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IBM ( Bangalore )

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• Job Description
  • At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM's transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You'll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.

  Role And Responsibilities

  • The Procurement Operations Support Professional role is responsible for supporting the various procurement activities and tasks that are not sourcing specific, ensuring maximum value add is attained for IBM's clients. The role involves several job role specialties, including procurement operations, business operations, policies and practices, global compliance, client services, bid management, supplier contract development . Provide exceptional client services, applying procurement business techniques to understand and satisfy client needs. Interface and support IBM's procurement teams, promoting collaboration and alignment. Support IBM strategic supply issues, ensuring procurement activities align with the organization's goals. Apply analytic skills to utilize cognitive tools, drive business value, and improve procurement processes. Adopt and apply agile techniques to improve procurement processes.

  Technical And Professional Expertise

  1. Procure products/service within designated budget limits, identifying and sourcing new suppliers for constrained items.
  2. Conduct price negotiations and facilitate procurement in line with IBM's commodity strategies.
  3. Create purchase orders (PO) and manage all related PO processing tasks, Including updates, resolving blocked invoices, and addressing requester inquiries.
  4. Collaborate with the strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contract at the tactical level.
  5. Identify and support automation initiatives to reduce manual buyer workload and improve efficiency.
  6. Conduct periodic analysis within managed commodities to identify saving opportunities, enhance efficiency, and drive tactical initiatives.

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