Assistant Manager - Supply Chain Management

Job Description

Participate in various stages of supply chain processes, in area of procurement/vendor management/logistics/ inventory/quality management to ensure service availability to the customers and at the same time driving cost efficiencies, quality management and timely delivery of orders. This is an operational role which is responsible for delivering results that have direct impact on the achievement of results for projects undertaken as per business requirements.

Responsibilities

The (Services) Category Buyer is responsible for assisting team in planning overseeing all Procurement sourcing, Contracting with customer Supplier along with Billing Invoicing activities -

He / She would be responsible for service procurement for Network IT Procurement, Fiber, Infra, Mobility, Enterprise OM Up-scope and driving various sourcing initiatives to deliver targeted benefits to the business.

He / She would be responsible for managing end-to-end procurement negotiations, order processing and maintaining the supply of required services.

He / She will be responsible for Customer Vendor contract negotiation.

He / She will be responsible for Billing Invoicing.

He/ She would need to engage with internal user teams to understand of new projects / operations requirements and deals.

He/ She would need to plan, manage, and maintain strategic vendor relationships and conduct negotiations of major procurement deals.

He/ She would need to achieve the required level of category performance objectives (aligned with overall SCM objectives) set by the Category Lead - Services and also ensure that daily operations are at par with practices prevailing in the market.

He/ She would need to assess supply and commercial risks and develop mitigation strategies.

He/ She is responsible for adherence to Annual Procurement Plan, achieving objectives of savings and business velocity.