Lead - IT Procurement

• 10+ years of relevant experience with procurement of IT equipment and services in a Technical Operations or similar context.
• Experience in negotiation for service contracts, equipment purchases, AMC renewals. 
• Good understanding of contract language & legalese, and ability to coordinate in contract negotiation with legal counsel and outside vendors. 
• Familiarity with Desktop, Server & Network hardware specifications, IT Licenses (OEM like Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco etc.) willingness to investigate and learn new technologies where needed.
• Finance Acumen: Strong understanding of financial principles, budgeting techniques, and accounting practices. 
• Experience with budgeting processes, Strong research and data analysis abilities. Experience with quantitative analysis including cost modeling, forecasting and inventory planning

Responsibilities

• Under Payment Management - Recurring Payments, duplicate payments track against invoices; keep track of monthly invoices for all vendors and maintain the payment tracking sheet.
• PO Creation and generation, maintaining the PO acceptance copy and entire PO process to be maintained til it is released to vendor. 
• Keep track of CAPEX & OPEX for IT against budget, Maintaining the budget sheet, Telecom and Technology costs.
• Keep track of delivery for new equipment’s and coordinate with Finance to process their invoices Keep track of AMC’s and warranties expiry renewal 
• Under Vendor Management - Negotiation in pricing, terms and conditions of sale, and warranties of goods and products with key suppliers and vendors.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 10yrs experience preferably with IT Procurement 
• At least of Commerce Graduate or Post graduate into commerce program 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (must have), with native level fluency in English. 
• Quick learner with an ability to Document, share and transfer knowledge. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), proficiency in Purchase-to-pay tools