RESPONSIBILITIES :

o    Execute sourcing strategies that align with Organizational goals and deliver results throughout the Procure to Pay Lifecycle

o    Facilitate negotiations and achieve optimal price/performance and price/quality ratio to deliver maximum value and savings

o    Develop TCO models and decipher pricing to deliver comprehensive financial analyses

o    Performs all duties in accordance with Organizational policies / procedures and prescribed regulatory compliance guidelines.

o    Ensure timely execution of Order Forms, Change Orders, Creation of Purchase Requisitions and release of Purchase Order

o    Ability to partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers, develop sourcing /negotiations strategies aligning them with future corporate strategy.

o    Knowledge of market trend and new/emerging technologies including market dynamics, trends and key save opportunities across supply, demand, and process to help execute sourcing strategy

o    Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Subject Matter Experts to obtain beneficial terms, mitigate business risk and set priorities for sourcing strategy execution

o    Proactively manage vendors through the contract lifecycle by monitoring their fulfillment of obligations and by performing benchmarking through scorecards, performance metrics and other tools.

o    Provide financial reporting and analysis on key Procurement metrics as per requirement

o    Continually identify and drive improvement opportunities

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS :

o    Graduate with minimum of 12+ years of experience in Purchasing and/or vendor management with a successful track record of completing RFx events, negotiations and cost saving initiatives

o    Expertise in sourcing of IT (Hardware/Software/Telecom) products and services, Outsourcing, Professional Services, IT Globalization/Staffing, Outsourced Financial Services etc

o    Excellent Contract interpretation Skills, understanding of product and contract lifecycles

o    Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

o    Proven self-starter who can work independently, effectively manage priorities and has a strong track record of delivering outstanding results.

o    Personal resilience to work within tight deadlines in an extremely fast-paced ambiguous environment

o    Excellent communication(written/verbal) and interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to develop highly functioning business relationships/stakeholder management

o    Must be organized, detail oriented, responsive and be able to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing environment

Additional Informtion: Night Shift, working hour 5:30pm-2:00

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