Lead - Procurement - IT

Job Title: Procurement Lead / Manager.

Reporting: Finance Head.

About us :

Newage is globally recognized for providing cutting-edge technology solutions to manage the diverse requirements of freight forwarders. Headquartered in Dubai, with multiple offices in India, the UK, and the USA, our domain experts address the challenges associated with the freight and logistics industry, and thus, offer both freight management software and customized digitized back-office services to customers.

About the Job:

- Minimum 3-5 years' relevant experience in procurement management in an Indian-based company.

- Manage contracts with a company's vendors to ensure the best prices. Evaluating suppliers, conducting interviews with vendors, negotiating supplier agreements, and managing supplier and vendor contracts.

- Constantly monitor what the company purchases, delivers, and spends to determine if goods are defective or not meeting performance demands.

- Being confident and a good negotiator is important for this career to be able to get desirable terms for contracts.

- Being able to do basic math, analyze information, and make quick decisions is helpful for choosing suppliers, managing costs, and choosing quality merchandise.

Job Description:

- Offer strategies and solutions to help companies better manage costs on supplies and vendor services. Complete re-visit of existing cost items, AMCs, Vendors and prepare cost analysis and establish a FY 21 plan to curtail cost and keep it at minimum.

- Responsible for evaluating suppliers to find the best deals possible on goods that are needed for business operations. Create a centralized vendor management process to Evaluate /Measure/Review Periodically.

- Compares prices amongst various vendors to seek sound purchasing decisions

- Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services for an organization

- Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory

- Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time

- Orders goods such as office supplies on a continuing basis to maintain certain inventory levels

- Checks invoices for accuracy, and authorizes the accounts payable department to issue payment

- Evaluates the performance of certain vendors to decide whether to continue buying from them. Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.

- Managing inventory, tracking orders, resolving issues concerning price disputes.

- Ensure delivery schedules, quantity and quality criteria are met. Check completed work by contractors and vendors.

- Handle ISMS Audit, Act as Internal SPOC to do periodic review for each department to prepare them for the Annual External ISMS Audit. Conduct frequent discussions with External ISMS / ISO Audit and ensure successful closure ISMS/ISO Certification Renewal.