Job Purpose
Responsible for Procurement & Category Management of Non-IT Products (Colocation Products like Racks, RPDUs, Cage, CCTV, Biometric, Containment etc., Annual Maintenance Contracts for Infra items including all MEP Equipment, DGs, Sub-station eqpts etc, Spares Management, Service Contracts like FMS, Housekeeping, Security etc., Admin related Misc Items/ Services / consumables etc) for Data center business
Role Description
Key Responsibilities
- Managing complete PR to PO process including RFPs, obtaining offers, Comparative evaluations, Negotiations, Placement of Purchase Orders & Logistics.
- Managing Category by Strategic sourcing, Budgeting, Recent Vendor developments, Vendor Rationalization, Rate Contracts, Partnership Agreements, Vendor Management etc.
- Cost Effective Procurement within the budgeted cost / targets, Opex v/s Capex evaluation, TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) evaluation.
- Obtain approvals according to Delegation of Authority.
- Ensuring TAT to adhere timely actions for PR to PO process.




- Managing Vendor On-boarding process & Vendor Assessment to ensure their capabilities / quality, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with Vendors.
- Contract Formulations, Preparing Terms & Conditions of Purchase Order, SLA finalization & Contract Management.
- Ensuring OTIF-Delivery of supplies & services as per the Contract terms.
- Cost Estimation, Forecasting, Price Trend Analysis for the Category items.
- MIS report submission on monthly basis, Spend Analysis.
- Vendor Performance Evaluation & Monitoring on regular intervals.
- Ensuring Procurement Compliance as per Internal Finance Control guidelines, ISO compliances adherence.
- Smooth Coordination with various internal & external stakeholders.
- Support Pre-sales team for various RFPs & Bids.
- Knowledge of SAP-MM Module.
- Team Management, People Development.

Qualifications and Experience
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (degree, training, or certification required)
BE/B-Tech or equivalent with Electronic

📌 Category Manager-Non-IT Procurement, Data Center (Powai)
🏢 LT-Larsen & Toubro
📍 Powai