Industry Exposure
Ideal candidate would have at least 1-2 years of his / her total experience working in P2P functions in the Retail industry or in any of the below functions either directly or indirectly:
- Procurement / Buying department – Should have some exposure working with buyers in Purchase department. Assist buyers in sourcing products, understand product cost structure, observe discussions on negotiating purchase agreements, deals, etc. for e.g – discounts or rebates from vendors on volume of business, charges on damaged goods, mode of delivery (direct to store or warehouse) etc.
- Marketing & advertising – may have worked with buyers on designing / implementing in-store promotions (seasonal, festive discounts etc.) May be involved in implementing promotions at store level
- MIS Reporting – Report on store sales, promotion performance or other retail KPIs
Total Experience: 2 to 4 years
Primary Responsibilities
- Should possess data analysis and research skills
- Must be able to learn and execute supplier audits for various claim concept for a single client
- Must demonstrate the ability to make basic arithmetic computations both rapidly and accurately in the first six months
- Understanding of order management, supplier management, implementing competitive pricing and promotional activities will be added advantage
- Knowledge on creating contracts/deals would be beneficial
- May have taken part or has knowledge on vendor negotiations and stock keeping
- Claims accuracy including (formatting, presentation, grammar, spelling,) must meet or exceed acceptable standards
- Demonstrate the ability to upload claims accurately on various Tools as applicable in audits
- Maintain and protect the confidentiality and integrity of all data as per Data Protection Act
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Confident and possess can-do attitude
- Ownership – responsibility & initiative
Secondary Responsibilities
- Participates in active learning to enhance skillset
- Audit client data to identify and report any over or under payments, duplicate payments, allowances not collected, agreement validations, missed allowances/rebates etc.
- Good to have experience in AP, P2P/S2P domain
- Knowledge in account and finance, accounts payable, analytics, cash application, source to pay, reconciliations would be added advantage.
Technical Competency
- Basic level of Excel knowledge is must
- Acquire MS Access tool skills as per requirement
- Having exposure to multiple ERP systems will be added advantage (SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft etc.)
- Basic Computer proficiency with familiarity of commonly used software applications including Excel, Outlook, etc.
Behavioral Competency
- Must be able to grasp and understand basic Recovery audit business and concepts
- Ability to work with supervision
- Must show ability to communicate and interact with other colleagues for guidance and direction
- Displays positive and can-do attitude
- Participates in active learning to enhance skillset