Role : Buyer Location : Bangalore, Gurgaon The role holder operates as a Buyer for Direct & Indirect Spends. Acts as a Contributor / negotiator to ensure the provision of a world class procurement service that delivers competitive advantage to the Cloud Infrastructure Business and acts as a Procurement Specialist supporting in Wipro’s Customer’s spends. Candidate will also support procurement deals, projects and programmes across Cloud Infrastructure Business for APMEA Region. Roles & Responsibilities : Categories of influence : The buyer will address spend across categories IT Hardware & Software Procurement & Renewals Cloud Procurement & Data Centre IT Renewals and O&M Procurements Other Systems Integration related services Professional & Manpower Services Contracting & Permanent Hiring Typical Stakeholder Community Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) Group, Alliance Teams, Sales & Project Managers, Technical Operational Teams, Facilities Teams, TA teams Work with Sales and delivery team to develop and implement initiatives to reduce costs, Responsible for managing relationship with key stakeholders Supplier Relationship Management and ensure Onetime payment Co-ordinate with Account Teams as required Standard role description – to be amended as required for specific role Execute procurement for above stated categories, determine the appropriate approach to Supply Market, define the optimum commercial models and supplier relationships for a product / service or element of a category. Actively works in Bids during the Customer RFP Cycle Develops and maintain knowledge of Hardware, Software, Systems Integration Services, Professional & Manpower services, infrastructure, including market dynamics and product life cycles Works closely with internal business users to understand their requirements, mapping these to the overall CPO strategy To develop procurement plans appropriate to their product and services to deliver maximum commercial advantage to Wipro to include selection and application of appropriate procurement processes for a particular product and or service Negotiates appropriate commercial and contractual arrangements with suppliers Works closely with Business teams to execute procurements Involve in streamlining supply chain processes on behalf of business partners, pro-actively seeking out process efficiencies within Wipro end to end supply chains to increase their efficiency and effectiveness Qualifications : Experience Approx 7 - 10 Yrs of experience with MNC / Large Corporate in IT HW & Software / System Integrators Experience related to procurement of Systems Integration business covering IT Hardware, Software & renewals business along with Passive Infra Procurement & AMC Hands on experience of Bidding Process for large Project Fair understanding of the complexities of the Systems Integration Procurement, safeguarding interests through Back to Back coverage of RFP T&C. Education MBA / Masters Degree Certifications in Procurement is desirable Personal Skills / Expertise Good analytical skills with hands on working out Cost comparisons, TCO, Cost Modelling Analysis for quick decision making Excellent communication skills Interpersonal and people management skills Ability to work with Culturally diverse Teams Leads engagements with minimum interventions Experience of working on SAP, ARIBA or other ERPs Language English : Fluency in both oral and writing, good in making presentations Computer and Software Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, MIS and Data analysis, PPT, SAP / Ariba