Information Technology Procurement

As an IT Procurement / Category Buyer in Delhi, your role will involve working with internal stakeholders to identify procurement needs, manage timelines and budgets, and ensure savings and strategic objectives are met. You will lead negotiations, manage vendor relationships, and focus on optimizing costs and operational efficiencies. Your responsibilities will include price discovery, benchmarking, negotiating competitive prices, SLAs, and contract terms. By consistently improving cost competitiveness, you will contribute to enhancing supplier relationships and overall procurement effectiveness. Vendor management will be a key aspect of your role, involving RFI/RFQ management, supplier identification, contract governance, and vendor account reconciliation. You will evaluate supplier performance, expand the supplier network, and maintain high levels of vendor performance and engagement. Additionally, you will be responsible for new product development, trials execution, conflict resolution, user satisfaction, audit compliance, delivery timelines review, SAP operations, and inventory optimization. Ensuring compliant import operations and coordinating logistics will also be part of your daily activities. Key skills and core competencies required for this role include strong negotiation abilities, contract management expertise, supplier relationship management, SAP-MM proficiency, analytical thinking, effective communication, execution excellence, and a focus on creating and innovating solutions. Your background should include 3 to 5 years of experience in procurement, particularly in Capital Expenditure and Vendor Management, along with a B.E./B.Tech. + MBA qualification.,