IT Procurement Role - Hardware & Software

Description:

- Basic understanding of various IT technologies and products like Hardware, Data centre, Servers, storage, SAN switches, Middleware, Networking, Private, public and hybrid cloud etc. for managing procurement

- Expert knowledge on RFx process for procurement using cloud based tools

- Negotiation skills and techniques to get the right pricing and terms from the vendors

- Market knowledge for different products and categories, as per requirement

- Should have ability to deal with OEMs and should have awareness of the commercial flow from Partner to OEM

- Contract management to include all aspects (e.g. administer, negotiate, review, manage, file, evaluate,

- analyze, and negotiate).

- Administer bidding and evaluation process and contracts (e.g. prepare specifications, evaluate bids, evaluate vendor capability for fitment to requirement and compliance to statutory norms)

- Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.

- to ensure its compliance with company policies and procedures and ensure the availability of documentation.

- Identify opportunities for cost savings.

- Compile data from variety of sources for analyzing and ensuring compliance with company policies

- and procedures and monitoring of purchasing processes.

- Continually improve purchasing methods/processes.