Buyer

Bengaluru, India
- GSH
- 3106271

**Job Description**:
**Role** : Buyer**

**Location** : Bangalore**

Roles & Responsibilities:
** Categories of influence**:

- The buyer will address spend across categories
- IT Hardware & Software Procurement & Renewals
- Cloud Procurement & Data Centre
- IT Renewals and O&M Procurements
- Other Systems Integration related services
- Professional & Manpower Services
- Contracting & Permanent Hiring

**Typical Stakeholder Communit**:

- Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) Group, Alliance Teams, Sales & Project Managers, Technical Operational Teams, Facilities Teams, TA teams
- Work with Sales and delivery team to develop and implement initiatives to reduce costs, Responsible for managing relationship with key stakeholders
- Supplier Relationship Management and ensure Onetime payment
- Co-ordinate with Account Teams as required

**Role description**:

- Execute procurement for above stated categories, determine the appropriate approach to Supply Market, define the optimum commercial models and supplier relationships for a product/service or element of a category.
- Actively works in Bids during the Customer RFP Cycle
- Develops and maintain knowledge of Hardware, Software, Systems Integration Services, Professional & Manpower services, infrastructure, including market dynamics and product life cycles
- Works closely with internal business users to understand their requirements, mapping these to the overall CPO strategy
- Negotiates appropriate commercial and contractual arrangements with suppliers
- Works closely with Business teams to execute procurements
- Involve in streamlining supply chain processes on behalf of business partners, pro-actively seeking out process efficiencies within Wipro end to end supply chains to increase their efficiency and effectiveness

Qualifications:
** Experience**
- Approx 7 - 10 Yrs of experience with MNC/ Large Corporate in IT HW & Software/ System Integrators.
- Experience related to procurement of Systems Integration business covering IT Hardware, Software & renewals business along with Passive Infra Procurement & AMC.
- Hands on experience of Bidding Process for large Project.
- Fair understanding of the complexities of the Systems Integration Procurement, safeguarding interests through Back to Back coverage of RFP T&C.

**Education**
- MBA / Masters Degree
- Certifications in Procurement is desirable

**Personal Skills / Expertise**
- Good analytical skills with hands on working out Cost comparisons, TCO, Cost Modelling Analysis for quick decision making
- Excellent communication skills
- Interpersonal and people management skills
- Ability to work with Culturally diverse Teams
- Leads engagements with minimum interventions
- Experience of working on SAP, ARIBA or other ERPs

**Language**
- English: Fluency in both oral and writing, good in making presentations

**Computer and Software**
- Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, MIS and Data analysis, PPT, SAP / Ariba

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.