Global Business Support Senior Specialist - IT Hardware Sales

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

Job summary

Computacenter India in Bengaluru is seeking a proactive Business Partner Manager to oversee procurement and vendor management within a multinational product supply environment. You will coordinate teams, ensure contractual compliance, and deliver value to customers across geographies.

You will drive cost efficiency, develop best practices, and mentor colleagues while adhering to security policies and corporate standards.

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• Plans & organises own workload and others.
• Proven experience of high standards of customer service.
• Proven administrative experience, attention to detail, ensures accuracy of data, provides data for reporting and processing of information.
• Excellent interpersonal, literacy and numeracy skills and ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to resolving complex problems and assignments.
• Takes initiative in identifying and negotiating appropriate development opportunities.
• Demonstrates an organized approach to work.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• 3+ Experience working in a multinational product supply environment.
• 3+ Experience in procurement / vendor management.
• 3+ Experience in negotiating contracts and an understanding to legal/contractual concepts.
• Detailed understanding of IT Vendors pricing processes.
• Entrepreneurial mindset which seeks to find new ways to solve multiple challenges at once.
• People management experience at team leader level or above

Responsibilities

• Ensures Department meets performance targets.
• Attain and maintain accreditations as appropriate to the role.
• Compiles management information reports through relevant business tools to provide accurate/up to date data.
• Coordinate small teams delivering basic work packages in line with company process to meet business and customer requirements.
• Develop best practice procedures and guidelines, including analyzing, documenting and reporting on work completed to ensure consistent compliance to company procedures.
• Provide customer service to internal and external customers to ensure consistent experience.
• Able to communicate on complex issues to meet business and customer requirements to avoid escalations.
• Identify own development needs in line with business objectives.
• Act in accordance with Computacenter Information Security Policies and report any potential or actual Security events or other Security risks to the organization.
• Identify, onboard and proactively manage new Partners
• Accountable for the delivery of the product supply service to a named customer or selection of customers.

Skills

MS Office

Planning

Customer service

Data reporting

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Initiative

Organization

Working under pressure

Procurement

Vendor management

Negotiation

IT vendor pricing

Leadership

Job description

While holding the Computacenter flag, flying high, at Business Partner Management, our vision is to continue to ‘be the best’ while enabling success for our customers as a trusted, agile and innovative provider of technology around the world. You will be part of a global team, interacting daily with colleagues across multiple geographies. You will have plenty of opportunities to innovate and excel, while you grow with the team.

What you’ll do

• Ensures Department meets performance targets.
• Demonstrates relevant Winning Together values.
• Attain and maintain accreditations as appropriate to the role.
• Understand and adhere to policies and procedures.
• Compiles management information reports through relevant business tools to provide accurate/up to date data.
• Prioritize and co-ordinate own and others work schedules to ensure that business and customer needs are met, and deadlines are adhered to.
• Assess cost implication of best solution to ensure adherence to budget constraints.
• Coordinate small teams delivering basic work packages in line with company process to meet business and customer requirements.
• Ensures that operational documentation is fit for purpose and current to meet customer and contract requirements.
• Develop best practice procedures and guidelines, including analyzing, documenting and reporting on work completed to ensure consistent compliance to company procedures.
• Provides specialist guidance and advice to less experienced colleagues to ensure consistent approach.
• Provide customer service to internal and external customers to ensure consistent experience.
• Able to communicate on complex issues to meet business and customer requirements to avoid escalations.
• Evaluate escalations and resolve appropriately to ensure customer demands are met.
• Ability to adapt quickly to dynamic team environments to maintain consistent effective contribution.
• Identify own development needs in line with business objectives.
• Act in accordance with Computacenter Information Security Policies and report any potential or actual Security events or other Security risks to the organization.
• Ensure that Partners act in accordance with Computacenter and customer contractual obligations
• Identifies, onboard and proactively manages new Partners
• Accountable for the delivery of the product supply service to a named customer or selection of customers.

What you’ll need

• Good working Knowledge of Microsoft Applications.
• Plans & organizes own workload and others.
• Proven experience of high standards of customer service.
• Proven administrative experience, attention to detail, ensures accuracy of data, provides data for reporting and processing of information.
• Excellent Interpersonal, literacy and numeracy skills and ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to resolving complex problems and assignments.
• Takes initiative in identifying and negotiating appropriate development opportunities.
• Demonstrates an organized approach to work.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• 3+ Experience working in a multinational product supply environment.
• 3+ Experience in procurement / vendor management.
• 3+ Experience in negotiating contracts and an understanding to legal/contractual concepts.
• Detailed understanding of IT Vendors pricing processes.
• Entrepreneurial mindset which seeks to find new ways to solve multiple challenges at once.
• People management experience at team leader level or above

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitization, advising organizations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organizations, driving digital transformation, and enabling people and their businesses.

Learning and development

Our people are our strength which is why we offer leadership training, coaching, mentoring, professional development, and international opportunities. Whichever direction you choose to go in – whether it’s a well-trodden path or a completely new part of the business – we’ll support you. Our managers champion their people, powering their personal development and helping them to reach their full potential.

We passionately believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate our differences because we know a diverse workforce with different experiences and perspectives helps us win together. And to do that, you need to feel comfortable to bring your whole self to work – and you can only do that when you feel supported, valued, and have a sense of belonging which is what we strive to achieve. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and our values, and that you bring the experience and skills we need. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer; we welcome applications from people with a disability – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability and meet the essential requirements for the job.