Contracts Lead – IT

Exxon Mobil; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical plans

Retirement benefits

Training and development program

Job summary

Exxon Mobil seeks a Contract Lead in Bengaluru to manage business contracts and negotiations for IT software and hardware. You will be responsible for driving supplier management, conducting negotiations, and implementing comprehensive strategies.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of experience in IT contracting and strong skills in negotiation and communication. Benefits include competitive compensation and medical plans.

Qualifications

• 3 years relevant experience in IT contracting.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating procurement contracts.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and manage business contracts and negotiations.
• Negotiate medium to high complexity contracts.
• Conduct supplier negotiations and manage the supplier relationship.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical abilities

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

B.TECH or BE in Software/Information Technology

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) or Master of Computer Application (MCA)

Job description

Whar role you will play in team

Plan, organize, and manage business contracts and negotiations for the strategic acquisition of IT software (On-Prem, SaaS, Subscriptions), IT hardware, and telecom. The Contract Leads (CL) will be responsible for driving supplier contract management, conducting supplier negotiations, and developing and implementing comprehensive supplier management strategies based on the global business environment in IT procurement.

Location: Bengaluru

What you will do

• Responsible for establishing Strategic vision for the commodity, evaluating and sourcing suppliers and managing ongoing supplier relationship to drive projects to achieve the objectives of global requirement.
• Plan, organize and control business, contracts negotiations for acquisition of IT Contracts (On-Prem, SaaS, Subscriptions, IT Hardware and Telecom).
• Own commercial actions (bids, renewals, amendments, etc.) by focusing on as Rate Kaizen, total system cost.
• Work with IT Project Manager/Business Line in identifying the software required to meet the Business Needs.
• Negotiate medium to high complexity Contracts, drafting/review Statement of Work, Global Agreements and other vendor contracts with internal customer and vendor legal, when needed as well as manage end to end Contract Lifecycle.
• Brings industry expertise in supporting category strategies that drive savings and business transformation. Analyzes the supply market to understand industry trends, market competitiveness, goods, services, alternatives, etc.
• Market intelligence, analyze the spend and patterns to identify opportunity for consolidation, supplier base rationalization, demand management, alternative analysis etc.
• Development of analytics to develop insights in vendor bids and current demand opportunities is an expectation of the role. Expected to lead standard value projects to achieve enterprise goals and objectives.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate within Projects organization, functions (i.e. legal, controllers, etc) and Procurement category families to maximize commercial outcomes.
• Ensure all documents and exhibits are complete and included in the final contract, all functional reviews and management approvals are completed/obtained as required.
• Handle complete Procure to Pay (P2P) activities and operations and responsible for contract life-cycle management for assigned projects while leveraging relevant partners across the organization.

About you

Required Skills and Qualification:

• Understanding of the negotiations for acquisition of IT software (On-Prem, SaaS, Subscriptions) or IT Hardware and Telecom
• B.TECH or Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Software/Information Technology / other stream, Bachelor of computer application (BCA),Master of of computer application (MCA) or Equivalent.
• 3 years relevant experience in IT contacting
• Experience with drafting and negotiating procurement contracts
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously.

Preferred skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work across different cultures and organizations.
• Fast learner, results/customer oriented.
• Experience of working with international suppliers or vendors.

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance and life. We offer you:

• Competitive compensation
• Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Global networking & cross-functional opportunities
• Annual vacations & holidays
• Day care assistance program
• Training and development program
• Tuition assistance program
• Workplace flexibility policy
• Relocation program
• Transportation facility

Please note benefits may change from time to time without notice, subject to applicable laws. The benefits programs are based on the Company’s eligibility guidelines.

EEO Statement

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability status.