Strategic Procurement Manager

As a Strategic Sourcing Lead, your role involves leading strategic sourcing initiatives across material (copper, fibre, networking products) and professional services categories. Your responsibilities include driving category strategies, supplier scorecards, and project-specific procurement plans in alignment with CPR (Cash, Profitability, Revenue) goals. You will identify and onboard suitable suppliers by conducting robust market scanning, RFX execution, and contract negotiations. Building strong supplier relationships, ensuring supplier compliance, performance, and fostering innovation are crucial aspects of your role. Collaboration is key in this position, as you will work proactively with Sales, Sales Engineering, GSO, Finance, and Legal teams to integrate procurement into the pre-sales and bid cycle. Your involvement in early procurement engagement is essential to influence specifications, identify alternatives, and optimize cost structures. Additionally, you will govern cost accuracy, partner performance, and overall category spend through data-driven reporting and benchmarking. Key Responsibilities: - Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across material (copper, fibre, networking products) and professional services categories - Drive category strategies, supplier scorecards, and project-specific procurement plans aligned with CPR goals - Identify and onboard the right suppliers through robust market scanning, RFX execution, and contract negotiations - Build strong supplier relationships and ensure supplier compliance, performance, and innovation - Collaborate proactively with Sales, Sales Engineering, GSO, Finance, and Legal teams to embed procurement into the pre-sales and bid cycle - Ensure early procurement engagement to influence specifications, identify alternatives, and optimize cost structures - Govern cost accuracy, partner performance, and overall category spend through data-driven reporting and benchmarking Qualifications Required: - Proven experience in strategic sourcing and procurement - Strong negotiation and contract management skills - Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities - Effective communication and collaboration skills - Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field In this role, your key performance indicators (KPIs) will include Margin Improvement (MI) savings realized through strategic sourcing, Partner Performance Index (PPI), Voice of Partners (VoP), Cost Accuracy in bids, and Compliance and Risk Mitigation Metrics.,