Project Manager - IT Procurement

Millennium Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end telecom project delivery, coordinating circuit procurement, service provisioning, and vendor relationships across geographies.

You will translate technical needs into vendor scopes, manage contract negotiations, and monitor SLAs while collaborating with network engineers, procurement, finance, and legal to keep approvals on schedule. Strong Excel/Office 365 skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in project management, procurement, or vendor management.
• Experience managing telecom projects such as circuit provisioning, carrier coordination, or network rollouts.
• Experience with global or multi-regional vendors and time-zone coordination.
• Strong vendor communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into actionable vendor deliverables.
• Familiarity with telecom infrastructure concepts, including circuits, connectivity, services, and SLAs.
• Strong Excel and Office 365 skills for reporting and data management.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end telecom project delivery, including circuit procurement and service provisioning.
• Partner with network and datacenter engineers to translate requirements into vendor scopes of work and timelines.
• Own vendor engagement with telecom carriers and service providers, including negotiations and SLA adherence.
• Track projects from initiation to delivery and escalate bottlenecks early.
• Coordinate with network engineering, procurement, finance, and legal for approvals and contracts.
• Support budget oversight and cost tracking across circuits and infrastructure spend.
• Maintain documentation of vendor contracts, inventories, and project status for reporting and audits.
• Produce regular status reports and dashboards on project pipeline and spend.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Cross-border coordination

Stakeholder management

Excel

Office 365

Technical liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Excel

Office 365

Job description

What You'll Do

• Manage end-to-end telecom project delivery, spanning circuit procurement, service provisioning, and vendor coordination across multiple geographies
• Partner with internal network and datacenter engineers to translate technical connectivity requirements into vendor-facing scopes of work, timelines, and deliverables
• Own vendor engagement and relationship management with telecom carriers and service providers, driving negotiations, SLA adherence, and issue escalation
• Track projects from initiation through delivery, surfacing delays, dependencies, and vendor-side bottlenecks early and driving them to resolution
• Coordinate across network engineering, procurement, finance, and legal to keep approvals and contract execution on schedule
• Support budget oversight and cost tracking across telecom vendor contracts, circuits, and related infrastructure spend
• Maintain accurate documentation of vendor contracts, circuit inventories, and project status to support internal reporting and audit readiness
• Produce regular status reports and dashboards for leadership covering project pipeline, vendor performance, and telecom spend visibility

What You Bring

• 3 - 4 years of experience in project management, procurement, or vendor management, ideally within a telecommunications, network infrastructure, or global IT environment
• Hands-on experience managing telecom projects, such as circuit provisioning, carrier and vendor coordination, or network rollouts, is strongly preferred
• Experience working with global or multi-regional vendors and stakeholders, with comfort navigating cross-border processes and time zone coordination
• Strong vendor communication and relationship management skills, with the confidence to engage external carriers and internal technical teams alike
• Ability to work closely with network and datacenter engineers, translating technical requirements into actionable vendor deliverables
• Familiarity with telecom infrastructure concepts, including circuits, connectivity types, service providers, and SLAs, is a strong plus
• Strong Excel and Office 365 skills, with the ability to manage data, produce reporting, and support operational decision-making
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related field