Lead - IT Procurement

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

• Proactively engaging in sourcing projects, specification definition and demand management with a focus across domains on requirement analysis and category specific objectives.
• Identify new source, assessment, and evaluation & as per strategic sourcing process (RFI, RFP, RFQ and e-auction)
• Collaborate with internal teams (IT/ Tech/ /Engineering / Finance / Legal) and external team (Suppliers/OEM/Service
• Providers) to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely delivery / implementation of HW/SW/Contracts/Agreements related to the assigned category.
• Executing the Source-to-Contract (S2C) & Procure-to-Pay (P2P) workflow related to the IT categories with appropriate documentation and compliance, including respective strategies, approaches and methods, preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations.
• Ensure the right balance between business needs and Cost, Solution and Optimization.
• Periodic reporting to IT end user/requester, Project team and SCM leadership on open project status, issues, and corrective actions.
• Responsible for supplier selection, conduct market research and vendor profiling - Supplier empanelment. Co-ordinate periodic vendor reviews and publish vendor performance metrics. Act as a pivotal point of escalation for managing Vendor performance: Identify Service partners issues and Co-ordinate resolution process (Commercial and Qualitative)
• Build and manage effective internal and external relationships within the Sourcing, client team and service partners and wider business.
• Analysing specifications for optimization. Linking specification to customer value, challenging specification confidently. Conveying messages clearly and convincing stakeholders.
• Achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating intelligence across business structures and networks.
• Ability to manage time effectively in a high paced dynamic environment and capable to prioritizing workload to meet scheduling demands and timelines
• Be aware of global IT industry trends, OEM market conditions, HW & SW technological advancements and trade regulations related to the service categories.
• Functional expertise, strong technical skills with hands-on experience / well versed with S2C and P2P in Sourcing IT Technology solutions (IT, Networking, Digital, Telecom, Server & Storage, Securities/ Data Centre/ Infra etc.) domains. Passion for technology.
• Review existing contracts related to Enterprise Software, SaaS, IT Services / AMCs, T&M manpower and maintain tracker & repository.
• Good experience on understanding of supplier landscape, value chain mapping, TCO calculations.
• Ability to understand, translate end users requirements and find appropriate solutions with quick turnaround time and meet organizational and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and businesses to drive the Service procurement requests to closure.
• Competent to finalize vendor and cost through RFI, RFP, RFQ and e-auction process, in view of user requirement and techno-commercial evaluation.
• Excellent diligence in contract management and adherence to compliance directives.
• Strong contracting skills along with understanding of Local & International Tax laws.
• Good understanding and experience in legal aspects associated with Professional services (Intellectual property, Personal data, cybersecurity, DPA etc.)
• Exposure to national /international logistics is desirable.
• Self-starter. Understands and delivers on Sourcing & Procurement performance metrics.
• Ability to work well within a team enjoys collaborating, persuading, and influencing
• Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving skills.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) MS PowerPoint Presentation and Interpersonal skills.

Bachelors/Masters degree in Engineering and MBA would be desired.