Employer - MNC Consulting
Role. –Associate Director
Job Location - Bangalore
Profile - Regional Lead- Procurement
Your key responsibilities
· Develop a category and regional procurement strategy that aligns with the Global Supply Chain Services (SCS) Strategy and stakeholder requirements.
· Support and Execute end-to-end strategic sourcing activities in accordance with the Procurement policy and provide excellence throughout the process analyzing information, identifying requirements and opportunity, negotiating terms and conditions, and contracting products and/or services;
· Act as a trusted business advisor and support stakeholders, aligning procurement projects with the business pipeline;
· Providing Exceptional Customer Services while delivery of both brand and quantitative value to the bottom line through cost savings and cost avoidance;
· Adherence to Firm’s Procurement policy and processes, including collaboration with Legal (GCO), Risk Management and other Firm support functions;
· Provide support to enable structured management and accurate progress reporting on all projects;
· Drive an inclusive and sustainable sourcing mindset to build a better working world;
· Support the build and management of a pipeline of Procurement projects in support of category strategy/plan & in collaboration with Procurement leaders and stakeholders;
· Manage and support Request for Proposals (RFPs) including commercial contractual negotiations, while partnering with stakeholders and shared functions such as GCO, Risk Management and Vendor Assurance;
· Develop relationships with key Firm business stakeholders and report procurement progress via regular meetings;
· Minimize contractual risks to Firm by identifying and working with relevant Procurement, other leads and, GCO;
· Support the collection of knowledge of key suppliers and their position in the market, in addition to working through current market intelligence resources and partners to perform the latest research;
· Provide accurate reporting on deals and timely submission of savings forms as required;
· Manage supplier relationships according to Firm’s Procurement and Independence policies.
Skills and attributes for success
· How your skills and experience will make an impact, followed by sub-headings:
· +5 years of experience in Procurement leadership / management in a collaborative, high-performance environment and a minimum of 3+ years of experience with the Talent Procurement category;
· Has strong data analysis capability, which will be used for category spending analysis;
· Be familiar with RFP process, has a good sense for tender document composition familiar with e-sourcing systems;
· Project management skill, and will take a supporting and/or leading role for regional project sourcing and work with stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation;
· Proficient communication and facilitation skills;
· Negotiation and alignment of basic supplier terms and pricing with best practice and market conditions;
· Global mindset, able to work as collaboratively as part of a team at regional and global level;
· Good organizational skills;
· A strong team player, comfortable working collaboratively, virtually and independently;
· Excellent communication and networking skills – able to effectively manage and influence stakeholders;
· Ability to work in a high pace, agile environment;
· Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities effectively;
· High levels of EQ and cultural awareness to build relationships;
· Experience with Source-to-Pay (“S2P”) processes, including managing sourcing projects on SAP system, and execution of online RFx and e-Auctions.
Please send your CV at saket@phenomplacement.com with below details if this suits your requirement:
1. Current Salary
2. Expected Salary
3. Current Employer
4. Current Location
5. Notice Period-
6. Ok for Bangalore Location-Yes / No
7. Team Size
8. Experience in International Procurement-Yes/No
Regards,
Saket
Phenom Placement
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