PURPOSE OF THE ROLE : The Category Lead - Services is responsible for supporting the business needs by ensuring timely procurement of Services. He/She needs to define category performance objectives aligned with SCM objectives and ensure that all policy guidelines and organizational processes related to procurement are followed properly. The Category Lead plans and oversees all sourcing activities for Services category. He/ She is responsible for demand forecasting and developing an annual sourcing plan, aligned with the business requirements. He/She develops category strategy and execution plan by analyzing industry trends, understanding demand patterns and vendor landscape, etc. He/She defines sourcing and negotiation strategies basis category strategy for all the major sourcing projects by adopting best practices. He/ She needs to focus on standardization of services, to drive catalog creation for direct purchase. He/She is responsible for optimizing technical specifications of user requirements by collaborating with business teams and vendors. He/She should understand how various systems interact with each other for fulfillment of business requirements and provide inputs wherever technology enablement is required (e.g., adoption of Ariba for sourcing, etc.) He/She maintains a close working relationship with all business functions, SCM Operations, SCM Enablers and SCM Logistics to ensure cross-functional collaboration and efficient sourcing. He/She needs to work with both in-house teams and suppliers to meet the required efficiency norms and SLAs. He/ She needs to support development of supplier relationship management strategy and formulate strategic relationships with key vendors. He/She is accountable for compliance to the guidelines and rules, both internal guidelines and external (tax laws, legal/ regulatory laws), and accountable for any artefacts/ processes needed for the same. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES : 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.) MINIMUM QUALIFICATION &amp; EXPERIENCE : Essential : - Bachelor's Degree and MBA or recognized Procurement /Supply Chain certification (CIPS or equivalent Procurement qualification) - Overall 18 plus years of years with minimum of 7-10 years procurement experience in technology preferably with a large multinational setup - Experience in strategic sourcing via category management - Significant experience in leading teams - Knowledge of supply chain regulation and compliance - Understanding of international, regional and local supply markets and working practices Preferred : - Experience of implementing change in a complex environment, working with a wide range of stakeholders - Experience in catalog development for standard products/ services - Experience in e-sourcing toolsets

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General Manager - Supply Chain - Services 

General Manager - Supply Chain - Services  ,Job Description for General Manager - Supply Chain - Services  in Applied Work Dynamics in  Mumbai for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for General Manager - Supply Chain - Services  in Applied Work Dynamics in  Mumbai for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!