Description:

Job Purpose:

Responsible for Procurement & Category Management of Non-IT Products (Colocation Products like Racks, RPDUs, Cage, CCTV, Biometric, Containment etc.g , Annual Maintenance Contracts for Infra items including all MEP Equipment, DGs, Sub-station eqpts etc, Spares Management, Service Contracts like FMS, Housekeeping, Security etc., Admin related Misc Items/ Services / consumables etc) for Data center business.

Role Description:

Key Responsibilities:

- Managing complete PR to PO process including RFPs, obtaining offers, Comparative evaluations, Negotiations, Placement of Purchase Orders & Logistics.

- Managing Category by Strategic sourcing, Budgeting, New Vendor developments, Vendor Rationalization, Rate Contracts, Partnership Agreements, Vendor Management etc.

- Cost Effective Procurement within the budgeted cost / targets, Opex v/s Capex evaluation, TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) evaluation.

- Obtain approvals according to Delegation of Authority.

- Ensuring TAT to adhere timely actions for PR to PO process.

- Managing Vendor On-boarding process & Vendor Assessment to ensure their capabilities / quality, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with Vendors.

- Contract Formulations, Preparing Terms & Conditions of Purchase Order, SLA finalization & Contract Management.

- Ensuring OTIF-Delivery of supplies & services as per the Contract terms.

- Cost Estimation, Forecasting, Price Trend Analysis for the Category items.

- MIS report submission on monthly basis, Spend Analysis.

- Vendor Performance Evaluation & Monitoring on regular intervals.

- Ensuring Procurement Compliance as per Internal Finance Control guidelines, ISO compliances adherence.

- Smooth Coordination with various internal & external stakeholders.

- Support Pre-sales team for various RFPs & Bids.

- Knowledge of SAP-MM Module.

- Team Management, People Development.

Qualifications and Experience:

-DUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (degree, training, or certification required):

- BE/B-Tech or equivalent with Electronics & Communication or Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

- MBA-Operations/Supply Chain will be added advantage.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: (no. of years of technical, functional, and/or leadership experience or specific exposure required):

- 15 years+ procurement experience in relevant category.

- Must have experience on SAP-MM Module for minimum 5 years.

- Must be aware of various MEP equipment, DG set, Sub-station equipment etc.

- Knowledge of Labor compliances for service contracts would be added advantage.

- Proficiency Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT).

- Familiarity of ISO 9K / 14K / 45K / 20K / 22K / 27K would be added advantage.

- Should be excellent in communication skills (written & verbal).

- Should be target oriented, time bound and achieve goals.

- Should possess good Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving attitude, Critical Thinking, Collaborative approach, Persuasive skills & Analytical skills.

- Must have high standards of integrity & ethics.

- Good Team player & go-getter.

- Relevant experience in similar industry of Data Centre would be added advantage.