Junior Procurement Specialist
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India or Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Summary
Develop and execute procurement strategies for the PDS Central Procurement Team in India, leading RFPs, performing bid analysis, and managing contract negotiations. Serve as a subject matter expert by gathering and tracking category data to inform targets and improve defined category strategies while ensuring compliance with JLL policies and regulations. Manage supplier relationships, oversee vendor registration processes, and maintain clean sheets on regional dashboards. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive Jaggaer adoption, implement technology initiatives, and prepare high-quality presentations on procurement goals and status. Liaise with cost management teams for benchmarking and savings reporting while mitigating identified risks across distributed teams.
Required Qualifications
- At least three to six years of practice in applying detailed know-how of various procurement facets, principles, and approaches
- Knowledge of supplier marketplace
- Knowledge of key drivers and levers
- Knowledge of supply base and balance of power
- Knowledge of spend category
- Knowledge of sourcing management
- Knowledge of sourcing management & technology
- Fluency in both written and oral English
- Proficiency in all MS applications
- Proficiency in procurement system
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Ability to analyse and work with numbers to derive the best cost model and solution
- Ability to identify risks and provide solutions to mitigate
- Ability to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, JLL policies, standards, guidelines and procedures
- Ability to manage supplier relationship and performance
- Ability to develop and execute procurement strategies
- Ability to lead RFPs
- Ability to perform bid analysis
- Ability to conduct contract negotiation
- Ability to prepare recommendations
- Ability to liaise with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting and documentation
- Ability to maintain accuracy of relevant information for category strategy
- Ability to make presentations that capture procurement goals and status against the roadmap
- Ability to work with project and procurement leads to support use and adoption by all staff
- Ability to ensure compliance to necessary tasks on the platform across all projects
- Ability to work with the cost management team of PDS, Central Procurement Team on matters relating to project procurement and cost management
- Ability to prepare high quality papers, presentations, and reports for use with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to support the use of e-procurement application, system, and methodologies
- Ability to maintain clean sheet in terms of regional DQE dashboard
- Ability to maintain Procurement Governance
- Ability to administer Contracts
- Experience in India
- Experience with Jaggaer
- Experience with Bravo
- Experience with PDS
- Experience with regional DQE dashboard
- Experience with cost benchmarking
- Experience with vendor management such as registration (Phase 01 & Phase 02)
- Experience with process and procedures
- Experience with stakeholder engagement
- Experience with business engagement
- Experience with building rapport
- Experience with excellent communication
- Experience with interpersonal skills
- Experience with SME providing procurement advice and guidance
- Experience with collaborating with procurement colleagues across wider regional and global team
- Experience with delivering value to internal and occasionally external clients
- Experience with sourcing & procurement activities at several sites across different cities
- Experience with implementation & training of different technology initiatives to distributed teams
- Experience with process and procedures for vendor management
- Experience with maintaining clean sheet
- Experience with regional DQE dashboard
- Experience with Overseeing the use of Bravo on projects
- Experience with making presentations that captures procurement goals and status against the roadmap
- Experience with working with project & procurement leads
- Experience with ensuring compliance to necessary tasks on the platform
- Experience with working with cost management team
- Experience with Central Procurement Team
- Experience with project procurement
- Experience with cost management
- Experience with cost benchmarking
- Experience with gathering and tracking relevant information
- Experience with maintaining accuracy
- Experience with setting targets
- Experience with identifying opportunities for further improvement
- Experience with defined category strategy
- Experience with developing and executing procurement strategies for PDS Central Procurement Team in India
- Experience with Leads RFPs
- Experience with performing bid analysis
- Experience with contract negotiation
- Experience with preparing recommendations
- Experience with liaising with internal stakeholders
- Experience with contract approvals
- Experience with savings reporting
- Experience with documentation
- Experience with managing supplier relationship
- Experience with performance management
- Experience with supporting the use of e-procurement application
- Experience with system usage
- Experience with methodologies
- Experience with preparing high quality papers
- Experience with preparing presentations
- Experience with preparing reports
- Experience with use with internal stakeholders
- Experience with use with external stakeholders
- Experience with Jaggaer Adoption
- Experience with Training
- Experience with Implementation
- Experience with Maintaining Procurement Governance
- Experience with Contracts Administration
- Experience with On-site location
- Experience with Bengaluru, KA
- Experience with Chennai, TN
