IT Procurement Head - BPO/ITeS

JOB Description :

- Lead Strategic Planning for Specific Categories

- Support Services head in developing Strategic Plan for Procurement by providing strategic inputs relating to IT procurement category

- Develop Annual Requirements Plan for IT procurement

- Support Services Head in developing Annual Operating Plan for Services by providing inputs relating to IT procurement

- Lead Strategic Sourcing Activities

- Lead the definition of category strategy by conducting in-depth analysis and creating expert points of view

- Provide guidance to Category Buyers & Sourcing Analysts for Industry analysis & Supply Market & Spend Analysis

- Identify and introduce new capable domestic and global suppliers. Manage global vendor database for IT procurement

- Effectively prepare, coordinate and conduct fact based negotiations with suppliers

- Formulate sourcing contracts by taking support of the Contracts Management Cell

- Monitor and report value tracking for the category - budgeted v/s actual savings

- Undertake supplier base rationalization / optimization & reallocate share of business

- Lead initiatives that explore value engineering possibilities

- Maintain risk profile of the category and define mitigation plans

- Lead Supplier Relationship Management / Development Activities

- Act as a single point relationship manager to the category suppliers for all businesses

- Track supplier performance through periodic inputs from the project procurement team & provide timely and appropriate feedback to suppliers

- Identify supplier development opportunities and lead development efforts

- Ensure and coordinate timely supplier payments to maintain relationship as appropriate

- Manage Internal Customer Needs

- Provide quotes & projections to support bid preparations

- Provide procurement risk related inputs to business at pre-bid Provide supply market intelligence to business as required

- Track user compliance of rate contracts and other processes related to IT procurement

- Track the evolution of internal customers' needs