Associate Manager - Procurement Operations - BPO

- Utilizing recent and accurate information (including Customer-internal, Supplier-internal, multi-Customer-based grouped data, and other industry and/or professional association and/or academic information sources)

- Complete requests for Sourcing Support from Customer and/or Category Manager

- Conducting external market research

- Developing the Customer's internal change strategy

- Understanding the category financial baseline

- Support and assist Customer in the development of Statements Of Work (SOW) containing detailed user requirements and supplier expectations

- Pre-Qualify Suppliers based on prior experience and performance in the category, financial strengths/ratings, and ability to meet or provide current requirements.

- Developing a mechanism for measuring the savings/value of the Sourcing Initiative

- Assistance with RFx and eRFP creation, including co-ordination of Third-Party Supplier and user creation in eSourcing platform

- Management of live of RFx and eRFX event, including functional support for users and Third-Party Suppliers

- Co-ordination of responses to Third-Party Supplier questions

- Third-Party Supplier training and support

- Post event reporting

- Managing a team 50 FTEs

- Negotiations with suppliers across the globe

Desired candidate profile:-

- Graduation / Post-Graduation with Min 12 years of total working experience. 10 years in Supply chain management. Complete life cycle of Supply Chain management.

- Good PROCUREMENT domain knowledge. Good experience in Transition.

- Current managing a team of 20 - 25 members.

- Good negotiation skills

- Good communication and presentation skills

- Knowledge of contract management and administration workflow

- Strong understanding of latest Microsoft Office applications i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Excel

- Flexibility to work with different countries (time-zones), groups, and business environment