Associate (SCM)

Inspire Clean Energy is seeking an Associate (SCM) in Mumbai, India. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, monitoring industry trends, managing procurement processes, and overseeing inventory. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related fields, with 2-3 years of procurement experience, particularly in renewable energy. Strong negotiation, analytical, and communication skills are essential. This is a full-time position based in Mumbai.
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Job Description

Job Roles and Responsibilities:
• Negotiate purchasing contracts and agreements with service and component suppliers.
• Keep track of industry pricing trends and formulate plans of action.
• Implement and enforce purchasing processes and inventory control.
• Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other information to determine reasonable prices.
• Monitor contracts/agreements to ensure compliance with terms and conditions and determine any need for changes.
• Maintain and review records of items bought, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
• Maintain spend/volume reports on key components to enable volume negotiation.
• Review orders for bill of materials for projects and advice of potential savings to PM.
• Manage the procurement process from requisition to delivery, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Track and expedite orders and investigate order problems as required.
• Maintain serial number tracker by project.
• Maintain all purchasing records and documents and work with accounting to resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Manage the start-up process for new suppliers.
• Understands project scope, scheduling, priority milestones, and coordination procedures.
• Coordinates and cooperates with Sales & Project Managers to ensure expedient exchange of information needed to complete each project milestone.
• Manages procurement POs, supply agreements, and delivery schedules.
• Monitor market trends and industry developments to identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements
• Oversee inventory management and optimization efforts, ensuring adequate stock levels of MRO products and minimizing excess inventory.

Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in procurement within the renewable energy or related sectors.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build effective supplier relationships.
• Knowledge of import/export regulations and international logistics
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to write clear and detailed technical reports, presentations and emails.
• Must be comfortable with the technical aspects of the job as well as business and client interactions.
• Familiar with construction and supply contracts.
• Understanding of budgets and financial models.
• Able to establish and maintain good relations with clients.

Solid technical background of solar systems and/or components. This includes photovoltaic modules, racking or tracking systems, inverters, balance-of-system (AC and DC), transformers and switchgear.

Required Skills

Effective Technical Skills, Negotiation Skills, Communication & leadership skills

Jul 23, 2024

2 - 3 Years Exp.