Skill required: Category Management - Category Management Strategy
Designation: Sourcing & Cat Enablement Associate
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:1 to 3 years
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What would you do? • Provide an excellent level of customer service to all levels of business • Maintain various reporting requirements • Support the month and period end close process to ensure accurate financial documents • Develop strong cross-functional partnerships and relationships to support key critical initiatives as needed • Continuously recommend and implement operational improvement initiatives to increase effectiveness and productivity of the department • Assist with ad-hoc and cross-functional projects and initiatives as required • Commitment to promoting a workplace of inclusiveness and belonging You will be a part of Supply Chain Management team where in you will be accountable to manage the Supply Chain and provide insights which will help in increasing efficiency by doing away with waste and facilitating greater profits. It also involves management of the flow of goods and services and including all processes that transform raw materials into final products. You will develop category management strategy by driving down the total cost of targets goods/services with solution that meet business needs through proactive development and execution of the appropriate strategies. This further optimizes the business outcomes of sourcing, procurement enablement and transaction processing through category specific contract management, supplier relationship management, and procurement performance management.
What are we looking for? •Procurement Operations •Supply Chain Networking and Inventory •Inventory Accounting Operations •Supply Chain Control Tower •Operational Audit & Compliance •Strong analytical skills •Written and verbal communication •Adaptable and flexible •A Post-Secondary education in Finance or related field is required; experience working in a fast-paced environment, particularly corporate and/or retail will be considered an asset • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to bring together and manage interactions with employees from across the organization • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to manage demanding situations with tact • Excellent oral and written communications skills • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize numerous tasks with conflicting deadlines • Results Oriented – able to consistently deliver on time and accurate results • Strong Analytical skills with Inventory Knowledge • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of tools • Familiar with SAP system is preferred
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to solve routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines • Your expected interactions are within your own team and direct supervisor • You will be provided detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments • The decisions that you make would impact your own work • You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts