Procurement Sourcing Professional - Bengaluru, India - IBM

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Bengaluru, India

3 weeks ago

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Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible.

Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.


Your Role and Responsibilities

Procurement Buyer has the responsibility for achieving best overall value for IBM when acquiring or contracting for goods and services by selecting appropriate suppliers providing optimal cost, quality and delivery.

This role requires procurement of deliverables for HR Services (like Benefits, Insurance, Learning, Translation, Awards etc). The procurement buyer is required to be proficient in Japanese language.


Core Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure an effective procurement process is defined and operated
  • Advise and guide business on third party supplier commercial relationships
  • Develop and manage RFxes (Tenders/Requests for Purchase), including facilitating RFx response analysis and RFx assessment with stakeholder
  • Negotiate contract terms with supplier and liaise with legal staff where appropriate
  • Select suppliers and conduct a fair value determination
  • Identify savings opportunities and ensure accurate recording
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships with key internal stakeholders and with key suppliers; understand their requirements and longerterm strategies; perform supplier evaluation; analyze changing client/market conditions
  • Maintain effective audit trails for all sourcing activities and ability to maintain a good control posture
  • Create appropriate contract documentation, including flow down terms, mirroring of terms from customer contract to a vendor contract
  • Ability to manage priorities, timelines, and tasks in order to accomplish goals

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Professional with Procurement background is preferred with Japanese and English language proficiency

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
None


About Business Unit
The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk.

Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.


In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.


Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.

They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.

The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?


About IBM


Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain.

Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.


Location Statement
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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