Assistant Manager - Procurement - Telecom/IT

Role Description and Purpose:

The job holder provides procurement support to business teams that are directly supporting our customers. The job holder is expected to help ensure our supply chains are effective and responsive such that they help us exceed the expectations of our customers and help us win and retain business.

Reports to: GM _Procurement

Responsibilities:

- Work with pre-sales/ bid manager team on understanding the scope of bids/ deals and map appropriate vendor considering capability and commercial feasibility

- Create and develop relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders

- Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers for goods and services ensure the best terms possible are obtained to win customer deals within a stringent timeline

- Ensure purchases are executed in a timely manner and in accordance with the company's policies

- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

- Collaborate with key persons including demand & delivery manager to ensure clarity of the specifications and SLAs

- develop risk management plans for key category areas to ensure security of supply

- Seek out supply chain advantages to help the business improve its ability to compete and win

Fundamental skills, soft skills

- Pre-Sale, Bid management, Lead Negotiations

- Must have handled end-to-end contracts

- The candidate will be responsible for sourcing of products and services for all line of products including Network Customer premise equipment, Managed Security services, Managed Hosting Services, Data Center Services

Job Requirements

- Experience of working in a similar role ideally within a telecom environment

- 6-8 years (AM) or 9-12 years (Manager) procurement experience at least half of which should be in Telecom, IT companies

- Experience of working in a pre-sales environment is must

- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills

- Good knowledge of sourcing, procurement and supplier management

- Ability to work under time pressure and with some amount of ambiguity

- Well organized and self-motivated individual capable of working with a high degree of autonomy

- Possess analytical skills to determine the best deals for the company and have to evaluate the many pros and cons of each supplier based on price, quality, speed of delivery and other factors

- Full member of CIPS or possession of a similar procurement/supply chain qualification is desirable