Job Purpose
Responsible for Procurement & Category Management of IT Products (Cloud, Compute, Network, Security, Storage, Back-up, Software / Hardware, Qualified Managed Services 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, New 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.

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Qualifications and Experience

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (degree, training, or certification required)
BE/B-Tech or equivalent with Computer Science or Electronics & Communication or Electrical Engineering. MBA-Operations/Supply Chain will be added advantage
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: (no. of years of technical, functional, and/or leadership experie

📌 Category Manager-IT Procurement, Data Center (Powai)
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