Specialist, Procurement

PDS, Work Dynamics

Engaging with Stakeholder and the Business:

This role gives high visibility and opportunities to engage with the different stakeholders within and outside of our organization. Building rapport, excellent communication and interpersonal skills is key to success in this role. You must be fluent in both written and oral English. With relevant category knowledge and experience, you will be an SME providing procurement advice and guidance to stakeholders in India, collaborate with procurement colleagues across the wider regional and global team to deliver value to our internal and occasionally external clients.

Developing and implementing sourcing strategies

In this role, you’re responsible for all the sourcing & procurement activities that we do at several sites across different cities.

Support the India Bravo Adoption, implementation & training of different technology initiatives to the distributed teams of PDS. This includes process and procedures for vendor management such as registration (Phase 01 & Phase 02), maintaining clean sheet in terms of regional DQE dashboard. Oversee the use of Bravo on projects. Make presentations that captures the procurement goals and status against the road map. Work with the project & procurement leads to support the use and adoption by all staff and ensure compliance to necessary tasks on the platform across all projects.

Work with the cost management team of PDS, Central Procurement Team on matters relating to project procurement and cost management, Cost benchmarking etc.,

Additionally, you’ll be our subject matter expert in this domain. As such, you must gather and track relevant information, and maintain their accuracy, so that we can use such details when we set our targets and identify opportunities for further improvement to our defined category strategy.

Task-oriented responsibilities will include:

Develop and execute procurement strategies for PDS Central Procurement Team in India.

• Leads RFP’s, performs bid analysis, contract negotiation and prepares recommendations.
• Liaises with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting and documentation.
• Identifies risks and provides solution to mitigate.
• Ensures compliance with relevant regulations, JLL policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.
• Manages supplier relationship and performance.
• Supports the use of e-procurement application, system, and methodologies
• Prepares high quality papers, presentations, and reports for use with internal and external stakeholders.
• Bravo Adoption, Training & Implementation.
• Maintaining Procurement Governance.
  
  

Sound like you? To apply you need to be:

Adroit and experienced

You’ll need to have at least three to six years of practice in applying your detailed know-how of the various procurement facets, principles, and approaches, including, among others: supplier marketplace; key drivers and levers; supply base and balance of power; spend category; sourcing management & technology.

An effective communicator

You’ll be teaming up with people across various departments and countries, so a good command of written and oral English coupled with superior people skills will be indispensable in this role. You should also be proficient in all MS applications and procurement system to land this job.

Do you have strong numeracy and analytical skills?

To succeed in this role, you should be able to analyse and work with numbers to derive at the best cost model and solution to meet Business requirements and objectives.

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.

Apply today!