Senior Manager - Technology Procurement

Senior Manager

Job Description: Buyer for SCM (Tech. Procurement). Manager / Senior Manager position

Scope: Manage technology procurement for Mphasis globally, covering the following categories:

• Procurement of software, ERPs, cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and other hyperscaler solutions.
• Procurement of professional services, managed services, fixed priced services.
• Experience in managing multi-commodity procurement, for bid support.
• Negotiation of T&C of vendor contracts. Analysis and enablement of flow-down of customer contracts into vendor contracts.
• Manage new vendor empanelment.
• Purchase Order Processing.
• Liaise with internal & other stakeholders like Accounts Payables, Legal, Compliance, Business Finance, etc.
• Compliance with internal policies.

Skills:

• Proven expertise in independent handling of major OEMs like Microsoft, Oracle, ServiceNow with expertise in handling senior representatives from OEMs of comparable brands.
• Good knowledge of handling complex negotiations with hyperscalers like MS Azure, AWS, GCP and comparable OEMs like Oracle Cloud, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of procurement process, RFPs.
• Excellent negotiation skills.  
• Experience in handling supplier relations, issue management.
• Hands on proficiency on ERP Tools.
• Self-motivated, Good communication and presentation skills.
• Strong influencing skills at senior levels of the Organization and cross functional teams.
• Good people management skills and experience in handling a team of procurement professionals. 

Experience – Minimum 15 years of relevant Procurement experience in IT domain and overall 20 years of work experience.

Qualifications – Any Bachelor’s degree. Desirable to have MBA or equivalent professional qualifications.