Assistant Vice President - Sourcing & Category Management - BPO

Assistant Vice President-Sourcing and Category management

- Managing procurement of indirect material/ services requred for multiple clients

- Spend & vendor consolidation to optimize the savings

- Making annual rate contracts with suppliers

- Strong hands on experience in or other ERP systems (like Ariba, SAP, etc.)

- Interact with key customer stakeholders and work closely with them to identify areas of improvement.

- Offer creative solutions to support overall procurement program and achieve desired results.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Basic Qualifications :

- 10+ years of Sourcing & Category Management experience out of which approx 80% should be in indirect sourcing

Preferred Qualifications :

- Should have strong experience in category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing

- Very strong knowledge of suppliers in indirect categories

- Experience procuring various indirect material/ services

- Experience in new vendor development for indirect material/ services

- Proficiency with Excel & Powerpoint

- Process oriented with excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills.

- Project management skills.

- Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers.

- Knowledge of procurement operations, ERP systems, transaction management a big plus