Manager, ISIT Sourcing

Job Summary: To plan and perform procurement activities in ISIT category in order to serve business requirements and ensure cost effectiveness. The candidate for this position must be a driven self-starter, comfortable working with minimal supervision. The candidate must be capable of achieving organizational objectives, and successfully interface with all management levels.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Works with management and stakeholders to plan and implement early procurement opportunities and activities in medium-high value strategic/tactical projects and to keep developing pipeline.
• Develops project scope and articulation, and procurement plan; identifies project and spend opportunities to leverage Company volume.
• Locates, analyzes, develops and recommends preferred sources of supply to satisfy business requirements.
• Develops and issues RFx’s, evaluates bids, negotiates agreements with suppliers on medium-high risk/medium-high value projects using best procurement practices.
• As part of sourcing initiatives, collaborate with other support functions such as legal, security, compliance etc.
• Implements and executes procurement strategies in line with supply chain and company’s market needs.
• Execute and manage the contracts to maximize cost competitiveness and ensure suppliers adhere to the service levels and perform application of correct service credits as per the contract obligations.
• Manage the process for Business Partner Risk assessment to ensure compliance with the set criteria.
• athers and interprets data; utilizing key procurement information, system technology, ecommerce, and systems to execute contracts and purchase orders, perform spend analysis, and generate reports.
• Works with Manager to establish savings targets, tracks, meets and reports savings in monthly reports and other department performance metrics.
• Solves difficult problem by using professional concepts aligned with company policies and procedures.

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT/Business administration/Economics/Engineering or Diploma in related area.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years related experience in Telecommunications/Networks/ISIT sourcing and contracting with progressively responsible assignments including project procurement.
• Good understanding of end-to-end service scopes in Telecom projects (Implementation, Managed Services, Repair Services etc…).
• Good level of negotiation skills and practices, price/cost analysis, contract formation and administration, project procurement, sourcing, distribution, and logistics processes.
• Ability to lead, manage, and influence in a cross-functional team environment with team spirit.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• Demonstrate commitment, maturity, flexibility, and speed in response to business and challenges.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure, while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to gather and analyze information skillfully.
• Literacy in Microsoft Office applications especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge in “ISIT Sourcing”, “IT Infra & Cloud”, “Enterprise Licenses” and “Microsoft Office 365” is an advantage.