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Job Title: Specialist - Procurement (IT Hardware / Telco)
Location: Bengaluru or Mumbai
Experience Range: 7 to 10 years.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Vendor Empanelment
- Pre-Qualify the supply base before sourcing for the software & hardware related requirements for Corporate IT & Project related requirements.
- Initiating and completing vendor onboarding process with compliance to policies and procedures, ensuring NDA/DPA documentation.
- Assist vendor to submit the documents in the registration portal.
- Follow-up with internal teams for vendor code creation.
RFP Process
- Lead Sourcing Events: Build and Execute RFP/Q/Auction (Sourcing Events) responses for the End Computing, Storage, Server requirements
Contract Management
- Negotiate contracts, obtain information and gain technical opinions.
- Evaluate responses and conclude pricing decisions to obtain optimal terms and conditions from Suppliers. Manage Supplier relationships, and Monitor Service levels
- Coordinate with the Legal team to draft contract documentation
- Renegotiate existing hardware and software AMC services.
- Should have knowledge in Enterprise agreement and global procurement.
- Work with partners to drive rate contracts / catalogues to improve the speed at which the process is followed.
Compliance
- Have a flair for understanding Hardware and Software Licensing requirements and drive effective discussions with vendor to ensure sourcing is finalised based on the internal compliance guidelines.
- To liaise and handle Statutory and Internal audit related questions.
- Work with business unit leadership to report and monitor process compliance
- Responsible for current state assessment, gap resolution and task execution/deliverables for assigned area of responsibilities.
- Have an eye for detail to keep reviewing the internal processes and recommend changes for better and faster execution.
MIS
- Prepare MIS for the category and present it to management.
- Demonstrate candor; ability to respectfully challenge senior leadership
Other
- Continually benchmark the Major Hardware and Software products to identify new solutions/service offerings, evaluate their capabilities, identify category cost drivers and establish pricing trends.
- Drive and increase partner network in non-India locations.
- Comprehensive understanding of P2O process and Order to Payment technologies (specifically in SAP)
- Build BCP for all critical and key partners and products.
Skills / Competencies :
- Work experience – 7-10 years (Preferable handled Corporate IT transaction in IT/ITES organization)
- Experience in License/Hardware/Telecom procurement will be added advantage
- Knowledge of process related to purchase procurement, market trends, standards, legal policies, procedures, stakeholder management etc.
- Knowledge in e-procurement portal like Ariba and equivalent.
- Knowledge on ERP tools such as SAP.
- Knowledge of MS office applications such as MS word, Excel , PowerPoint etc.
- Good communication, interpersonal, quantitative and analytical skills.
- Understanding of Tax in India – SEZ/STPI/GST/MSME and VAT(other Geo will be an added advantage)
- Assist team to meet the TAT/SLA.
Educational Qualification - Bachelor's degree in any discipline
