Senior Manager India Procurement Centre

Organization: At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people's financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.

Job Title: Senior Manager, India Procurement.

Location: Bangalore

Business & Team: The Group Procurement team supports Group Corporate Services to deliver leading practice procurement.

Impact & contribution: As Senior Manager, India Procurement, you will be part of the Group Procurement Team.

This is a leadership role where you will be managing a team of sourcing managers to support Buying goods and services to support CBA India entity. You will be managing the India category primarily focusing on non-technology sourcing.

 You will be expected to stay hands on with renewing, Uplifting and Executing contracts for goods and services for the CBA India business. You will be negotiating key deals, managing ongoing supplier relationships, dealing with senior stakeholders to enable great outcomes for the business.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Category Management:

• Manage key categories in the non-technology related category for CommBank India.
• Create category strategies and achieve efficiencies in category spend and operations over time.
• Effectively manage the category team. Resource allocation, pipeline management, escalation management.

Manage Renewals/ RFx process / Commercial negotiation:

• Get quotations, run tenders for sourcing of goods and services. Negotiate best value deals.
• Support your team with key deals, negotiations, stakeholder management and awareness of market.
• Project manage large RFx's to effectively manage stakeholder expectations and deliver projects within expected timelines.

Contact signing & execution:  

• Using the appropriate contract templates, prepare contract drafts to be shared with suppliers based on service risk profile.
• Review key deals and ensure the correct process has been followed and the right commercial outcomes have been negotiated for the business by your team.
• Take a lead in contract negotiation with support from Legal and SMEs to negotiate key contract clauses.
• Get contract signed by the appropriate signatory after completing contract due diligence and reviewing supplier risk memo with the business owner.

Managing stakeholder:

• Maintain an active stakeholder management plan with planned timely engagements with all your key stakeholders including business owners and business owner delegates.
• Make sure your stakeholders have a good understanding of the third-party supplier lifecycle process and their roles and responsibilities as per policy.
• Act as an advisory to the business in helping them manage their contract estate and business obligations.

Risk Management

• Demonstrate a full and comprehensive understanding of risk and risk processes applicable to your role.
• Provide and deploy appropriate process and governance to address all aspects of risk applicable to your day-to-day work.
• Ensure that you, and any team members under your leadership, comply with Group policies and procedures and any relevant external legislative requirements

People Management / Leadership:

• The role will be a leadership role, and you will be expected to manage and lead a high performing team with a strategic outlook and very strong execution focus.
• Ensure category / deal governance, category pipeline planning, resource capacity planning.
• Lead by example by demonstrating CBA values of Care, Commitment and Courage and CBA leadership principles.
• Advocate compliance to Bank-wide and Procurement processes and technology

Essential Skills:

• Overall category / buying & sourcing experience of 15+ years.
• At least 5-8 years of experience in managing and leading a category team.
• Strong experience in Sourcing, RFx, contract management, supplier management, supplier governance & performance management.
• In depth understanding of the contracting and commercial negotiation process. Hands on experience in negotiating complex contracts and deals
• Act as an advisory to business and senior stakeholders through the supplier lifecycle process. Ability to manage senior stakeholders in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Strong and inclusive leadership to guide, coach and uplift the category team with the right skills and a strong execution mindset.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies and build a proactive and supportive environment for the team to think about continuous improvements.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work collaboratively, as one team
• Excellent ability to manage and influence stakeholders and work collaboratively with customers and suppliers
• Strong experience in supplier negotiation and contract drafting.
• Strong project management skills to ensure all stakeholder
• Ability to think laterally and develop new and innovative solutions to problems
• Capability in procurement related risk management

Educational Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or equivalent.

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