Procurement Officer

Company Description

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence.We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 44,000+ employees.

Job Description

We are looking for a Procurement Officer to service on of our clients in all procurement activities.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules.
• Coordinate and ensure the delivery of material on time with close co-ordination with Supplier.
• Ensure timely payment of invoices has been done against procured material by working on any revisions or changes needed as a buyer in timely manner.
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities and strive for savings.
• Prepare tracker, reports and updates as and when required.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier and other stakeholders relationships and maintain good communications.
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures and process.
• Conduct research for new best available suppliers.
• Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements.

Skills, experience and attributes required:

• Should have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) as need to work with vendors, plants, business on wide ranging issues through connecting on phone calls and emails.
• Experience of purchase of goods, materials (MRO) components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Experience in utilities procurement will be beneficial.
• Experience in contracts negotiation, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Good organization and time management skills.

Qualifications

Relevant tertiary qualification.

Additional Information

This is a nightshift role and may require extra hours to be worked.

This position will be able to work remotely.

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