Manager - Procurement - Cloud Communication Firm

Procurement Manager - Cloud Communication Company

- This position will lead all the Digital and Professional Services procurement for our client and will report into the Director Non-Commodity Procurement.

- The primary focus of the role is ensuring all aspects of In-Direct Procurement operate smoothly to deliver the right items at the right time to the right place.

- Cost, Service, Quality and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) will be the key metrics for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

- Establish, analyze and optimize the business procurement strategy ensuring alignment with business goals.

- Conduct market research, as well as creating cost estimates and forecasts.

- Collect and interpret procurement data including cost analysis reporting, benchmarking, return on investment and build cost reduction plan.

- Driving purchasing decisions based on cost and scenario analysis, as well as market trends.

- Negotiating contracts with key suppliers, including costs and terms of supply, service, and quality.

- Should define and run large scale sourcing RFP for IT Systems / Services covering large scale licensing, cloud, management services.

- Ability to define SLA / KPI / other contractual terms for various type of IT systems like SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Network, DevOps etc.

- Manage the Contract renewal timelines. Lead market research for vendor Profiles and Supplier selection.

- Maintaining strategic sourcing relationships and developing strong partnerships.

- Perform regular reviews of established procurement processes to ensure continual improvement. Subsequently refining policies, due diligence questionnaires and RFP templates.

- Should have experience executing multiple sourcing contracts exceeding 10+ Cr overall value.

- Should have experience dealing / negotiating with Tier 1 OEM like AWS, MS, SAP, BY etc

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Contracting, Negotiation and Risk management

- Business ethics and transparency

- Forecasting, Planning and Category management

- Project management

- Data analysis and ROI evaluations