Procurement Professional - Bengaluru, India - IBM

IBM

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Bengaluru, India

1 week ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

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

As a Sourcing / Buying Professional, prime responsibility is to procure basic goods and services, obtain quotation, develop proposal, negotiate payment terms and pricing, contracting knowledge a must have to evaluate risks and adhere to Client requirements.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Addressing all non-catalogue transactions if greater than pre-agreed thresholds
Working with Strategic Sourcing Teams in the development of category specific sourcing strategies and give input to sourcing plans
Strong IT Category knowledge supporting North America based suppliers and contracts.
Managing sourcing suppliers and related stakeholders
Driving change management through education and compliance improvement activities
Manage exceptions to established category strategy
Execute competitive bid events
Communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organisation
Interface with strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contracts at the tactical level
Support client specific category strategy redirect tactical spend through strategic contracts/channels as appropriate
Perform periodic analysis within managed commodity scope to identify savings, define efficiency opportunities and tactical initiatives that should be undertaken
Promote process efficiencies through focus on automated channels where applicable
Identify appropriate potential suppliers to fit clients business objectives
Negotiate and contract with exception suppliers driving additional savings and value
Communicate supplier recommendations to clients based on objective criteria and fit for client business
Identify any exception opportunities to the Category Managers and make recommendations on strategic approaches that might be taken
Optimise supply base opportunities across managed commodities
Positive Attitude, Planning, Curiosity, Selfdiscipline, Ability to work in North America time zone (7.30 PM to 4.30 AM IST)

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Minimum 46 years of experience in Procurement domain
Experience in performing duties as Buyer for Sourcing based Organizations procuring goods, service.
Closely working with stake holders to gather their sourcing needs
Interface with strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contracts at the tactical level
Negotiation skills
Contracting knowledge is a must have
Comprehensive commercial procurement and client facing or consulting experience
Sourcing Category Skills across multiple areas and excellent client facing skills
Ability to manage buying projects
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Must be a selfstarter, good team player and an effective problemsolver, ambitious; able to work independently
It is preferred if the resource has working experience in a North America based client facing environment. Also have strong tactical buying and negotiation skills
Contracting knowledge is a must have
Proven Analytical and communication capabilities with strong ownership and accountability

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 exception