Manager - IT Procurement

Job Description - Manager, Procurement

Responsible for management of commercial and contractual aspects within the IT spend category.

A key part of the role includes developing and maintaining successful relationships with suppliers, peers, and internal business partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end to end commercial and procurement aspects within all IT categories like Hardware, Software, Outsourcing Services, Cloud and SAAS.
• Ensure proper spend categorization.
• Lead and execute end to end strategic / tactical projects, apply proper sourcing approach (single / sole sourcing / competitive bidding) depending on scope & business requirements, draft detailed statement of work (SOW) covering performance measures- KPIs / metrics, SLAs, acceptance criteria, commercials, risk / reward provisions etc.
• Manage senior stakeholders and establish relationships
• Advise internal business partners on end-to-end procurement process, policies, templates, RACI, deal risks, and possible risk mitigation steps as part of procurement process or contracting. Articulate pros and cons of, and requirements for various commercial & engagement model options (e.g. managed capacity, managed outcome, managed services, gain-share etc.) for a particular deal.
• Ensure full Procure-to-Contract compliance with all applicable sourcing processes, policies, etc.
• Independently execute RFP / RFQ processes for assigned categories including Contract negotiation, Vendor Selection, Contract Awarding.
• Define and implement plans in line with category strategy, decision trees, play book. Leverage appropriate procurement / sourcing tools.
• Consolidate supplier base and pursue, where relevant, alternative sources ensuring uninterrupted supply of services, delivered in a cost effective and quality manner.
• Conduct periodic market research for assigned category, incl. monitoring of market trends and supply / demand factors, legal dictates to help in the decision making process to meet the strategic goals of the organization. Answer contract commercial / rate card / legal / business term inquiries on existing contracts.
• Establish regular communications with the key internal business partners, to ensure agreement and adoption of category strategies, on-going review of activities undertaken and maintenance of strong client service. Lead proactive Contract Renewal / Expiry reviews, and re-source or amend per internal strategy.
• Accurate and continuous collection and reporting of projects managed, contracts concluded and their associated expenditure and financial impacts.

Qualification :

Target Industries for Candidates

Skills Required

Cloud Services, Powerpoint, Ariba, Peoplesoft