ABOUT THE ROLE
The primary objective of this role is to lead and optimize procurement activities for an assigned portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives while maintaining cost efficiency, supplier performance, and compliance with governance standards.
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute category strategies for technology domains including SaaS, cloud consumption, on-prem infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT professional services, and telecom.
- Lead RFPs, RFQs, and contract negotiations with software vendors, cloud providers, managed service partners, and OEMs.
- Conduct market analysis, vendor benchmarking, and spend analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities across technology categories, while evaluating licensing models (SaaS, subscription, perpetual), cloud consumption patterns, and hardware refresh cycles.
- Partner with Technology, Enterprise Information Security, Finance, and Legal teams to align procurement strategies with enterprise technology roadmaps and risk frameworks.
- Influence senior technology stakeholders to adopt best-practice sourcing, vendor consolidation, and value-based decision making.
- Facilitate cross-functional technology sourcing committees and governance reviews, ensuring relevant stakeholders are aligned on requirements, outcomes, and procurement decisions.
- Manage the full contract lifecycle including renewals, amendments, SLAs, KPIs, and dispute resolution for technology vendors.
- Conduct regular vendor performance reviews, risk assessments, and compliance audits (GDPR, data-processing terms).
- Ensure technology procurement activities adhere to procurement policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.
- Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, and ROI across technology spend while monitoring budget adherence for SaaS subscriptions, cloud consumption, managed services, and infrastructure procurement.
- Prepare dashboards, reports, and presentations for technology leadership, audit committees, and governance forums.
- Influence senior stakeholders on technology procurement requirements to adopt best practices and drive value-based procurement decisions.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree (3+ years).
- Fluent in English.
- Minimum of 8 years of procurement experience, with at least 3 years in functional categories.
- Experience with Oracle ERP and SharePoint.
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) certification is desirable.
COMPETENCIES
- Customer Focus
- Teamwork
- Effective Communication
- Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
- Resilience & Flexibility (Can attitude)
- Decision Making
- Inspiring & Developing Others
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Acumen
ISR REQUIREMENTS
- Read and comply with the ISR policies of the Company and diligently report any weaknesses or incidents to the respective Line Manager or the Information Security team.
- Complete all required ISR awareness sessions and follow associated guidelines in the day-to-day business operations.
