Areas Of Responsibility (Key Activities) Strategy development and planning ' - Define performance objectives and targets for Services category that are aligned with overall SCM objectives - Develop and monitor implementation of Annual Sourcing Plan for Services Category (incl. internal and external demand) - Develop category strategy and execution plan for sub-categories within Services (internal and external demand) by forecasting demand, analyzing industry trends, understanding vendor landscape, etc. - Develop negotiation strategies by examining supplier's industry position and cost-structure, identifying trends in supply market, developing cost tear-downs, analyzing market intelligence data for benchmarking, etc. - Optimize sourcing and ordering schedule by assessing demand drivers - Ensure compliance to spend budget by reviewing the spend vs demand data - Comprehend key developments in Services by participating in industry conferences, reading research papers/ reports, etc. - Identify potential risks and define risk mitigation strategies to manage supply chain risks Cross Functional Collaboration ' - Ensure close coordination with business, sales and other stakeholders for effective demand planning - Partnering with business teams to rationalize product/ service portfolio, both from a cost and technology perspective, by optimizing technical/ functional specifications - Serve as procurement subject-matter-expert and educate users on appropriate processes and applicable policies as required - Facilitate ongoing collaboration between the Business teams, Operations team, Enablers team and Logistics team - Lead and/or participate in cross-functional team projects Team Management - Manage and direct day-to-day activities of direct reports, to ensure timely procurement as per business requirements - Provide on-going career development, support and coaching for direct reports - Provide feedback to team, and identify need based training requirements for direct reports - Solicit ideas and foster an environment for personnel development of the team Supplier Management '- Support development of supplier relationship management strategy to streamline and improve processes for the organization and its key suppliers; execute SRM processes for key suppliers - Identify key suppliers on the basis of evaluation criteria and develop strategic relationships with the suppliers - Ensure supplier design meet performance and design to value objectives - Work closely with suppliers to optimize the total lifecycle costs (including cost reduction initiatives) - Set performance improvement targets for the suppliers as a part of supplier performance management - Gather periodic feedback from working teams on vendors- support and overall performance Strategy Execution '- Identify/evaluate potential sourcing strategies, run risk analysis and document sourcing strategies - Drive catalog creation and adoption for direct purchase by increasing the standardization of products/ services within the category - Manage the end to end sourcing process (including RFP/RFQ process) for identified sourcing initiatives - Support the team in negotiating high value contracts with key suppliers by using game theory and other negotiation techniques like BATNA, WATNA, etc. - Support the team during the implementation of negotiated contracts and monitor contractual compliance - Adopt best practices for strategic sourcing to ensure that target savings and benefits are achieved - Collaborate with other business stakeholders, and constructively challenge business on all areas of sub-optimal spend Operational Improvement '- Ensure that day to day activities comply with standards and performance measures set in the approved SCM policy and procedures - Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes for procurement - Identify transactional activities related to sourcing and work closely with Head - Operations to shift the responsibility to SSC - Sourcing Operations team - Champion use of standard sourcing tools and methodologies including execution of advanced sourcing events - Benchmark negotiated solutions against alternate supply market options - Plan and execute communications plans to ensure accurate and timely flow of information to internal customers and stakeholders (e.g., policy, procedures, etc.)

Mumbai

General Manager - Services Sourcing - Telecom 

General Manager - Services Sourcing - Telecom  ,Job Description for General Manager - Services Sourcing - Telecom  in Outsized Group in  Mumbai for (8-25) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for General Manager - Services Sourcing - Telecom  in Outsized Group in  Mumbai for (8-25) years of experience. Apply Now!