Procurement in Marketing category
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About the Role
Tech Mahindra is seeking a Category Senior Specialist to manage procurement activities for marketing categories including outsourcing, recruiting, travel, and consultancy. The role requires 6+ years of procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and knowledge of SAP Ariba.
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Responsibilities
- Works in close collaboration with internal business stakeholders to gather requirements for sourcing activities while meeting cost savings initiatives
- Support cost savings initiatives as established by the category lead to ensure cost optimization opportunities being met while ensuring continuous improvement
- Provide strategic inputs and supply market information to guide business decisions and act as a conduit for procurement activities
- Coordinate negotiations, contract development, contract implementation, and supplier contract compliance
- Develop, implement, and report to stakeholders meaningful KPIs that accurately demonstrate performance
- Lead the suppliers and stakeholders of the supply chain through effective engagement and communication by delivering supplier awareness programs
- Adhere to procurement processes and protocol and apply appropriate solutions for issues for stakeholders
- Manage complex sourcing, contracting, and supply management activities for assigned categories through a defined sourcing methodology (RFx)
- Gather complex data, draws insights, and executes data analysis for sourcing initiatives
- Conduct category specific market research, uses insights to provide supplier market intelligence, and realize identified savings opportunities
Requirements
- Min 3 years of experience in a related/similar senior Procurement position
- Min 6 years of overall experience in Procurement
- Experience in a large indirect and direct Procurement organization dealing with multiple contract types covering Marketing and digital Marketing services
- Experience in Procurement sourcing and oversight for all procurement RFX process for smooth delivery of operations to procurement category managers
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, finance, or in a related field
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Working knowledge of Procurement and Contract Management related software a plus
- In depth understanding and practiced best in class procurement processes, systems and practices
- Fair knowledge of contract terms and conditions and in country laws and regulations
- Partnering, influencing and negotiation skills
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Role Overview
- The Category Senior Specialist role is responsible for managing procurement activities within a subset of the HC categories, including outsourcing agencies, recruiting agencies, travel, and consultancy, across all operating countries.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Works in close collaboration with internal business stakeholders to gather requirements for sourcing activities while meeting cost savings initiatives
- Support cost savings initiatives as established by the category lead to ensure cost optimization opportunities being met while ensuring continuous improvement
- Provide strategic inputs and supply market information to guide business decisions and act as a conduit for procurement activities
- Coordinate negotiations, contract development, contract implementation, and supplier contract compliance
- Develop, implement, and report to stakeholders meaningful KPIs that accurately demonstrate performance
- Lead the suppliers and stakeholders of the supply chain through effective engagement and communication by delivering supplier awareness programs
- Adhere to procurement processes and protocol and apply appropriate solutions for issues for stakeholders
- Manage complex sourcing, contracting, and supply management activities for assigned categories through a defined sourcing methodology (RFx)
- Gather complex data, draws insights, and executes data analysis for sourcing initiatives
- Conduct category specific market research, uses insights to provide supplier market intelligence, and realize identified savings opportunities
- Ensures an ongoing review of cos analysis is conducting to support sourcing initiatives for respective vertical
- Continuously build and maintains key stakeholder relationships both internal and external
Functional/Technical Competencies
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to determine product needs and to create constructive relationships with vendors
- Project management: Be able to multiple projects at one time. The ability to plan, delegate and evaluate progress toward goals is necessary for managing these projects
- Negotiation: Negotiating vendor contracts and strong understanding price points and be able to negotiate effectively
- Problem solving: Ability to resolve issues of a product or service that don’t meet the quality standards or does not meet business objectives of the respective OpCo
- Operational experience in working on SAP Ariba, e Rfx and digital skills
- Stakeholder management
Personal Characteristics and Required Background
- Working knowledge of Procurement and Contract Management related software a plus
- In depth understanding and practiced best in class procurement processes, systems and practices
- Fair knowledge of contract terms and conditions and in country laws and regulations
- Customer focused & takes time to understand the needs of the business
- Partnering, influencing and negotiation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Min 3 years of experience in a related/similar senior Procurement position
- Min 6 years of overall experience in Procurement
- Experience in a large indirect and direct Procurement organization dealing with multiple contract types covering Marketing and digital Marketing services
- Experience in Procurement sourcing and oversight for all procurement RFX process for smooth delivery of operations to procurement category managers
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, or in a related field, based on the categories managed and a professional Procurement qualification (e.g. MCIPS) is a plus
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