Airtel - IT Services Role

- MBA (or equivalent) in Technology or Engineering

- 6-8 years of relevant experience in sourcing/procurement of various IT services, including strategic supplier selection, contracting, renewals, software strategy life planning and costing, software licensing, software implementation cloud procurement and enterprise architecture

- Mandatory experience of driving project management, synergy initiatives, supplier selection, negotiations, purchase order management, contracts negotiation, supplier management, E-Sourcing (Oracle)

- Strong understanding of IT services procurement (across applications, infrastructure and cloud), including planning, negotiations and contracting models.

- Experience in analyzing in T&M, Managed Services & COE contracts to identify opportunities for savings, revenue assurance.

- General understanding of broad IT strategy and sourcing space and working market knowledge (e.g., key vendors, services and technology trends)

- Ability to engage and interact independently with client personnel incl. procurement specialists

- Willingness to work in a highly demanding and result-oriented team environment and to travel to other offices/client locations for short/long term assignments

- Solid problem-solving capabilities with excellent analytical and quantitative skills

- Superior written/verbal communications skills

- Demonstrated business acumen, ability to grasp technical requirements and communicate effectively with business unit and corporate personnel in order to meet customer expectations.

- MNC Large Corporate in IT ITES Telecom industry preferred