Director - Procurement - BPO/ITeS

- This is a senior role that will lead the India procurement team based in Mumbai and Bangalore. The primary management functions are to lead the procurement team and set objectives and goals to meet the business stakeholders needs for operations, IT and perform corporate procurement across all business units for professional services, goods and services and IT software and hardware spend.

- The AVP will work across all business units including operations, travel, HR and IT to identify and execute sourcing solutions to drive down forecasted spend for the customer and provide vendor performance, ensure compliance and contract management. He or she will provide senior leadership updates on procurement projects including TCO analysis. This role requires a highly motivated individual who can work across matrixed organizations, can lead project teams to define requirements and drive timely decisions.

Key Skills :

- Excellent financial acumen

- Knowledge in compliance and standards relating to global commerce

- Comprehensive understanding of the India procurement, current trends, transportation economics, and key cost - drivers across various modes

- Extremely strong knowledge of contracts

- Exceptional negotiation skills

- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, are a must. Ability to communicate complex business information in a clear and compelling way

- Proven experience building and maintaining strong functional teams through effective recruiting, training, coaching, and succession planning

- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, develop, mentor and influence associates and internal partners in a - changing environment

- Ability to build effective working relationships, internally and externally

- Ability to think strategically and envision the evolution of the industry and the customer, inspiring continuous - process-improvement and productivity measurement

- Clear understanding and knowledge