VisionSpring Hiring For Assistant Manager, Procurement, Noida, Uttar Pradesh at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Full Time

Full-time

Description

Are you a change maker who wants to play a pivotal role in restoring vision for millions of people in low-income settings across India? Would you like to work for a high-growth organisation that is a pioneer in social impact practices?

We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic, and self-driven candidate who would like to have a challenging and meaningful career path in Procurement, Supply Chain. The candidate should have in-depth subject matter knowledge, expertise, and experience. Timely and high-quality delivery of goals/targets would be essential and will be a key performance measurement criterion. S/he will work in India and manage work for global.

About You

• Understanding of procurement and supply chain procedures
• You have the confidence and the communication skills to interact with senior leaders and functionaries.

About Us

• We are creating access to eyeglasses for low-income people. Clear vision creates opportunities for increased learning, work, safety, civic participation, and quality of life.
• As a social organisation, social change motivates us first. Our focus is on advancing our mission objectives – to increase functioning, productivity, and income earning potential for our low-income people by correcting impaired vision with eyeglasses.
• We are working to transform the systemic dysfunction which has failed to deliver eyeglasses – a 700-year-old technology – to approximately 55 Crore people in India in need of vision correction.
• We serve low-income people who are more than beneficiaries to us. The people we serve expect high-quality eye-screenings and eyeglasses.
• To efficiently scale, we must deliver each new unit with less cost.
• We run our operations on financial metrics and social impact measures. We leverage a range of processes and practices to get the work done.
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organisation. We are a lean team of doers.

What You’ll Do

• Create and implement procurement strategies that are innovative, cost-effective, and incorporate the growing complexities and challenges within industry.
• Procurement of goods and services related to day to day business activities including admin related procurement, marketing material, procurement related to events.
• Build long-term relationships with existing and new vendors in the industry.
• Compare proposals for price and specifications.
• Negotiate with vendors to reduce costs.
• Review contract specifications on behalf of company.
• Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmarks.
• Evaluate and enhance our operations in local spend while researching and prospecting developments in global spend.
• Communicate with vendors to ensure that the product arrives in a timely fashion.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with critical suppliers.
• Manage technological systems that track the shipment, inventory and supply of materials.
• Lead transformational activities to build procurement organizational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly procurement reports.
• Ensure adherence to all safety, health, and environmental rules and regulations.
• Keep abreast of changing industry trends.

Requirements

• Experience forecasting, managing receipts and total open-to-buy required
• 5+ years of experience in procurement.
• Analytical ability and proficiency in retail math and inventory management
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skillset.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Compensation

• Salary based on experience and education.
• Competitive benefits, including health insurance and generous vacation time.

To Apply

• We want to know more than just what you have done. We want to know who you are. What are the passions and talents that draw you to this role?
• Please submit an application, including a thoughtful cover letter and your CV/resume, to: [email protected]. Please ensure there is a short description of each organisation on your CV/resume. Include your last name and “Assistant Manager, Procurement” in the subject line.
• Please note that only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.
• Evaluation of qualified candidates will include an assessment exercise, which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.