Global Commodity Manager

hpe; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing benefits

Career development programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Global Commodity Manager in a hybrid role, requiring 2 days per week in an HPE office in India. The position focuses on software procurement, contract negotiation, and strategic supplier management to drive outcomes across the business.

The role emphasizes collaboration with legal, marketing, product teams, finance, and external partners to optimize terms and drive value in software agreements and licensing models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain or equivalent.
• 7+ years of procurement or supply chain experience including IP, rebate structures, MDF, and licensing.
• Significant experience negotiating legal terms in complex technology contracts.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes industry trends and procurement performance to support the software category.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates software agreements and licenses.
• Collaborates with internal and external partners to meet procurement objectives.
• Manages contract adherence and opportunities to renegotiate for better terms.
• Learns to use supply chain and financial modeling tools.

Skills

Procurement

Supply chain

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Project management

MS Excel

PowerPoint

English & local language

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Global Commodity ManagerThis role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives onfinding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers' outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today's fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what's next for yo

What you will do:

• Analyzes industry trends and procurement performance to support the software category; reports results of analyses to procurement manager.
• Applies intermediate level of subject matter knowledge to solve a variety of common business issues.
• Works on problems of moderately complex scope.
• Draft, review, and negotiate software agreements and contracts, including NDA's, SOW's, and software licenses.
• Identifies challenging contract risk areas and advises senior level business leaders.
• Collaborates with internal and external partners including legal, marketing, product teams, services, and finance to meet procurement objectives
• Manage contract adherence and review for opportunities to renegotiate for improved terms.
• Exercises independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.
• Meets with senior members to learn about business priorities.
• Learns to use supply chain and financial modeling tools.
• Engages with partners projects.
• Performs tasks as assigned and applies experience to align individual work with overall strategy using discretion and judgment.
• Reviews performance metrics on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluates unique circumstances and makes recommendations.

What you will bring:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 7+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain function including key topics of IP, rebate structures, MDF, and licensing
• Significant experience negotiating legal terms contained in complex technology contracts.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong understanding of procurement processes, industry, and suppliers.
• Strong analytical and negotiating skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) and basic supply chain modeling skills.
• Good knowledge and use of procurement tools and applications.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written and presentation).
• Good teamwork skills.
• Mastery in English and local language.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Supply Chain & Operations

Job Level:

Expert

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