QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree and excellent academic record required; advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years in a professional business environment with at least five years of relevant Sourcing experience required
- Excellent people leadership skills – you are an outstanding people leader who attracts and develops a group of highly talented colleagues
- Deep Strategic Sourcing knowledge across multiple standard indirect categories that deliver excellent Sourcing Strategies
- Deep expertise in Sourcing Steps and Processes (examples: Conducting Spend Analysis, Clean Sheet, Total Cost of Ownership and Cost Breakdown Analysis, Sourcing Strategy Development, Product/ Services Requirements and features Mapping, RFP Excellence, Business Case development, and outstanding ability to Negotiate); knowledge of technology solutions that digitize and automate Sourcing Processes is highly valued
- Procurement transformation experience within a global organization is highly valued
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly articulate creative, practical solutions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English, with the ability to work across functions at all organizational levels
- Excellent ability to apply experience and knowledge to transformational improvements, influence others with knowledge and skills, and demonstrate outstanding change management, project management, and communication skills
- Experience influencing senior leadership in a consensus-based culture, able to drive change, meet deadlines, and inspire confidence among senior leadership
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and ambiguous situations effectively
- Experience with supplier performance management is highly valued
- Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You’ll work in our Gurugram office and will be a part of the global responsible sourcing team with the core responsibility of managing sourcing across India. Our vision is to enable colleagues and the firm to live our purpose confidently by creating leading solutions and experiences across our supplier ecosystem, a mission that you will directly contribute to in your role.
You’ll play a critical role in our mission to 'Make responsible buying easy'. Your expertise in sourcing products and services will ensure that we meet our responsible sourcing standards and provide exceptional experiences for our clients and stakeholders. You will be a key player in our efforts to enable colleagues and the firm to live our purpose confidently, and your work will contribute to the success of our supplier ecosystem.
You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we are shaping our 'Make responsible buying easy' transformation. This transformation is a strategic initiative aimed at simplifying and streamlining our sourcing processes, making it easier for us to uphold our responsible sourcing standards. This is a unique opportunity to evolve our Responsible Sourcing practice and embark on a brand-new rebuild/reimagining of our products and services-focused sourcing team. This role is crucial to ensuring that this rebuild is successfully realized and to the long-term performance of the Responsible Sourcing team.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will be tasked with driving high-impact strategic sourcing events (RFx events and Direct Negotiations) of varying spend, risk levels, and complexity across all of our firm’s critical indirect categories, such as Technology, Real Estate, Events, Travel, People [HR Benefits, Learning, Recruiting, etc.], Professional Services, Facilities Management, etc.
Additionally, you will be responsible for designing innovative sourcing strategies and leading your team as they strive to deliver the best products, services, or solutions at the best value while protecting our firm from risk. You’ll also leverage your deep expertise across Indirect Categories to co-create and execute self-led Sourcing Events with innovative sourcing strategies for complex and high-value purchases with category managers and business unit stakeholders across India.
You’ll spearhead the local procurement transformation journey to ensure that local demands are managed in compliance with the team's global policy. You'll also devise creative solutions to address potential capacity challenges and ensure the team focuses on delivering high impact through strategic sourcing events. You’ll have the opportunity to think-partner and co-create innovative sourcing solutions with internal clients and Optimize collaborators (examples: Category Leaders, Purchasing, Purchasing Operations, Legal Procurement, Suppliers, etc.) to deliver exceptional sourcing strategies and sourcing experiences. You’ll also build strong relationships and partner with our regional sourcing managers so our colleagues have consistent sourcing experiences.
You’ll contribute to the global responsible sourcing vision, strategies, and priorities, including driving forward the sourcing workstream within our 'Make responsible buying easy' transformation. This will include moving the development and delivery of a holistic and seamless source-to-pay process that supports our ESG goals and risk principles. You’ll have the opportunity to drive the development and implementation of world-class sourcing processes, principles, and KPIs for each category, identify and deploy technologies that can digitize and automate these sourcing processes, and develop a transparent, sustainable governance model for the sourcing practice.
