Indirect Sourcing Sr Buying Specialist
Cargill India · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 52d ago
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Job Purpose and Impact
The Indirect Sourcing Senior Buying Specialist will be responsible for indirect procurement for Cargill's Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) plants in India and Sri Lanka.
Key Accountabilities
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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The Indirect Sourcing Senior Buying Specialist will be responsible for indirect procurement for Cargill's Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) plants in India and Sri Lanka.
Key Accountabilities
- The role will include sourcing materials related to opex, commercial, marketing, HR, corporate material and services and small portions of chemicals used in the production site.
- The role will interact with internal customers (plant, production, commercial) and external sourcing vendors.
- Develop best value supplier - Sourcing, Developing and Onboarding.
- Identify Cost Saving Strategies through negotiation and implementation.
- Forecasting price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power; conducting cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
- Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.
- Drive the implementation of regional sourcing decisions.
- Sharing market Insights with relevant stakeholders for taking strategic decisions.
- Provide inputs to the regional category team for category strategy development and execution.
- Provide comprehensive understanding of regional stakeholders and procurement landscape.
- Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.
- Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from National Institute of Technology.
- Minimum of two years of related work experience.
- Other minimum qualifications may apply.
- At least 4 years of experience in an indirect procurement role within the Fertilizer or FMCG or ANH or Agriculture sector.
- Strong negotiation skills, experience in vendor management and cost saving techniques.
- Build partnerships and collaborate with others to meet shared objectives.
- Ability to make sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory, information to effectively solve problems.
Protect yourself against recruitment fraud. Cargill will not ask for money, processing fees, or bank information as a pre-condition of employment. We are aware that unauthorized individuals may have posed as Cargill recruiters, made contact about job opportunities, and extended job offers via text message, instant message or chat rooms. To ensure a job posting is legitimate, it must be listed on the Cargill.com/Careers website. Learn how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud
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BenchmarkingSourcingScenario AnalysisnegotiationVendor ManagementForecastingcost saving techniques
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Cargill is committed to providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions, and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.Our 160,000 team members—including our 3,500+ colleagues in India—innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come. For more information, visit Cargill.com and our News Center.In India, we have a strong presence of skilled professionals, primarily based in our Bengaluru and Gurugram offices, contributing across the following core areas:• Finance• Information Technology• Transport & Logistics• Strategic Sourcing & Procurement• Trade Execution• Human Resources
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