Principal Specialist, Procurement

Location : Hyderabad only

Hybrid Work model: 2-3 days work from office

Shift Timing : 1:30 pm - 10:30 pm IST ( EMEA Shift)

Job Description

job context and purpose

Randstad Enterprise (RE) aims to become the undisputed market leader in services

procurement/SOW management. To support this ambition RE has created an innovative SOW

Management Services Procurement solution and recently invested in a new Global Services

Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) situated in Hyderabad.

This role will be based in our COE and, to start with, will be dedicated to a specific client.

However, the role might evolve to support multiple clients. This client is a top-3 global car

manufacturing organization and you will be involved in servicing the EMEA region.

The Services Procurement (SOW Management) Specialist assists the client's SOW business

owners with sourcing, contracting, and managing SOW's lifecycle to enable contractual

governance and supplier performance management. You will partner with the client's SOW

business owners to lead Request for Proposals (RFPs) and negotiations on their behalf, and

provide project oversight with regard to supplier performance, invoice administration and

settlement.

You will work with RE's client facing team(s) to service clients in a high-quality, cost-effective

manner. You will support a variety of services and spend categories.

Given the importance and specialist nature of your remit you will have a dual reporting line.

Organizationally you will report into the Global Services Procurement Practice but from a

day-to-day perspective you will report into client operational leadership. This dual reporting

model will ensure that client programs benefit from, and adhere to, the best practices defined

by RSR's services procurement center of excellence as well as ensuring that they receive a

seamless operational experience.

key performance indicators

● To be reviewed frequently with Operational Leadership

key stakeholders

● Client procurement stakeholders

● Operational delivery leaders

● Suppliers

your responsibilities

As the Services Procurement (SOW Management) Specialist you will:

● Develop partnering relationships with the client's SOW business owner community and





become well versed in the historical and projected buying needs of the departments

supported by the MSP team.

● Act as a sourcing agent, mediator, negotiator, and SOW author on behalf of the client's

SOW business owners project buyer's behalf to support the client's competitive bidding

process(es). You will operate as an extension of the clients procurement team and be

fully aligned to their prevailing category and supplier strategies.

● Process all procurement requisition activity through the use of a Vendor Management

System (VMS) and any related procurement technologies which may be specific to an

individual client program.

● Develop appropriate competency knowledge of the program's SOW services supplier

community to assist with sourcing recommendations.

● Perform analysis to include cost savings reporting and other quality or efficiency data to

help improve operational processes.

● Evaluate SOW agreement terms for best practice quality, conformity and compliance

against client required contractual language and agreement structure; escalate

deviations for client approvals / decision making.

● Provide program related Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) training and updates to

supplier and client SOW business owners on a regular basis to ensure understanding

and compliance.

● Communicate program procedural changes and updates to program suppliers and client

users in a timely manner.

● Confirm suppliers appropriately manage their employee on-boarding, employee relations

issues, and off-boarding activities.

● Provide and analyze standard program reporting to the client's SOW business owners,

procurement professionals and program stakeholders, to include the support of ad hoc

report requests as required.

● Establish and maintain a proactive, positive working relationship with SOW business owners

through regular phone and in-person contact (site visits may be occasionally required)





within assigned market area / service category.

● Support the Operational Leadership of RE's MSP programs in ensuring financial goals and

objectives are met or exceeded as well as full compliance on all Randstad policies and

procedures.

● Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

job requirements

education

● University/Postgraduate or equivalent professional & intellectual ability.

● Demonstrable procurement/commercial experience and a career track record measured by

customer satisfaction, increased responsibilities, and working relationships with colleagues

and management.

experience

● Skilled in communicating effectively verbally and in writing, both in one-on-one and in group

presentation settings with various levels of professionals both internal and external.

● Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

● Ability to represent the organization professionally and effectively as required.

● Ability to perform accurately in a detailed setting while being able to effectively

prioritize, organize and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously.

● Ability to self-manage workload, set target dates, meet deadlines, follow processes, and

develop and implement project road maps to achieve optimum results.

● Ability to demonstrate high-level customer service to internal and external clients.

● Ability to effectively influence others at various levels within the organization and who

represents clients.

● Ability to negotiate pricing and delivery terms with services supplier firms.

● Knowledge of and the ability to utilize best practices in purchasing, procurement, and client

negotiation.

● Knowledge of and the ability to effectively utilize accounts payable, purchase order, and

Vendor Management Systems and tools.

● Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

knowledge

● Affinity with different HR/staffing/talent models.

● Digital fluency with Google or Microsoft platforms e.g. sheets, excel, slides etc.

additional requirements

● The role needs to be able to work during a client-specified timezone

● This role may include management of other team members, acting in a lead capacity

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