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IBM Procurement Professional 
India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 
79037636

Yesterday

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an Operations Buyer, prime responsibility is to procure basic goods and services, obtain quotation, vendor on-boarding and management, end to end procurement operations, contracting knowledge a must have to evaluate risks and adhere to Client requirements.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Good communication skills with the ability to interact, convey, convince and understand depending on the requirement.
  • Review requisition requirements
  • Recognize Non-Catalog Purchases that should be directed to a Catalog Solution
  • Work efficiently with requester/client for additional information or any questions
  • Determine Source from Sourcing provided Master File
  • Negotiate cost savings and terms when applicable (non-contracted sources)
  • Understand relationships between contracts and can decipher details from contracts.
  • Procurement of low dollar purchases services (including source identification as needed)
  • Price and delivery Confirmation
  • PO Order receipt Confirmation
  • Working knowledge of ERP Tools supporting Procurement
  • Knowledge of all client specific processes and procedures
  • Complete Customer requests for set up of new suppliers including providing applicable information
  • Interface with clients and suppliers on supplier and payment issues in conjunction with tactical commodity manager
  • Maintain all relevant supplier documentation
  • Proficient with reporting/MS Excel to be able to maintain account specific reports and team trackers.
  • Ensure Audit readiness of all purchasing documents
  • Work with Stakeholders and Management efficiently
  • Positive Attitude, Planning, Curiosity, Self-discipline, Ability to work in North America time zone (7.30 PM to 4.30 AM IST)


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Minimum 1-3 years of experience in Procurement domain
  • Experience in performing duties as Operations Buyer for Global Organizations
  • The operations buyers will perform activities to Client preferred and IBM sourced vendors
  • Good Communication skills
  • Contracting knowledge will be a good to have additional skill set
  • Comprehensive commercial procurement and client facing or consulting experience
  • Virtual client facing skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise