AI-Enabled Purchase Head

Santriya Technologies; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Santriya Technologies is seeking an AI-Enabled Purchase Head to lead procurement strategy and supplier performance using AI-supported spend intelligence, sourcing analysis and risk monitoring while maintaining transparent commercial approvals and contract controls.

You will drive category, sourcing and supplier strategies, lead RFQ/RFP processes, ensure alignment with product and operating plans, and oversee supplier performance, capacity and delivery with cross-functional reviews.

Responsibilities

• Set category, sourcing, supplier and cost strategies aligned to product, project and operating plans.
• Use AI analytics to classify spend, identify consolidation opportunities, compare bids and monitor supplier risk, validating source data and assumptions.
• Lead RFQ/RFP, negotiation, award and contract governance for high-value or critical purchases.
• Ensure product specifications, service levels, quality requirements and delivery terms flow correctly from approved documentation.
• Manage supplier performance, capacity, quality, resilience and corrective actions.
• Coordinate finance, legal, engineering, operations and information security reviews as required.
• Maintain segregation of duties, approval thresholds, conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery controls.
• Develop procurement dashboards and playbooks that improve cycle time and decision quality.
• Use approved GenAI copilots, enterprise search/RAG, analytics and workflow agents to reduce repetitive work and improve decision preparation.
• Keep prompts, outputs and automated actions within approved data-access, confidentiality and retention rules.
• Correct inaccurate summaries, classifications or recommendations before they become customer, operational or system records.
• Feed recurring AI errors, knowledge gaps and process friction into product, documentation and control improvement.

Job description

Job Summary

Santriya Technologies is seeking an AI-Enabled Purchase Head to lead procurement strategy and supplier performance using AI-supported spend intelligence, sourcing analysis and risk monitoring while maintaining transparent commercial approvals and contract controls.

Role Overview

Product & documentation operating model: You will be assigned one or more company products, client solutions or operational services. The approved product documentation, SOPs, policies, process maps, knowledge articles, release notes, controls, scripts and AI runbooks are the source of truth. Use only approved enterprise AI tools to retrieve, summarize, draft, classify, prioritize or automate work. Validate material AI outputs against current documentation and authoritative system data, record exceptions, and elevate conflicts or missing guidance. Do not invent product features, prices, customer entitlements, engineering limits, regulatory positions or safety instructions.

Key Responsibilities

• Set category, sourcing, supplier and cost strategies aligned to product, project and operating plans.
• Use AI analytics to classify spend, identify consolidation opportunities, compare bids and monitor supplier risk, validating source data and assumptions.
• Lead RFQ/RFP, negotiation, award and contract governance for high-value or critical purchases.
• Ensure product specifications, service levels, quality requirements and delivery terms flow correctly from approved documentation.
• Manage supplier performance, capacity, quality, resilience and corrective actions.
• Coordinate finance, legal, engineering, operations and information security reviews as required.
• Maintain segregation of duties, approval thresholds, conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery controls.
• Develop procurement dashboards and playbooks that improve cycle time and decision quality.

AI-enabled Ways of Working

• Use approved GenAI copilots, enterprise search/RAG, analytics and workflow agents to reduce repetitive work and improve decision preparation.
• Keep prompts, outputs and automated actions within approved data-access, confidentiality and retention rules.
• Correct inaccurate summaries, classifications or recommendations before they become customer, operational or system records.
• Feed recurring AI errors, knowledge gaps and process friction into product, documentation and control improvement.

Human accountability

AI is a copilot, not the accountable decision-maker. The role holder remains responsible for judgement, quality, privacy, security and appropriate escalation. Credit, fraud blocking, legal/regulatory, financial advice, safety-critical, clinical, employment and other high-impact decisions must follow delegated authority and required human review.

Success Measures

• Savings/value realization improves
• Supplier risk and delivery performance improve
• Maverick spend and control exceptions reduce
• Critical procurement cycle time becomes predictable