Business Partner Relationship Manager - Supply Chain Excellence - IIT/NIT/IIM

(BPRM-Business Partner Relationship Management / SCM Excellence)

Location: Chennai

Job Overview : We are looking for a skilled professional with 5+ years of experience in procurement strategy and process design within a corporate/HQ setting.

The ideal candidate will have strong:

- Exposure to ERP systems, BI tools, and procurement analytics.

- This role will be pivotal in leading digital procurement transformation, ERP implementation, policy design, and business insights to support strategic supply chain decisions.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Deep understanding of ERP systems (familiarity with leading ERP platforms like SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics, and modern startup ERP systems with AI benefits).

- Design thinking and application development/modifications to suit our niche domain.

- Project management - ability to manage the procurement-related aspects of ERP projects/data migration/configuration and go-live. Change Management - Ability to manage and guide the transition.

- Designing & drafting procurement policies which are required to manage business operations.

- BI & Data Analytics - Proficiency in analyzing procurement data to identify trends, savings opportunities, avoid leakages, identify leverages/arbitrage of SCM.

- BI tools - reports/dashboards to create visual insights for procurement/business performance & predictive analytics.

- AI concepts / AI applications / AI tools which enhance procurement and platform buying for relevant commodities.

- Fundamentals of SCM - Procurement/Contract/Supplier

- Management/Communication/Problem solving.

Education - IIT/NIT/IIM with 3-5 years of experience in procurement or above-mentioned areas