APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement

Description

APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement

Located: India

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What will you do

The APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement is responsible for supporting the development and execution of Procurement activities across Information Technology spend category, driving alignment between business and category strategies. The APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement will support in executing strategic business and industry engagement to establish a reliable, resilient, and effective supply base for the company. The APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement will also be tasked with supporting end-to-end spend management responsibilities in partnership with their peers, including, but not limited to, Category Management, Supplier Management, Sourcing, Contracting, and Innovation.

This role includes development of sourcing strategies, stakeholder management, maximizing total cost of ownership and identifying savings opportunities through Procurement's value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes.

The APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement will also strive to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets, delivering on financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets. APAC Regional Manager, IT Infra Procurement is accountable for defining and achieving clear targets in conjunction with his/her Procurement counterparts and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

* Defines Category Strategy for the Global IT Infra category.

* Analyzes category and defines category profile, incl. risk assessment, supply base assessment and SRM strategy.

* Benchmarks category practices to identify improvement initiatives.

* Build category specific strategic plans in alignment with the regions / countries and align strategic plans to financial budget and global business strategies.

* Defines procure to pay (P2P) and efficient buying channel strategy, identify and consider automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness.

* Deliver financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets.

* Lead Global IT Infra category strategy implementation and savings realization.

* Initiate internal and external analysis.

* Consolidate requirements, acting as a business partner for business / other functions, supporting the alignment and optimization of specification with the business / other functions.

* Leads contract implementation and drives contract compliance.

* Accountable for efficient alignment enablement / activation of negotiation outcomes by increasing the level of automated content within the category, instructing on new content updates and by providing clear instructions about the category strategy to enable compliance.

* Accountable for savings delivery according to the mutually defined targets

o Align to company wide Diversity goals and supplier value capture objectives.

* Support the work and efforts of a cross-functional Sourcing Team in all stages of a strategic sourcing project.

* Collaborates and aligns with global / regional / local procurement teams as applicable.

* Supports supplier selection and fact-based negotiations.

* Contribute to leading practice exchange throughout Procurement organization.

* Lead RfX through E2E execution.

* Collaborate with legal to finalize contractual agreement and its administration.

* Work with Global Procurement Leader to implement and activate contracts globally.

* Manage strategic commercial supplier relationship management with key suppliers within the defined category scope.

* Maintain and manage relationship with suppliers identified as key suppliers in the IT Infra category both globally and regionally, monitors performance of key suppliers according to the guidelines.

* Lead supplier management activities, set up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers to improve performance and increase value creation.

* Support the identification of potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations.

* Manage key business stakeholders and business representatives.

* Act as escalation point for category related issues and drives resolution in line with global Procurement policies.

* Achieve "buy-in" from key stakeholders for major procurement initiatives.

* Partner with the business partner to create and outline contribution for budget improvements.

* Manage relationships with regional and local business units to foster category insights to incorporate into category strategies.

* Supports resource allocation between global and regional / local category initiatives.

* Promotes / escalates region specific procurement requirements on a global level including changes of local legislations and policies.

What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required, an MBA or other advanced degree is strongly preferred

• Proven experience in procurement or a related discipline is required

• Experience leading and developing a team is required.

• Comprehensive knowledge of information technology industry is required

• Demonstrated leadership and deployment of best practices in ESG strategies is required

• Leadership, communication, influencing, and collaboration skills are required

• Experience in identifying and harnessing customer oriented innovative solutions is required

• Proven track record delivering against a balanced portfolio of key performance indicators (KPIs) is required

• Ability to influence and understand the diverse needs of stakeholders (e.g., IT, Supply Chain) is required

• Limited international travel may be required.

Desired Qualifications

• MBA or other advanced degree is preferred

• Experience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry preferred

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required, an MBA or other advanced degree is strongly preferred

• Proven experience in procurement or a related discipline is required

• Experience leading and developing a team is required.

• Comprehensive knowledge of information technology industry is required

• Demonstrated leadership and deployment of best practices in ESG strategies is required

• Leadership, communication, influencing, and collaboration skills are required

• Experience in identifying and harnessing customer oriented innovative solutions is required

• Proven track record delivering against a balanced portfolio of key performance indicators (KPIs) is required

• Ability to influence and understand the diverse needs of stakeholders (e.g., IT, Supply Chain) is required

• Limited international travel may be required.

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