SENIOR ANALYST, PROCUREMENT

Position Summary... Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales. Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities. Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices. What youll do...

• Leading negotiation - Supports supplier negotiations by creating cost models of different contract variables (for example, implementation costs and travel and expense costs); running scenarios to determine business benefits; assessing range of negotiation outcomes; and executing defined negotiation strategies to ensure business needs are met.

• Category Management: Supports in development of sourcing and procurement strategy by working with Category Team to identify internal business need; aligning sourcing process to the category strategies; developing and compiling request for Information (RFIs) and request for proposal (RFPs); summarize RFI and RFP responses to help the business assess supplier ability to meet business needs; collaborating with cross-functional teams (for example, suppliers, category managers, legal, finance, accounting) to ensure clarification of requirement; providing input based on the end-to-end sourcing process; and presenting information and findings to negotiating teams to drive negotiation strategy development.
• Developing supplier relationships - Participates in supplier selection and justification of supplier selection by partnering with stakeholders through conducting a comprehensive analysis of data from multiple sources; developing comparisons of supplier responses to normalize submissions; presenting the conclusions in an easy to understand and actionable manner; and creating quantification and documentation of savings to support business goals.
• Stakeholder Management: Manages multiple project initiatives for supplier sourcing to achieve desired results by ensuring understanding of scope of work; organizing timelines and deliverables; working with cross-functional teams to ensure timelines related to sourcing and contract goals are met; taking corrective action to address any issues, and reporting results and deliverables to supervisors and stakeholders.

• Should have managed high spend projects Independently and have lead pricing negotiation at project level with vendors across categories.
• Prepare budgeting, spend analysis and should be able to review first draft of contracts from commercial & legal prospects.

• Researches and provides vendor information to support vendor management by collaborating with management to identify internal business needs.
• Understand standard Sourcing practices and techniques and work independently with suppliers to meet the business requirement and applicable terms & conditions.
• Providing details on vendor options and compiling request for information (RFI) and request for Proposal (RFP) to drive decision making.
• Support category leads in Category Strategy/ Goals/ Renewals/Sustainability/ Diverse Spend /Pay term Negotiations
• Independently collaborate with suppliers to providing clarifications to vendors on business requirements
• Provide input and vendor recommendations to senior team members to facilitate contract negotiations.
• Execute standardized sourcing processes and strategies for assigned categories / subcategories / domain.
• Maintain highest levels of commercial confidentiality in all aspects in the entire sourcing process.

• Graduate or Postgraduate

• Should have 4-8 years of experience in end-to-end IT Sourcing & Procurement and have lead vendor negotiations independently (Preferred: Strategic Sourcing experience for Technology Procurement)

• Understanding of Negotiation tools like eAuction, Clean Sheet Costing, TCO model, Kraljic matrix etc.
• Detail oriented, organized team player; flexible, dynamic, and proactive individual; easily accepts constructive input.
• Excellent communication and influencing skill with ability to communicate to stakeholders from different continents.
• Excellent presentation and MS Office skills.
• Experience in ERP(Coupa/Ariba/SAP) and Procurement tools is preferred.
• Associate is expected to work in US support hours.

Minimum Qualifications... Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in business, supply chain, economics, technology, or related field. Option 2: 2 years experience in procurement strategy, contract management, analytics, or related field. Preferred Qualifications...