Job Title:  ET&P-SCNO | Senior Consultant | Transact Supplier Management | Bengaluru

      ET&P-SCNO | Senior Consultant | Transact Supplier Management | Bengaluru

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Your work profile

• Define & Govern Tail Spend

• Establish a standard definition and classification of tail spend across BUs (low-value, high-volume transactions representing ~20% of spend but ~80% of suppliers/transactions)
• Develop segmentation frameworks using the Head/Middle/Tail of Tail approach:
• Head of Tail: Spend challengeable to top 80% suppliers for tight management
• Middle of Tail: Spend explored for consolidation within categories
• Tail of Tail: Highly transactional tail/local small value requirements
• Define and enforce governance policies, approval thresholds, and operating guidelines
• Drive process standardization across BUs and alignment with global procurement strategy

• 2. Supplier & Commercial Controls

• Support supplier consolidation/rationalization initiatives where structurally justified
• Manage robust RFx/tactical sourcing/spot buy processes from initiation to contracting
• Ensure alignment to approved supplier base and negotiated terms
• Monitor adherence to commercial controls and procurement policies
• Drive catalog coverage expansion (target: 15-25% annualized shift of one-off purchases to structured catalogs)

• 3. Risk & Financial Management

• Ensure alignment with BP/JU financial assumptions and governance frameworks
• Identify and escalate risk hotspots and compliance exceptions
• Monitor supplier financial, ESG, and geopolitical risks while tracking contractual policy compliance
• Flag fraud, unusual spending patterns, and forecast item demand to prescribe optimal buying channels
• Support mitigation planning for high-risk suppliers and categories

• 4. Visibility & Reporting

• Design and deliver leadership dashboards and reporting frameworks, including:
• Tail spends trends and segmentation
• Supplier concentration and risk exposure
• Policy compliance and exceptions
• Enable exception-based management and decision-making
• Drive adoption of analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Establish reporting cadence with leadership and BU stakeholders

• 5. Automation & Technology Enablement

• Implement AI-powered touchless sourcing and compliant transaction execution
• Enable automated approvals for low-value purchases
• Deploy interactive assistants/chatbots for direct buying support to reduce maverick spending
• Automate end-to-end requisition-to-pay processes for low-value purchases

Key skills required

• Education : Graduation BBA/MBA
• Experience : 5-10 years 
• Global Pharmaceutical, MedTech, or Consumer Goods (FMCG/CPG) organizations
• Exposure to multi-BU / global operating models
• Experience with threshold-based PR-PO approval processes customized to each BU
• ERP systems (SAP/Ariba/Coupa preferred)
• Data analytics tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau)
• Familiarity with AI/automation tools for procurement (NLP, machine learning for spend classification)