT, Professional services (Legal/Accounting /Recruitment), Travel/ Hospitality & Events, Marketing & Sales, and General services (Manpower services, AMC's, Facility management, Canteen, Bus Transportation).

The roles involve the entire purchase cycle from sourcing to contracting for respective categories. Including sourcing the right supplier panel, floating RFIs & RFQs negotiating and finalizing all indirect buying across group companies to drive savings.

Sourcing and Commercial Settlement for Sales & Marketing requirements for the Mahindra Group.

Having a thorough and deep understanding of the Sales and Marketing Services and Material, their main stakeholders, operating models etc.

Knowing and understanding of the key management processes and procedures involved for commercial negotiation of ATL and BTL activities.

Should have expertise in handling commercial settlement for Events, Conferences, Product launches, International Events, TV Commercials, Advertise production

Should have understanding of commercial settlements for , Media Buying , Digital Sales & Marketing, activations, Content Creation etc.

RFX activities, Supplier selection, Supplier Due diligence, Negotiation, Tactical buying, Contract management (includes creation), Catalogue Management

Ensuring a quick turnaround time to meet the organisation requirements for a PR to PO process

Conduct Negotiations and Achieve Target Price as jointly decided by senior management

Award contracts/Empanel vendors as per approval from DOA and close communication with the user department

Present key updates, issues to senior management and seek support for the bottlenecking wherever required

Liaise with legal department wherever necessary

Identify competent service provider base

Market intelligence on Sales & Marketing servcies

Experience in Sales & Marketing service contracts

Hands on experience in SAP Ariba, GEP Procurement Tool, SAP, Advance Excel, MIS & Analysis

Drive process excellence by supporting in standardization of vendors and processes by driving the synergies

To be amiable, professional and approachable at all times

Maintain current contracts by updating prices,fees and any other service conditions

To ensure the effective management and update of all relevant databases and maintaining systematic filing system

To liaise positively and professionally with all the vendors & user department

Bringing in industry intelligence in own domain & keep up with the technology trends in own domain

4-8 Years Experience in Indirect Procurement, Category specific to Sales & Marketing, Services procurement

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field (BSc, BCom, BTech or MBA)

Analytical Thinking, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Risk Analysis, Supplier Selection, Pricing, Price Optimization, Supplier Risk Management, Strategic Sourcing, Benchmarking, negotiations, Supplier Management