Assistant Manager

This role is of an Individual Contributor. Individual would require to be a highly motivated procurement professional who will be responsible for executing/processing Master Agreements, complex sub-agreements such as Statement of Work, Addendum, Amendments, Schedule, Evaluation Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Change Orders etc. end to end for respective Sourcing categories. Individual will perform as a contributing member in the Sourcing COE team in any of the sub groups and drive compliance to Procurement standards and goals, reduce complexities, maintain quality standards and realize/highlight opportunities to negotiate on contractual and commercial terms with incumbent and or new vendors

• Procurement professional with deep subject matter expertise and work exposure in Global environment
  
• Expected to collaborate with requester on the requirement and facilitate vendor selection through RFx process as per third party program management standard
  
• Expected to draft and review highly complex Master Agreements, sub-agreements such as Statement of Work, Addendum, Amendments, Schedule, Evaluation Agreements, Change Orders etc.
  
• Negotiate contractual and commercial terms with vendors/suppliers to meet business requirements by keeping strong focus on risk, cost, timeline, compliance & governance
  
• Take ownership of work/task in hand and drive completion as per defined policy, standards and procedures
  
• Identify and realize saving opportunities wherever possible
  
• Manages workflow for self and is responsible for the timely delivery of all tasks assigned
  
• Adds value to the transactions assigned to the team when necessary
  
• Resolves or escalates issues to appropriate stakeholders
  
• Interact with Line of Business, onshore sourcing counterparts� vendors/suppliers and other stakeholders, support partners
  

Assistant Manager

Graduate or Post Graduate

Certifications If Any, Not mandatory

7 -11+ years of Sourcing, Procurement and Contract Management experience working in a global environment across multiple time zones and communicating with senior/middle management levels of diverse stakeholders.

• Hand on experience and working knowledge with documents such as: Master Agreements, Statement of Work, Addendum, Amendments, Schedule, Evaluation Agreements, Change Orders, Non-disclosure Agreements and other legal instruments
  
• Knowledge of SharePoint, MS Office, GEP, Ariba or other applications supporting Procurement Operations
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
  
• Flexibility to deal with multiple concurrent issues and tasks - ability to self-manage and prioritize
  

• Prior relevant experience
  
• High level of ownership and attention to detail
  

7:30 AM till 4:30 PM (APAC Shift) / 12:30 PM till 9:30 PM(US Shift)

New Chennai, BLOCK 2DT TARAMANI, STE, Chennai