Apprentice, Purchasing Associate

About the Role

• This role requires providing Supply Chain Management (SCM) support to the corporate SCM and other regional SCM groups.
• Ensures all appropriate supplies and equipment are inventoried, received, and distributed in accordance with proper and prudent practices.
• Works under limited supervision and should be able to work without supervision for complex work.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate MIS (Management Information System) reports on daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Ascertain assigned work is delivered with required quality and within schedule.
• Understand and comply with SCM processes.
• Follow checklist against incoming shipments to a Business Unit (BU) on the basis of Invoice.
• Analyze stocks and raise inter-unit stock transfer orders (MSR) to other BUs using overstock data.
• Purchase orders/MSR management: Generation, Confirmation, Expedite, end-user communication.
• Maintain a tracker for finalized Purchase Orders.
• Resolve invoice/requisition anomalies.
• Perform receipt against POs to ensure expedite reports and match exceptions.
• Should be well organized, consistent, and able to communicate effectively in cross-functional teams, considering data and records.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, especially of advanced Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of MS Excel including formulas, special functions such as Pivot table, pivot chart, VLOOKUP.
• Exposure with SAP / Oracle SCM module is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Science / B-Tech / Commerce / PGDCA or other relevant educational field.
• Well versed with Purchasing, Inventory, and other SCM functions.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics

• Self-driven, positive attitude.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team.
• Strong organizing & planning skills.
• Disciplined documentation and record keeping skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability under adverse conditions.