Buyer Specialist

**Team Lead
- P2P**

**Qualification**:
**Bachelor/Post Graduate degree in Commerce (exclusion**:
BE/BTech/MCA/Arts and Science Graduates)
** Responsibility**:
**Business/ Customer**:

- Articulate/ communicate in a manner which is understood by clients / end-users
- Connect with the customer & provide highest level of satisfaction to the customer.
- Provide Analysis.
- Handling & processing multiline invoices, rectifying errors in vendor master, interacting with buyers/vendors for resolving simple exceptions, adjusting (self) debit notes/vendor credit notes against open invoices, creating vendor account statements, Handling payroll processing, handling RFQ /Price differences, Contract & Catalog processing and upload, basic spend analysis and reporting, RFx support and any adhoc requests to ensure SLAs are met as agreed for customer satisfaction.

**Project / Process**:

- Ensure process guidelines are followed and met as documented.
- Achieve process SLAs / metrics - productivity and quality targets within the established timelines.
- Raise process related issues on time with process lead and team lead.
- Resolve process related queries, expedite on data requests and escalate for resolutions.
- Adhere to shift handover process.
- Adhere to security practices set by organizationImplement.
- Implement small process improvement projects.
- Record data relating to production statistics, enduser related notes, etc as appropriate.
- Contribute towards creation of knowledge updates & stay updated with process knowledge / changes.
- Ensure updation of SOP.
- Provide updates and submit reports related to own area of work.
- Perform root cause analysis on the errors made by the team members.
- **In the absence of the PL and TL, perform the following tasks when assigned**:

- i Communicate and manage transport delays.
- ii Timely Resolution for Technical Issues.
- iii Escalation of Breach of Code of Conduct.
- A) Invoice Processing.
- Process vendor invoices within agreed SLA or before due date.
- Invoice indexing, if applicable.
- Perform three way match (GR, PO and Invoice) for PO Invoices.
- Follow appropriate approval process for nonPO Invoices.
- Signature verification for nonPO Invoice.
- Detecting duplicate invoices and avoiding duplicate payments.
- Processing Priority Invoices.
- B) Pending/Unprocessable.
- Clear Pending within Scope.
- Generate / Review aged pending invoices and coordinate with buyers/vendors for faster clearance.
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- Follow up for GRs for posting the invoices.
- c) Payment Runs.
- Validate invoices which are due for payment run.
- Process manual payment wherever applicable with approvals.
- Support intercompany payments.
- Payroll Processing.
- Process payroll within agreed SLA or before deadlinePerforming reconciliation on payroll activities.
- Complete the internal QC.

**People/Team Management**:

- Act as a buddy for New Hires
- Conduct peer reviews.
- Conduct refresher training.
- Complete mandatory training for self as identified.
- Contribute to and participate proactively in knowledge sharing sessions.
- Align individual goals with team objectives (work cohesively with the team).
- Collate team performance data for reporting purposes as and when requested by Process and Team Lead.
- Record attendance and time sheet related data.
- Scheduling Leaves for Self & Team.
- Flexibility to work in any shift if required.

**Good To Have Skills**
- Entering PO request in ERP
- OrdertoCash AccountsReceivable

**Employee Status **:Full Time Employee

**Shift **:Day Job

**Travel **:No

**Job Posting **:Aug 25 2023

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