Associate Director/Regional Lead - Procurement - Consulting Firm

Associate Director -Procurement- Regional Lead, Bangalore- MNC Consulting -14 yrs+

Employer - MNC Consulting

Role - Associate Director

Job Location - Bangalore

Profile - Regional Lead- Procurement

Your key responsibilities :

- Develop a category and regional procurement strategy that aligns with the Global Supply Chain Services (SCS) Strategy and stakeholder requirements.

- Support and Execute end-to-end strategic sourcing activities in accordance with the Procurement policy and provide excellence throughout the process analyzing information, identifying requirements and opportunity, negotiating terms and conditions, and contracting products and/or services;

- Act as a trusted business advisor and support stakeholders, aligning procurement projects with the business pipeline;

- Providing Exceptional Customer Services while delivery of both brand and quantitative value to the bottom line through cost savings and cost avoidance;

- Adherence to Firm's Procurement policy and processes, including collaboration with Legal (GCO), Risk Management and other Firm support functions;

- Provide support to enable structured management and accurate progress reporting on all projects;

- Drive an inclusive and sustainable sourcing mindset to build a better working world;

- Support the build and management of a pipeline of Procurement projects in support of category strategy/plan & in collaboration with Procurement leaders and stakeholders;

- Manage and support Request for Proposals (RFPs) including commercial contractual negotiations, while partnering with stakeholders and shared functions such as GCO, Risk Management and Vendor Assurance;

- Develop relationships with key Firm business stakeholders and report procurement progress via regular meetings;

- Minimize contractual risks to Firm by identifying and working with relevant Procurement, other leads and, GCO;

- Support the collection of knowledge of key suppliers and their position in the market, in addition to working through current market intelligence resources and partners to perform the latest research;

- Provide accurate reporting on deals and timely submission of savings forms as required;

- Manage supplier relationships according to Firm's Procurement and Independence policies.

Skills and attributes for success :

- How your skills and experience will make an impact, followed by sub-headings:

- +5 years of experience in Procurement leadership / management in a collaborative, high-performance environment and a minimum of 3+ years of experience with the Talent Procurement category;

- Has strong data analysis capability, which will be used for category spending analysis;

- Be familiar with RFP process, has a good sense for tender document composition familiar with e-sourcing systems;

- Project management skill, and will take a supporting and/or leading role for regional project sourcing and work with stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation;

- Proficient communication and facilitation skills;

- Negotiation and alignment of basic supplier terms and pricing with best practice and market conditions;

- Global mindset, able to work as collaboratively as part of a team at regional and global level;

- Good organizational skills;

- A strong team player, comfortable working collaboratively, virtually and independently;

- Excellent communication and networking skills - able to effectively manage and influence stakeholders;

- Ability to work in a high pace, agile environment;

- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities effectively;

- High levels of EQ and cultural awareness to build relationships;

- Experience with Source-to-Pay ("S2P") processes, including managing sourcing projects on SAP system, and execution of online RFx and e-Auctions.

Please send your CV with below details if this suits your requirement :

1. Current Salary
2. Expected Salary
3. Current Employer
4. Current Location
5. Notice Period-
6. Ok for Bangalore Location-Yes / No
7. Team Size
8. Experience in International Procurement-Yes/No