Procurement Manager

PROCUREMENT MANAGER Bengaluru

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Key ResponsibilitiesProcurement Strategy & Operations

• Own end-to-end procurement activities across multiple global locations, ensuring consistency, compliance, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies across indirect spend categories including technology, software, professional services, facilities, HR, marketing, travel, and other corporate services.
• Establish and continuously improve procurement policies, processes, approval workflows, and governance frameworks.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, HR, Operations, and business teams to understand requirements and drive effective procurement decisions.
• Manage the complete procurement lifecycle from sourcing and vendor evaluation through negotiation, contracting, purchase orders, renewals, and vendor performance management.

Vendor Management & Negotiations

• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and manage strategic and critical vendors across global markets.
• Lead commercial negotiations covering pricing, payment terms, discounts, SLAs, renewals, termination clauses, liability, and other commercial terms.
• Drive competitive bidding, RFP/RFQ processes, benchmarking, and vendor consolidation initiatives.
• Build strong vendor relationships while ensuring the company receives competitive pricing and favourable contractual terms.
• Monitor vendor performance and proactively manage escalations, renewals, and commercial risks.

Contract Management

• Review commercial and contractual terms in partnership with Legal and relevant business stakeholders.
• Lead commercial aspects of contract negotiations and renewals.
• Maintain visibility of contract commitments, renewal dates, pricing changes, notice periods, and key obligations.
• Identify opportunities to renegotiate, consolidate, or rationalize vendor contracts to improve cost and business value.

Procurement Technology & Tools

• Manage and leverage procurement platforms, e-procurement systems, contract management tools, ERP systems, and spend management solutions.
• Experience working with multiple procurement/ERP/vendor management platforms and ability to quickly learn and administer new procurement technologies.
• Drive automation and process improvements across requisitioning, approvals, sourcing, purchasing, invoicing, and vendor management.
• Develop procurement dashboards and reporting to provide visibility into spend, savings, vendor performance, and contract renewals.

Travel & Corporate Services

• Support and manage corporate travel procurement and vendor relationships, including travel management companies and platforms such as Egencia or equivalent travel management solutions.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and business teams on travel policies, preferred vendors, corporate rates, and travel-related cost optimization.
• Support other corporate services procurement categories as required.

Spend Management & Cost Optimization

• Analyse spend across categories and geographies to identify savings and efficiency opportunities.
• Develop and track procurement savings targets and ensure measurable value delivery.
• Identify opportunities for vendor consolidation, standardization, volume discounts, and improved commercial terms.
• Prepare procurement reports and provide regular updates to leadership on spend, savings, risks, and strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 712 years of experience in Procurement / Strategic Sourcing / Vendor Management, preferably within a SaaS, technology, or global organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing procurement across multiple countries/global locations.
• Strong experience in indirect procurement across categories such as SaaS/software, IT services, professional services, HR, marketing, facilities, travel, and corporate services.
• Proven track record of vendor negotiation, commercial negotiation, cost optimization, and supplier management.
• Strong understanding of contract review and negotiation, including commercial terms, renewals, SLAs, payment terms, pricing, and termination provisions.
• Hands-on experience with procurement software, ERP systems, e-procurement platforms, contract management tools, and spend management solutions.
• Experience managing RFP/RFQ processes, vendor selection, competitive bidding, and supplier evaluations.
• Exposure to corporate travel management platforms/TMCs, such as Egencia or equivalent, is preferred.
• Strong understanding of procurement controls, compliance, approval workflows, and procurement governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior business leaders, Finance, Legal, IT, and other functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to use data to drive procurement decisions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, globally distributed SaaS environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience building or improving procurement processes in a scaling/global SaaS organization.
• Experience managing significant global vendor portfolios and complex multi-country contracts.
• Familiarity with SaaS spend management, software licensing, technology procurement, and vendor rationalization.
• Experience implementing or optimizing procurement technology and automation.
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated ability to deliver measurable savings.
• Exposure to international procurement practices, taxation, currencies, and cross-border vendor management.

What Success Looks Like

• Improved procurement governance and visibility across global locations.
• Measurable savings through strategic sourcing, negotiations, and vendor consolidation.
• Stronger vendor performance and commercial relationships.
• Reduced procurement cycle times through process and technology improvements.
• Improved visibility into contracts, renewals, commitments, and organizational spend.
• A scalable procurement framework that supports the company's continued global growth.