Principal - Professional Services and Business Consulting

The principal will liaise with other flying squad & CoE members basis the business requirement and gather the required capabilities within the sprints to ensure achievement of squad outcomes.

The principal as a part of Strategic Procurement chapter will identify the best practices, share their expertise & deep knowledge with chapter members to upskill and achieve set outcomes.

Achieve category squad outcomes

Develop the sourcing calendar

Generate effective cost savings and revenue in Professional Services & Business Consulting category

Enhance quality of products and suppliers

Improve service delivery and TAT

Foster business partnerships with internal stakeholders

Develop supplier costing models for target costing analysis

Ensure accurate demand consolidation & planning for respective category

Achieve sustainable procurement targets (ESG)

Align category metrics with leading benchmarks

Develop a potential vendor library

and Experience

Bachelor s degree in :- Supply Chain Management / or equivalent degree

Post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management and / or equivalent professional qualification (Preferred)

7 - 11 years relevant working experience

3 - 5 years of relevant working and managerial experience in the sourcing Professional Services & Business Consulting category

Strong procurement / sourcing experience

Understanding of emerging telecom/ supply chain practices and trends

working in a medium to large organization, managing Professional Services & Business Consulting Categories

working across global locations/ regions and have a grasp of political, social, infrastructure and integrity challenges

in continuous improvement through the implementation of best practices (SCM)

Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)

Develop the strategy for Professional Services & Business Consulting strategic category, detailing key priorities for short-, medium- and long-term goals, and maximize cost savings without unduly reducing other sources of value, ensuring competitiveness, and mitigate short- and long-term risks.

Drive organizational commitment to the savings, investments, innovation, and quality goals by building cross functional agreement and signoff from business stakeholders and leadership.

Drive implementation of specific outcome-based initiatives and drive them in sprints to support the category strategy and define clear quantification of the cost and non-cost benefits that these initiatives will achieve.

Perform internal and external benchmarking, comparing procurement practices focusing on at costs, quality, operating processes, and other metrics throughout the organization, across regions, business units and competitors

Analyze current suppliers for Professional & Business Consulting services to develop an understanding of where the business unit fits into each supplier s portfolio and thus what sort of leverage for negotiation exists.

As part of sprints, collaborate within the squad to define contractual obligations (duration, expiry, and time since last bid), the length of supplier relationships, conduct evaluation of supplier performance versus business needs, and the evolution of the supply base over time

Segment the supply market by region and product type, to understand the key business drivers behind price development, and analyzing the relevant market economics, as well as suppliers cost structures

Use market intelligence tools and databases to screen the markets for suppliers offering new technologies and standout innovations that bring real improvements to the business.

Develop supplier cost models, perform clean sheet analysis, spend analysis, price curves etc.

Drive the negotiation discussions with key suppliers' basis market research on global pricing structures & current supplier cost positions

Identify the levers for minimizing the Total Cost of Ownership for the relevant category.

For ex: (Effective payment terms, streamlined specifications, SLA Management etc.)

Responsible for defining the spend baseline and the evolution of that spend over time by detailing out the spend structure by segment, supplier, business unit, and region.

Assess historic spending patterns, incorporate it as part of category strategy process and drive future spending

As a part of sprint review, track & measure Professional Services & Business Consulting category performance (including corrective actions if necessary), deliver progress report to scrum master