Lead - IT Sourcing Professional Services

Tata Electronics

Bengaluru Urban

On-site

INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading company in the electronics manufacturing sector is seeking a Lead - IT Sourcing Professional Services. This role involves providing strategic sourcing solutions, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring optimal performance in IT services, requiring strong technical and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have 10-14 years of experience with a background in engineering and business management, demonstrating an ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

10-14 years of experience in sourcing IT technology solutions.
Strong technical skills with hands-on experience in S2C and P2P.
Excellent communication skills and ability to manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

Engage in sourcing projects and manage vendor selection processes.
Execute Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay workflows.
Build and manage relationships with stakeholders and service partners.

Skills

Vendor development

Performance measurement

Contract management

Technical skills

Root Cause Analysis

Problem-Solving

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelors/Master’s degree in Engineering

MBA

Job description

Lead - IT Sourcing Professional Services

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About the Business

Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is a prominent global player in the electronics manufacturing industry, with fast-emerging capabilities in Electronics Manufacturing Services, Semiconductor Assembly & Test, Semiconductor Foundry, and Design Services. Established in 2020 as a greenfield venture of the Tata Group, the company aims to serve global customers through integrated offerings across a trusted electronics and semiconductor value chain. With a rapidly growing workforce, the company currently employs over 65,000 people and has significant operations in Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, India. Tata Electronics is committed to creating a socioeconomic footprint by employing many women in its workforce and actively supporting local communities through initiatives in environment, education, healthcare, sports and livelihood.

Job Description:

The role of an IT Sourcing expertise involves providing high-value strategic sourcing solutions to the business, supporting Suppliers/OEM/Service Providers selection, vendor development, technology management, and performance measurement activities. The goal is to ensure best-in-class delivery of external services, software and products in the Telecom, Data, Digital & IT Category, achieving year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process improvements in close collaboration with business & IT stakeholders

Role & Responsibilities:

Proactively engaging in sourcing projects, specification definition and demand management with a focus across domains on requirement analysis and category specific objectives.
Identify new source, assessment, and evaluation & as per strategic sourcing process (RFI, RFP, RFQ and e-auction)
Collaborate with internal teams (IT/ Tech/ /Engineering / Finance / Legal) and external team (Suppliers/OEM/Service
Providers) to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely delivery / implementation of HW/SW/Contracts/Agreements related to the assigned category.
Executing the Source-to-Contract (S2C) & Procure-to-Pay (P2P) workflow related to the IT categories with appropriate documentation and compliance, including respective strategies, approaches and methods, preparing and conducting fact-based negotiations.
Ensure the right balance between business needs and Cost, Solution and Optimization.
Periodic reporting to IT end user/requester, Project team and SCM leadership on open project status, issues, and corrective actions.
Responsible for supplier selection, conduct market research and vendor profiling - Supplier empanelment. Co-ordinate periodic vendor reviews and publish vendor performance metrics. Act as a pivotal point of escalation for managing Vendor performance: Identify Service partners issues and Co-ordinate resolution process (Commercial and Qualitative)
Build and manage effective internal and external relationships within the Sourcing, client team and service partners and wider business.
Analysing specifications for optimization. Linking specification to customer value, challenging specification confidently. Conveying messages clearly and convincing stakeholders.
Achieving results by proactively building long-term, sustainable and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape and demonstrating intelligence across business structures and networks.
Ability to manage time effectively in a high paced dynamic environment and capable to prioritizing workload to meet scheduling demands and timelines be aware of global IT industry trends, OEM market conditions, HW & SW technological advancements and trade regulations related to the service categories.

Functional & Behaviour Attributes

Functional expertise, strong technical skills with hands-on experience / well versed with S2C and P2P in Sourcing IT Technology solutions (IT, Networking, Digital, Telecom, Server & Storage, Securities/ Data Centre/ Infra etc.) domains. Passion for technology.
Review existing contracts related to Enterprise Software, SaaS, IT Services / AMCs, T&M manpower and maintain tracker & repository.
Good experience on understanding of supplier landscape, value chain mapping, TCO calculations.
Ability to understand, translate end user’s requirements and find appropriate solutions with quick turnaround time and meet organizational and stakeholder expectations.
Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and businesses to drive the Service procurement requests to closure.
Competent to finalize vendor and cost through RFI, RFP, RFQ and e-auction process, in view of user requirement and techno-commercial evaluation.
Excellent diligence in contract management and adherence to compliance directives.
Strong contracting skills along with understanding of Local & International Tax laws.
Good understanding and experience in legal aspects associated with Professional services (Intellectual property, Personal data, cybersecurity, DPA etc.)
Exposure to national /international logistics is desirable.
Self-starter. Understands and delivers on Sourcing & Procurement performance metrics.
Ability to work well within a team enjoys collaborating, persuading, and influencing
Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving skills. Excellent communication (written and verbal) MS PowerPoint Presentation and Interpersonal skills.