Associate Manager, Procurement Full Time NEW

Job Title: Procurement Orchestration Specialist

Job Summary

PFI India is an exciting new innovation center. We’re building a future that helps people live better lives longer— and we’re looking for bold thinkers and team players to help us do it.

Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds across the globe, and grow your career while helping millions achieve financial security.

a Purpose Driven Company – 150 Years

While the PFI brand is new to India, you’ll be a part of the Prudential Financial, Inc. family. Founded in 1875 in Newark, New Jersey, we serve 50 million customers across more than 50 countries. With $1.334 trillion in assets, we’re a global leader in institutional asset management. The 2nd largest life insurer in the US and the 9th largest institutional global asset manager.

At PFI India, you’ll find a high-performance culture that’s flexible, collaborative, and grounded in respect. We engage with candor, take calibrated risks, and hold ourselves accountable — always focused on delivering for our customers. It’s the standard we choose every day as we grow, perform, and win as one team.

We offer valuable leadership, mentoring and learning opportunities, paired with the flexibility and support to help you thrive.

Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your next step, we’ll help you grow with purpose and do the best work of your career.

The Procurement Orchestration Specialist plays a critical role in enabling efficient, end-to-end procurement processes by orchestrating workflows, systems, and stakeholders across the source-to-pay lifecycle. This role focuses on optimizing process integration, improving automation, and ensuring seamless collaboration between procurement, business stakeholders, legal, suppliers, and enabling technologies. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, hands-on procurement operations experience, and a passion for continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design, execution, and optimization of end-to-end procurement orchestration across sourcing, contracting, risk activities, and purchasing processes.
• Analyze current-state procurement workflows to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation and standardization.
• Partner with Procurement, IT, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into orchestrated procurement solutions.
• Monitor process performance using KPIs and dashboards, provide insights and recommendations to improve cycle times, compliance, and user experience.
• Support change management efforts, including documentation, training materials, and user adoption initiatives.
• Assist in testing, deployment, and continuous enhancement, of procurement technologies and integrations.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, controls, and regulatory requirements across orchestrated workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in procurement operations, procurement transformation, or source-to-pay process enablement.
• Hands-on-experience with procurement systems (e.g., eProcurement, intake-to-procure, or orchestration platforms).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and recommend actionable improvements.
• Proficiency with procurement or ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, Ariba, Zip).
• Solid understanding of procurement policies, controls, and end-to-end procurement processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Skills And Competencies

• Problem solving and analytical skills mindset
• Process orchestration and systems thinking
• Attention to detail and execution focus
• Collaboration and influencing skills
• Continuous improvement orientation

Work Environment

• Hybrid in Gurgaon, India
• May require occasional coordination with global teams across time zones.