Buyer

Job title: Buyer

Location: Gurugram

Reporting to: VP, commercial

About noon

We're building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East—fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we're looking for a (add title) who can help us move even faster.

noon's mission: Every door, every day.

What you'll do:

Team noon has some of the fastest, smartest, and hardest-working people we've encountered. With a young, aggressive, and talented team, we're driving major missions forward.

The Buyer will be an integral part of the Commercial team in Home category. They will be responsible for sourcing goods and services in line with cost, quality, and delivery targets while managing the complete procurement and PO process. The role partners closely with suppliers and internal teams to optimize inventory, negotiate commercial terms, and drive cost efficiencies. The Buyer also tracks market trends and builds strong supplier relationships to support business growth.

Responsibilities

• Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments in the buying processes and new projects and activities
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization
• Identifying customer preferences, monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and best practice tools and methods
• Manage the entire PO process to ensure optimal inventory.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships.
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and PO release process.
• Visit the market to research products & study market trends. Use the market visits to also add more suppliers to the base.
• Work with the WH to ensure correct in-warding of stocks as well as clear any other issues in the process
• Work with the content & merchandising teams to ensure the best visibility for the products procured.
• Ensure all reconciliations are done within the planned time for smooth payments.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a similar field
• Highly detail oriented with proven strong business sense
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and achieve set targets.
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the customer order fulfilment as well as profitability.
• Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy.

Who will excel

• We're looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.
• You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.
• We need people with the courage to be fiercely original.
• noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.