Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Location(s): SN Pune

Application Deadline: (if applicable)

About Springer Nature Group (must be included on all adverts)

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup

About the Brand (separate from SN brand header)

The Central Procurement team facilitates across 4 major categories of Print/Paper; Prepress; Warehousing/Logistics; Indirect/IT.Our mission is to be the trusted partner for all addressable procurement spend in order to maximize value and efficiency by managing suppliers, driving the use of Purchase Orders, and setting policies and guidelines to minimize risk.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring procurement professional with a passion for dealmaking to develop a strong skillset and gain experience in a fast-paced environment across diverse spend categories. The role offers the chance to learn and grow while delivering substantial value in a dynamic, growing global business.

About the Role:

The Procurement Specialist role at Springer Nature offers a unique opportunity to be at the heart of our supply chain operations, ensuring that we build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, secure the best value for our organization, and drive impactful procurement strategies.

At Springer Nature, we value innovation and efficiency, providing a platform for you to hone your skills in supplier management, contract negotiations, and market analysis. If you are detail-oriented, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and enjoy building meaningful professional relationships, this role is for you.

This role is for our Pune Office on a hybrid working model.

Role Responsibilities:

• Liaising with internal business partners and external vendors
• Competent execution of S4 Hana, Ariba workflows related to Procurement activities of Springer Nature
• Creating and analyzing documented comparative costs submitted by suppliers.
• Solid understanding of Business management, supply chain management and strategic sourcing
• Decision Making Skills primary responsibility of Procurement Analysts is deciding whether or not to purchase from a particular vendor with reasoning
• Order placement and preparing pricing information
• Getting quotations, making comparisons and processing order based on the approvals
• Make decision basis provided guidelines
• Analysing / computing price advantage
• Handle escalations effectively
• Prepare various reports in Excel/PPT for better presentation of the data to Management expectations

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: Any graduate
• Experience: 2 – 4 years of relevant experience in Purchasing/Procurement Operations with adequate experience in client facing roles
• Strong client service orientation and Sound Knowledge and operational experience in of S4 Hana and SAP Ariba Procurement related modules in Multinational Corporate environment
• Soft Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skill in English. Coordination and Inter-personal skills
• Good analytical and decision-making skills
• Delivering Insight, Impact, Innovation & Understand business requirements and translate those into deliverable
• Technical Skill: Expert Knowledge of MS Office suite, Power Bi (Preferred)
• Reporting to: This role will report to team lead / project coordinator