Agm - Procurrment

Job Req ID: 23870- Location: Mohali, IN- Function: Commercial/ Finance- About:
**Role**

Procurement Lead

**Job Level/ Designation
M2

**Function / Department**

Commercial

**Location**

Mohali

**Hiring Manager**

Function Head

**Job Purpose**

Responsible for leading procurement sub-function at India level, for negotiations & contracting for circle based OPEX & CAPEX spend. Responsible for supplier selection, negotiation, finalisation & contracting in close coordination with multiple stakeholders cross circles / regions

**Key Result Areas/Accountabilities**
- Drive Procurement program across circles through central / regional procurement
- Work jointly with the SCM Demand Management team to assess business needs and execute RFx processes by establishing clear timelines, expectations and deliveries
- Provide leadership support to team and conduct strategic supplier relationship management and risk analysis and provide timely inputs to Enabler lead
- Identify opportunities to consolidate vendors/partners to drive Supplier Base Optimisation
- Set purchasing standards to improve negotiations and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for products and services
- Monitoring & improving KPIs around Procurement Process implementation
- Driving procurement in adherence to Supply chain policy - including savings definitions compliance and tracking (RBS ), procurement scorecard reporting, DOA, etc.
- Develops strong partnerships with current and potential suppliers
- Ensures the completion of team deliverables
- Co-ordinate with the Category teams and drive synergy wherever possible

Drive synergy across the team (buyers) to meet the timelines and extract the best outcome out of the team

**Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience**
- Sound technical understanding of the products with good understanding of telecom domain
- Ability to handle a large team
- Analytical ability and strong strategic thinker with leadership and influencing abilities

**Must have technical / professional qualifications**
- Degree preferably in Supply Chain or related discipline ( preferred - MBA in SCM)
- Should have held a leadership or managerial role for minimum period of 5+ years

Experience with sourcing diagnostics, future state process development, category management and the procurement lifecycle