Purchase Specialist

New Product Development (NPD) & Strategic Sourcing

• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Marketing, and Operations to facilitate seamless product development cycles.
• Conduct comprehensive value chain analyses, assessing factors such as pricing, seasonality, availability, specifications, geographical considerations, packaging, challenges, and opportunities for value addition.
• Identify, evaluate, and onboard vendors aligned with product specifications and quality standards.
• Lead contract negotiations, ensuring favorable terms and adherence to company policies.
• Manage end-to-end procurement and supply chain processes, ensuring timely delivery and cost efficiency.

Procurement of Specialized Chemicals

• Oversee procurement and supply chain operations for raw materials catering to both domestic and international markets.
• Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure consistent quality and supply.
• Implement inventory management strategies to minimize slow-moving and obsolete inventory (SLOB).
• Achieve cost savings through the identification of alternative vendors and innovative sourcing strategies.

Indirect Procurement (Admin Services & Expense)

• Support procurement activities related to administrative services, including facilities management, office supplies, and other indirect spend categories.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and optimize costs through strategic sourcing initiatives

Digital Initiatives & IT Procurement

• Lead procurement efforts for IT products, applications, software, and services, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Oversee the end-to-end management of IT tools for supply chain management, including requirement identification, vendor selection, product development, user acceptance testing (UAT), minimum viable product (MVP) deployment, implementation, and continuous enhancements.
• Look for digital, dashboards related to ongoing procurement practices
• Engage with stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, IT, Supply Chain, and Procurement to ensure successful project execution

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) & Sustainability

• Implement and monitor projects aimed at enhancing supply chain sustainability and achieving ESG goals.
• Ensure Supplier assessment (Desktop, 2nd and 3rd Party), Monitor sourcing policies, setting up SOP and KRA of Categories, ensuring supplier trainings on ESG and sustainability
• Oversee the creation of ESG reports, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards
• Stakeholder engagement – within department, across department & across geographies (Nepal, Gulf etc.)

Key Competencies

• Strategic sourcing and negotiation skills
• Comprehensive understanding of supply chain management principles
• Proficiency in IT procurement processes and digital transformation initiatives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Effective stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration
• Commitment to sustainability and ESG principles

Preferred Qualifications

• PGDM, MBA with minimum experience of 5-7 years in relevant field
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement software: SAP and other related or equivalent system