Information Technology Procurement

You will be responsible for managing IT Infrastructure-related vendor operations, licensing, budgeting, and asset lifecycle. Your main duties will include coordinating with vendors, handling legal and compliance matters, managing budgeting activities, and overseeing access/license management to ensure seamless IT operational support and governance. Your responsibilities will involve identifying and evaluating vendors, negotiating contracts and pricing, and managing end-to-end vendor onboarding. You will also be in charge of vendor compliance, legal liabilities, grievance resolution, and monitoring service delivery performance. Additionally, you will need to handle requirement gathering, documentation, and creation of Purchase Requisitions (PR) and Purchase Orders (PO). In terms of budget and financial management, you will assist in creating the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), planning and capping budgets for new projects, and monitoring budget utilization across various activities. Operational tasks will include managing PRPO requests, maintaining access to operational tools like Tally, SAP, NewGen, and Brain Tool. Furthermore, you will be responsible for license management, tracking and maintaining inventory of licenses, overseeing license renewal processes, and allocating licenses to relevant users for optimal utilization. You will also need to coordinate internal and external audits, collaborate with the Infra team and vendors for audit observations, and manage closure and certification of VAPT. Asset management tasks will involve onboarding and offboarding IT assets as per organizational policy, maintaining and updating the Fixed Asset Register (FAR), allocating and re-allocating assets to end-users, and coordinating asset repairs, decommissioning, and issue resolution with vendors/OEM/Group IT. To qualify for this role, you should have a Bachelor's degree in IT, Business Administration, or a related field, along with 3+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, vendor management, or related domains. Strong knowledge of procurement processes, compliance, and budgeting, as well as good understanding of IT asset and license management, will be essential. Key skills required for this position include vendor negotiation and relationship management, financial planning and budget monitoring, legal and compliance handling, strong communication and coordination abilities, analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as attention to detail and process orientation.,