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Cluster Procurement Lead

Commercial

Lead the Procurement Process, End to end Sourcing, Imports & Contract management (Capex except MS Insource)
The Cluster Procurement Lead is an important role and need to work closely with Corporate Commercial for delivering the required equipment (RAN/MW/Core/Infra), goods and services on time and within agreed budgets. The role will require active involvement for the strategic initiatives and day to day operations including but not limited to planning of the requirement across the cluster. The role would also focus upon new initiatives leading to enhance procurement efficiencies and will ultimately result in costs synergies in the cluster. Also develop local supply base at an optimum level

This person will be handling the complete local procurement for the cluster, enhance procurement efficiencies and service the internal customers much faster
The position is responsible for leading the supply chain planning (PO acceptance, approval, Delivery follow up, Import clearance, supporting project rollout) of capex spend of Rs. Coordinate closely with sourcing team of Corporate Commercial for all actions




Support decision-making for corporate procurement governed decisions and to use synergies to maximum effect
Preparation of cluster related local RFP's quotation and competitive bids with pertinent specifications, terms and conditions and negotiate the best deal and bring value to the business.
NFA approval and Contract finalization
ARIBA Contract management
Manage and monitor the capex budget spends as approved by Corporate and release of Purchase Orders to the approved suppliers as per the agreed commercials
and the vendors for aligning and coordination for deliveries (which includes picking up of material from vendor premises (or ports, FTWZs as the case may be) for meeting rollout requirements. Supply chain planning and coordination with vendors and cluster user teams
Inventory management to keep optimum levels of inventories
Liaison with WPC (DoT wing) authorities to obtain timely and efficient approvals of import licenses
Monthly BSC monitoring and KPI assurance

Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience

Strong knowledge of Technology equipment, Sourcing and understanding of Supply Chain management
Excellent coordination skills and ability to deal with strategic partners (like Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei and ZTE) and local vendors
Good communication, presentation, excel skills, MIS, and experience on ERP
Knowledge of Imports, GST, TDS is must

BE/MBA

Background in Sourcing and Supply Chain Working knowledge of SAP, S4HANA is preferred

Years of Experience

📌 Procurement Lead - Technology (Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar)
🏢 Vodafoneidea
📍 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar