Senior Buyer

nscglobal is currently looking for a Senior Buyer to join our growing company.

nscglobal provides global network implementation and support solutions to world-class organizations, delivering cost savings and operational simplicity. Our goal is to partner with world-class enterprises, helping them become more agile, create commercial advantage and build quality through design, deployment, support and management of their global IT communications. NSC Global is a US Cisco Global Gold Certified Partner with corporate headquarters in London. Please review our website at www.nscglobal.com for more information on our organization.

Reporting to: Group Procurement Manager

Title: Senior Buyer

Department: Procurement

Location: Navi Mumbai

The Company

• We specialise in customised, flexible, and scalable solutions to meet technology needs of the biggest companies in the world.
• We operate in over 180 countries across the globe.
• We remain agile and responsive to every single challenge we face.

• Supervise Experienced Purchasing Team
• Initial engagement with sales, presales and delivery to shape deal structure for kit, support and partner-based RFP’s/Bids
• Run Global RFI and RFP process with vendors for IT and Indirect Spend
• Achieve Savings through RFP and/or Quote Negotiations.
• Negotiate and implement standard contract templates for products and services purchases.
• Set up and implement Contract & Vendor Management (CVM) process
• Complete 12 CVM reviews per quarter
• Develop and leverage close relationships with CAM's and key suppliers and partners

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

• +5 years’ sourcing experience in IT industry especially hardware.
• +2 years Team Supervision
• International Sourcing
• Commercial/contract negotiation achieving measurable savings
• Focus on complex single/multiple commercial projects with varying degrees of value and will require experience in managing engagement from initiation to delivery.
• End to End RFP from requirement gathering to contract signature.
• Extensive Supplier relationship management
• Responding and supporting customer Bid, RFI and RFP processes
• Influence decision-maker
• Building strong and effective business partnerships (internally and externally)
• Effective engagement with Executive and Senior management
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience of Microsoft applications Excel/Word/Power Point
• Can do / will do attitude

Team Size / Management:

• 10+ India

• 9:00 – 5:30pm