AVP - Sourcing Center of Excellence - BFSI

We are hiring AVP-Sourcing center of excellence for an MNC BFSI company.

Job Description (Overview of Role) :

- The Sourcing Center of Excellence (COE) facilitator will serve as a single point of contact with Sourcing Support Associates located in Gurgaon, India. There are four separate teams in the Sourcing Support COE. The Sourcing COE Facilitator will serve the role as an extension of one of the Sourcing COE team and a channel to global Sourcing, Line of Business Partners, Vendor Managers, Category Managers, and other Support Partners including Legal and Internal Control Function located across the Client's global footprint.

- Each team, comprised of 5-8 team members with GDCE Asia Pacific job titles, Manager, Assistant Manager, Team Leader, Team Developer, will be responsible for processing sub-agreements to Master Agreements in the Ariba system for multiple Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Global Human Resources (GHR) Sourcing categories.

Key Responsibilities :

- Facilitating and clarifying workflow between Sourcing Support, Line of Business, global Sourcing, and Vendor Manager partners regarding business requirements, contract type, contract language, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOR) artifacts.

- Expediting requests for Sourcing Support designated work from stakeholders and providing assistance to Sourcing Support.

- Serving as the escalation single point of contact for all matters and questions with business requirements, contracts, and SOR requirements for Sourcing Support. These matters include red-lining contract documents and negotiations with Vendors.

- Acting as a control point and providing feedback on Quality Assurance (QA) review of contracts for Sourcing Support.

- Ensuring contracts are signed by an authorized signatory.

- Leading the Sourcing Support team through assessing contract value and reporting of savings for transactions not defined by a rate card in the Master Agreement.

- Responding to issues with Vendor Registration and Ariba enablement for e-invoicing.

Requirements :

Required Skills :

- MBA degree from a premier institute.

- 11+ years of Sourcing and Procurement experience working in a global environment across multiple time zones and communicating with various levels of - diverse stakeholders.

- Experience with managing multi-million dollar Sourcing categories.

- Working knowledge of the Ariba system for contracts and Sourcing events.

- Keen understanding of contract types and contract terms and conditions.

- Capable of red-lining documents, creating agreements, and negotiating with Vendors.

- Problem solves issues to reach resolution.

- Analyze fee and price models to determine contract value.

- Decision making about contract negotiations and when to engage support partners (Finance, Audit, Tax, Insurance, Vendor Administration, and Legal) and to expedite risk issues.

- Contract drafting experience in Consumer, Technology, and Investment Banking

Desired Skills :

- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications.

- Highly organized.

- Ability to multi-task and drive results.

- Strong Communication skills.

- Background with multi-cultural cross-functional teams.

- Experience with leading organizational change.

- Willing to work in a fast-paced environment.

Shift Timings : 12pm to 9pm

Work Location : Gurgaon