Buyer - Indirect Purchasing, India & Myanmar

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Primary purpose of the position: 

You will be responsible for executing sourcing of goods and services and supervise vendors for Taloja, Sricity and Myanmar plant. You will also perform purchasing activities across multiple indirect category of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Key responsibilities include:

•    Formulate procurement strategy and recommend cost control measures for the plants and India central office.
•    Procurement of material & services and managing cost savings.
•    Negotiate best rates & contract terms for the company. Ensure release/issue of Purchase order / signing of contracts for timely delivery of material/services.

•    Lead supplier problem resolution efforts and initiate, communicate, and implements appropriate sourcing policies, procedures, processes, and controls.
•    Identify suppliers/vendors for the purpose of procurement based on material requirement and service parameters
•    Ensure timely release of payments to vendors/suppliers by interfacing with finance department

•    Draft tender documents in line with the SOW and tender terms and condition best suited for the organization.
•    Ensure that the vendor’s/supplier’s performance is reviewed on a regular basis and is used as a basis for reviewing the list of suppliers for the company.
•    Analyse the regional demand & negotiate for entire regions.

•    Ensure maintenance of unit price data and monthly publishing the savings & spend analysis for usage in procurement and related activities.

What we are looking for?

•   Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical/Electrical/Production, preferred.
•   Experience in direct and indirect procurement from manufacturing company.

•   Implementations of improvement initiatives in procurement systems and processes, P2P process improvement.
•   Good knowlegde of SAP and Excel.

•   Fluent English, Local Region Language.

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.

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