Title:  Procurement Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:  Associate Manager

Job Location: Bangalore

Reporting to: Sujay C, Assistant GM-Strategic Sourcing.

Level – 7-I

About Syngene:  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and SOPs, in letter and spirit.

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards.
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace always.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Core Purpose of the Role:

• The incumbent will carry-out strategic sourcing activities for Turnkey Infrastructure Development projects (Civil, MEP, Utilities, Fire infra, Data & Voice, Lab Furniture, fume hoods, exhaust systems) – RFQ to Purchase order and Contract finalization.
• This role will also involve driving strategic & digital initiatives for improving the efficiency of overall sourcing processes.
• This role is expected to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend and develop long-term partnerships with suppliers for improved Quality, Delivery, and safety at optimum Cost
• Responsible to Procurement activities of Projects [40% of the Spend] & production units [60% of the Spend]– the day-to-day activities involve:

• Hands on experience in Handling Civil, HVAC, MEP, IT Network, Safety, Fire alarm system and other mechanical commodities
• Co-ordinate with Consultants from the stage of Project action plan, Macro & Micro Schedule, arrange Concept Design, Layout Drawing, Detailed Drawing & BOQ for Turnkey orders
• Co-ordinate in Floating tender, finalization, Negotiation & Cost Savings
• Floating of RFQ to Vendors through E-Procurement tool for Production PR’s
• Obtaining Techno commercial offers and getting technical clearance
• Preparation of detailed comparison statement capturing Last PO price, Internal estimation, arriving at a negotiation strategy
• Conduct pre commercial negotiation with vendors regarding commercial terms followed by price finalization & vendor shortlisting.
• Well versed in working with SAP ERP Tool
• Good knowledge of handling Pharma projects involving setting up of Laboratories for carrying our research and development activities  

Role Accountabilities:

• Ensure the PR to PO TAT of 7 days
• Achieve Cost Saving of 15% from the approved Budget.
• Co-ordinate with operations team to see that PRs are converted to PO’s and material receipt as per the agreed timeline.
• Shall be a Go-To person for all the material & service needs of projects including acting as interface between Vendor’s and User’s in getting the Techno -Commercial offers and finalization.
• Hands on experience in locating vendors for Turnkey orders for setting up of Lab infrastructure.
• Sourcing right vendors & finalize the negotiation strategies with internal teams and close deals with best commercial terms
• Techno commercial discussion with local & global vendors on Cost, Delivery, Freight & other terms etc.
• Driving strategic initiative – Working capital management, and Digital Initiatives like E-Procurement
• Understand the Pharma specific requirements and develop the supplier ecosystem to meet the business objectives

Leadership Capabilities:

• Good communication skills
• Negotiation skills to manage Suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Team building and development

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role:

1. Experience

• 8-12 years in Pharma / Production / Engineering / Manufacturing industry with strong skills of Procurement in Infrastructure

2. Demonstrated Capability

• Should have handled Contracts which involves MEP, Civil, infra works with clear defined safety parameters as part of contractual deliverables.

3. Education

• B.E with Civil / Electrical /Mechanical as one of the subjects in degree studies

Skills and Capabilities:

• Good Interpersonal skills
• Team & Time management
• Relationship management – Internal & External
• Positive attitude
• Customer Centric
• Result oriented
• Proactive & Continuous improvement
• Ready to accept any new challenges/Learnings

Equal Opportunity Employer:

• It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, colour, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.