- Experience with 48 Weekly Hours
- Experience with commercial real estate
- Experience with skilled trades
- Experience with technology
- Experience with new industry
- Experience with deep experience
- Experience with relevant experience
- Experience with category knowledge
- Experience with SME
- Experience with procurement advice
- Experience with guidance
- Experience with stakeholders
- Experience with India
- Experience with regional
- Experience with global
- Experience with internal
- Experience with external
- Experience with clients
- Experience with sites
- Experience with cities
- Experience with distributed teams
- Experience with PDS
- Experience with vendors
- Experience with registration
- Experience with Phase 01
- Experience with Phase 02
- Experience with regional DQE dashboard
- Experience with Bravo
- Experience with projects
- Experience with staff
- Experience with platform
- Experience with compliance
- Experience with necessary tasks
- Experience with cost management team
- Experience with Central Procurement Team
- Experience with project procurement
- Experience with cost management
- Experience with cost benchmarking
- Experience with gathering
- Experience with tracking
- Experience with relevant information
- Experience with maintaining
- Experience with accuracy
- Experience with targets
- Experience with opportunities
- Experience with improvement
- Experience with defined category strategy
- Experience with developing
- Experience with executing
- Experience with procurement strategies
- Experience with PDS Central Procurement Team
- Experience with India
- Experience with Leads
- Experience with RFPs
- Experience with performing
- Experience with bid analysis
- Experience with contract negotiation
- Experience with preparing
- Experience with recommendations
- Experience with liaising
- Experience with internal stakeholders
- Experience with contract approvals
- Experience with savings reporting
- Experience with documentation
- Experience with identifying
- Experience with risks
- Experience with providing
- Experience with solutions
- Experience with mitigating
- Experience with ensuring
- Experience with compliance
- Experience with relevant regulations
- Experience with JLL policies
- Experience with standards
- Experience with guidelines
- Experience with procedures
- Experience with managing
- Experience with supplier relationship
- Experience with performance
- Experience with supporting
- Experience with e-procurement application
- Experience with system
- Experience with methodologies
- Experience with preparing
- Experience with high quality papers
- Experience with presentations
- Experience with reports
- Experience with internal stakeholders
- Experience with external stakeholders
- Experience with Jaggaer Adoption
- Experience with Training
- Experience with Implementation
- Experience with Maintaining
- Experience with Procurement Governance
- Experience with Contracts Administration
- Experience with On-site
- Experience with Bengaluru
- Experience with KA
- Experience with Chennai
- Experience with TN
- Experience with 48
- Experience with Weekly Hours
- Experience with commercial real estate
- Experience with skilled trades
- Experience with technology
- Experience with new industry
- Experience with deep experience
- Experience with relevant experience
- Experience with category knowledge
- Experience with SME
- Experience with procurement advice
- Experience with guidance
- Experience with stakeholders
- Experience with India
- Experience with regional
- Experience with global
- Experience with internal
- Experience with external
- Experience with clients
- Experience with sites
- Experience with cities
- Experience with distributed teams
- Experience with PDS
- Experience with vendors
- Experience with registration
- Experience with Phase 01
- Experience with Phase 02
- Experience with regional DQE dashboard
- Experience with Bravo
- Experience with projects
- Experience with staff
- Experience with platform
- Experience with compliance
- Experience with necessary tasks
- Experience with cost management team
- Experience with Central Procurement Team
- Experience with project procurement
- Experience with cost management
- Experience with cost benchmarking
- Experience with gathering
- Experience with tracking
- Experience with relevant information
- Experience with maintaining
- Experience with accuracy
- Experience with targets
- Experience with opportunities
- Experience with improvement
- Experience with defined category strategy
- Experience with developing
- Experience with executing
- Experience with procurement strategies
- Experience with PDS Central Procurement Team
- Experience with India
- Experience with Leads
- Experience with RFPs
- Experience with performing
- Experience with bid analysis
- Experience with contract negotiation
- Experience with preparing
- Experience with recommendations
- Experience with liaising
- Experience with internal stakeholders
- Experience with contract approvals
- Experience with savings reporting
- Experience with documentation
- Experience with identifying
- Experience with risks
- Experience with providing
- Experience with solutions
- Experience with mitigating
- Experience with ensuring
- Experience with compliance
- Experience with relevant regulations
- Experience with JLL policies
- Experience with standards
- Experience with guidelines
- Experience with procedures
- Experience with managing
- Experience with supplier relationship
- Experience with performance
- Experience with supporting
- Experience with e-procurement application
- Experience with system
- Experience with methodologies
- Experience with preparing
- Experience with high quality papers
- Experience with presentations
- Experience with reports
- Experience with internal stakeholders
- Experience with external stakeholders
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