🛒 Buyer – Category Buying & Procurement | bigbasket | Guwahati
🏢 Company: bigbasket
Procurement Hiring
📄 Job Description
bigbasket is hiring a Buyer – Category Buying & Procurement for its B2B Business (SGSPL) in Guwahati.
The role is focused on category buying and procurement activities and requires relevant experience along with compulsory moderate proficiency in Excel.
🛠 Key Responsibilities
- Manage category buying and procurement activities for the B2B business.
- Support sourcing and purchasing activities across assigned categories.
- Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and suppliers for procurement requirements.
- Support category-level buying decisions and procurement processes.
- Use Excel for procurement-related analysis and operational activities.
- Contribute to efficient procurement and category management processes.
🎓 Eligibility Criteria
- Relevant experience in Category Buying, Procurement, Purchasing, or related functions is preferred.
- Moderate proficiency in Microsoft Excel is compulsory.
- Understanding of buying and procurement processes.
- Ability to coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively in a B2B business environment.
⭐ Key Skills
- Category Buying
- Procurement
- Purchasing
- Buyer Operations
- B2B Procurement
- Supplier Coordination
- Category Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Supply Chain
💰 Benefits
- Opportunity to work with bigbasket.
- Exposure to B2B category buying and procurement.
- Experience in procurement and category management operations.
- Opportunity to strengthen buying and supplier coordination skills.
- Hands-on exposure to Excel-based procurement activities.
⭐ Why Join bigbasket?
- Work with a major e-commerce and B2B business.
- Gain hands-on experience in category buying and procurement.
- Develop expertise in B2B procurement operations.
- Build supplier coordination and category management experience.
- Strengthen practical Excel and procurement analysis skills.
🧠 Core Skills Required
- Category Buying: Understanding of category buying processes and purchasing activities.
- Procurement: Ability to support sourcing, purchasing, and procurement operations.
- B2B Operations: Understanding of procurement requirements within a B2B business environment.
- Excel: Moderate proficiency in Microsoft Excel is compulsory for the role.
- Supplier Coordination: Ability to coordinate effectively with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
🎤 Interview Preparation
- Revise category buying and procurement fundamentals.
- Prepare examples of procurement or purchasing activities you have handled.
- Revise supplier coordination and negotiation basics.
- Practice Excel functions commonly used for procurement and category analysis.
- Prepare examples of working with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Understand basic B2B procurement processes and category management.
📩 How to Apply
Interested candidates can apply through the Google Form below. Candidates should highlight their relevant Category Buying, Procurement, B2B, and Excel experience.