At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.
The primary responsibilities of the Purchaser and Analyst are to execute operational purchasing activities for 3rd Party suppliers (Strategic Alliance Partners) of direct, finished goods. Support Strategic Sourcing Leads and Category Manager(s) in achieving significant cost reductions in their categories. Develop analytics and excellence strategies that seek service improvements. Work directly with stakeholders to develop optimization strategies and improvement execution plans
Work Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 Days in office)
- Issue Purchase Orders and Buy Plans for Strategic Alliance (SA) Partners
- Assure Purchase Orders are confirmed by the SA Partners, within the agreed time frames, and as requested
- Upload confirmations into the ERP and collect justifications in case of discrepancies
- Work with SA Partners to ensure order books match on both sides
- Review and execute MRP reschedule advice on open orders
- Create return orders
- Maintain Purchasing-specific Master Data elements in the ERP
- Help create and maintain supplier information records
- Help resolve GR-IR discrepancies and release parked invoices
- Support indirect operational activities
- Support execution of Sourcing strategies
- Support measurement and supplier performance tracking
- Support Purchasing data extraction, analytics and reporting
- Develop optimization strategies and provide recommendations on operational processes
- Keep manager informed about progress of the projects and activities
- Maintain pricing, contract and catalog data in respective systems (SAP, SAP ARIBA)
- Create and track cost saving projects in savings tracking system
- Upload contracts into contract management tool and ensure SKUs are categorized
- Prior Purchasing and Analyst experience
- Ability to develop high impact procurement strategies
- MS Office proficiency
- Cost analysis and management
- Strategic thinking
- At least basic negotiation skills
- Project management skills
- Internal stakeholder management
- Good conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work independently
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, or similar
- Successful track record in a procurement organization
- Experience with project management, budget management, etc. desired
- Results oriented
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills – minimum very strong excel, ideally also another coding language experience for complex analysis
- Ability to work independently and self-starter
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability
