Procurement Senior Manager-Procurement

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 56,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognized for its consulting, digital services and software development. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organizations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a fully collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2023, the Group generated revenues of €5.8 billion.
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Skill Set

1. Lead and manage procurement, create technical evaluation principles depending on the nature of procurement
2. Contracts Management and Vendor Management
3. Overall support to Buyers for key transactions
4. Represent/ Lead in ISO and Tick IT audits for and on behalf of Procurement

1. Maintain documentation viz, technical evaluation, recommendations, agreements) and / or purchase orders
2. contracts management including, issuance of contracts, change orders, amendments and extensions;
3. Look after the procurement and logistic activities to ensure smooth functioning; organizing Process for procurement operations, manage the execution and adherence of the supply plan activities
4. Allocate purchase requests to respective buyers and ensure balanced work load
5. Direct development and implementation of key strategies / contingency plans and making sure the end-to-end provision of procurement solution
6. Preparation, implementation and execution of procurement processes
7. Mentor other Buyers on their procurement activities as the team is responsible for leveraging approx. INR 100 Crores of annual spend
8. Drive cost productivity through price negotiation, value adds, process improvements
9. Develop detailed sourcing and category plans to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
10. Interact with key stakeholders in identifying business needs, building relationships and in the process, emphasize the benefits of early procurement involvement.
11. MIS viz. weekly, monthly, half yearly reports
12. Effectively manage escalations and vendor communications
13. Periodic vendor evaluation along with user function
14. Maintaining Data base of empaneled vendors.
15. Introduction of as many capable vendors, as possible

Total Experience Expected: 10-15 years

15+ years of experience in IT domain capable of handling both IT and Non IT procurement

Post Graduate

Procurement related certifications are preferred

Thorough knowledge in MS Office

Proficient in English and Tamil.

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