IT SaaS Category Manager

- Responsible for leading the IT SaaS category strategy to ensure operational efficiencies.
- Establishes a strong network with IT Leadership including the CDIO, CTO, and CISO. Fosters collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders, and team members.
- Build and manage procurement strategies that seek to leverage a wide variety of procurement projects that span the entire procurement life cycle to create business-aligned value.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to drive efficiencies and reduce risks and costs for the categories under management.
- Be accountable to define and achieve a broad range of KPIs (e.g., savings, innovation, risk, sustainability) for assigned procurement categories.
- Manage a team of IT Strategic Sourcing SaaS Professionals

Roles and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

- Development and implementation of the IT SaaS Procurement strategy to provide resources on time, minimizing risk to customers and ensuring optimum price.
- Develop and maintain IT SaaS category plans that identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, drive cost savings, manage risk, improve safety, drive innovation, and ensure the continuous development of categories managed.
- Supervise, plan, manage a team of IT SaaS Procurement professionals. Assume complete responsibility for all activities and processes associated with the categories assigned.
- Perform procurement reporting and analysis of management information to identify potential improvement opportunities.




- Identify cutting-edge procurement solutions that provide cashable savings and process efficiencies for the organization.
- Address vendor issues to ensure the highest level of service delivery.
- Maintain contractual and business relationships with vendors.
- Assist with the company's acquisition strategies by completing the due diligence and integration activities for the spend categories.
- Facilitate implementation of procurement change initiatives within the category to improve business performance.
- Develop best procurement practices to lead and manage procurement teams.
- Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, finance, business or related field
- 10+ years' experience in procurement, sourcing or related field delivering similar job outcomes. 5+ years as a manager
- Proven track record of leading and managing teams, sourcing teams preferred.
- Strong leadership, collaboration and influencing skills.
- Strong business acumen, skillfully navigating functional priorities while delivering business objectives.
- Ability to develop business cases, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
- Strong digital dexterity skills, including the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and leverage data.
- Experience with Coupa or site-relevant ERP systems, e-sourcing platforms, Request for quotation tools and project management tools

Skills: Coupa, Category Management, Sourcing Strategy, Vendor Management

Experience: 12.00-14.00 Years

📌 Manager - IT SaaS (Bengaluru)
🏢 Maximus
📍 Bengaluru