Manager - Procurement Operation - IT

Leadership opportunity for Procurement Operation Manager

Location: Pune

Shift : US Shift ( Starts from 6:30 PM)

Job Description:

- Group Manager is responsible for (but not limited to) strategic sourcing of category/ies of goods and services at the location.

- The Strategic Sourcing includes Spend analysis, Conduct the bidding process, effective negotiations and achieving the results in view of customer expectations for respective category. He/She will devise overall strategy for the respective category to achieve the cost savings and value additions

Performance management:

- Review of existing processes to check the process health and devise improvement plans, building a process improvement framework through good business analysis and process optimization techniques, Establish effective operations controls to achieve the desired performance levels, Drive operational excellence and improved performance.

RFP Management:

Candidate will be required to monitor and handle procurement processes like RFP floating, analytical evaluation of offers, negotiation, vendor communication in person/mails/calls/video conference, vendor contracts/agreements. Preparation of request notes for approvals and presentations.

Stake Holder communication:

- Build customer satisfaction through effective Performance and stake holder management

- Build Synergy with key stake holders to enhance the performance and speed of the process

Team Management:

- Coach, train and mentor direct reports and provide career development opportunities through training

- Managing the team size for the best possible optimization and motivation

- Planning the Talent Management program for the team

- Building the culture towards innovation and creativity within the team

Project Management:

- Managing key critical Projects as per milestone calendars

- To work in a cross functional team with interdependent actions and roles

- Excellent analytical skills

- Ability to work in global environment

- Knowledge about logistics, SCM and Tax compliances.

- Implementation of Source to Contract (S2C) and P2P (Procure to pay) steps in respective transaction.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science or commerce.