Role Purpose The IT Category Buyer will own end-to-end procurement, delivery, and commercial governance for IT hardware and physical IT infrastructure (active & passive) across campuses and offices. The role spans design coordination, requirement freezing, sourcing, delivery, commissioning, and handover, while ensuring strong data integrity, budget control, MIS reporting, and audit-ready documentation for the IT category.

This role acts as a single point of accountability across internal stakeholders and external vendors, OEMs, consultants, and architects.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End IT Infrastructure Procurement & Delivery

- Drive procurement and delivery for:
- IT hardware (servers, storage, network devices, Wi-Fi, firewalls)
- IT active infrastructure (switches, routers, wireless, AV / CCTV / PA IT components)
- IT passive infrastructure (structured cabling, fibre, racks, containment)
- Coordinate from design inputs & requirement freezing through procurement, installation, commissioning, and handover to business and IT teams.
- Support both new deployments and refresh cycles.

2. Design, Requirement & Stakeholder Coordination

- Work with internal IT, Facilities, Projects, Finance, and Business teams to define scope.
- Coordinate with external consultants, architects, designers, OEMs, and system integrators.
- Ensure scope is frozen with design-to-cost discipline and execution feasibility.

3. Commercial, Vendor & Contract Management

- Lead RFQs/RFPs, techno-commercial evaluations, and negotiations.
- Finalize contracts, rate cards, AMC structures, and licence renewals.
- Manage OEM relationships, warranties, SLAs, spares, and back-to-back support.
- Handle AMC renewals, licence renewals, and support contracts for the IT category.

4. Data, Records & Governance (Critical)

- Own complete data and critical record keeping for the IT category, including:
- BOQs, contracts, POs, amendments




- Warranties, AMCs, licences, renewal trackers
- OEM authorisations and compliance documents
- Ensure documentation is audit-ready and centrally accessible.

5. Analytics, MIS & Reporting

- Build and maintain category-level MIS, including:
- Spend analysis (CAPEX / OPEX)
- Budget vs actuals
- Savings and cost-avoidance tracking
- Vendor performance metrics
- Provide periodic dashboards and management reports for leadership reviews.

6. Budget & Expense Ownership

- Own IT category budgets in coordination with Finance and IT.
- Track forecasts, commitments, accruals, and variances.
- Ensure spend stays within approved budgets and flag risks early.
- Support annual budgeting and multi-campus capex planning.

7. Delivery, Installation & Handover

- Track delivery schedules, site readiness, and installation timelines.
- Support testing, commissioning, and acceptance.
- Ensure structured handover to IT and business with complete documentation.

Skills & Competencies

Technical / Functional

- Strong understanding of IT infrastructure hardware and physical infrastructure (active & passive).
- Comfort engaging in design and requirement discussions from a commercial and execution lens.
- Experience in BOQ-based, project-driven procurement.

Commercial & Analytical

- Robust negotiation and contract management capability.
- High proficiency in data management, analytics, MIS, and reporting.
- Budget planning and expense control exposure.

Behavioural

- Ownership mindset with high attention to detail.
- Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and vendors.
- Comfortable operating in highly governed and monitored campus environments.

Experience & Qualification

- 6–10 years in IT infrastructure procurement / category management / project procurement.
- Experience with campus, office, or large infrastructure programs preferred.
- Engineering / Technology / Management qualification preferred.

📌 IT Category Procurement - Infrastructure (Mumbai)
🏢 Emeritus
📍 Mumbai