GEP - Sourcing Manager

About the function / Business Line: Procurement Outsourcing

Job Location: Airoli, Navi Mumbai

Position Title: Senior Sourcing Manager

Experience : 11-15 yrs

Job Description

- Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as - Best Practices- and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity area.

- Solicits bids, leads auctions, negotiates with suppliers, makes recommendations, qualifies and contracts with new vendor

- Manage internal customer relationships by leading cross functional sub-category teams, developing deep category knowledge and to aggressively track and improve non-compliance with preferred supplier(s)

- Should have handled team of min 10 - 15 members.

- Maintain good level of public relations with outside suppliers as well as a strong partnership with internal stakeholders

- Manage and optimize functional sourcing support activities while ensuring adherence to client's corporate standards.

- Draft and/or evaluate scorecards. Conduct complex supplier's performance validation events and drive improvement initiatives.

- Conduct complex/adhoc supplier profiling and financial risk assessment. Should be able to do industry bench marking and market intelligence reports independently.

Required Competencies

- Knowledge of project management and sourcing

- Financial analysis and quantitative skills

- Business acumen: Understanding how markets work

- Change Mgmt. Skills: Effective influencer who can make persuasive arguments

- Negotiation skills includes building eAuction strategies

- Excellent communication - written and verbal

- Familiarity with Microsoft office suites, Outlook, ERP/ P2P systems knowledge