Team Lead - IT Procurement / Software Procurement

Job description

Desired Candidate profile -

1) IT Procurement experience

2) Knowledge in data center products

3) End to End Procurement cycle

4) Saas, On prem software Procurement

5) Very good communication

Role & responsibilities

Work timings are 4 PM to 2 AM

• B.S./B.A. in a technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Manage the data center procurement operations in the US time zone and work with the vendor to get the deliveries on time.
• Knowledge on capex and opex spend categories.
• Good Communication.

• 5+Year experience in multinational companies under IT Org working with vendors and internal stakeholders: Financial (AP).

• 3+ years of experience in procurement operations, Accounts payable operations & complete Procure to Pay cycle.

• Integrate budget with procure-to-pay processes and systems to ensure all purchases and payments link to plans.

• Accurate purchase requisitions entries with appropriate budget and project mapping, precise GL coding.

• Partner with Finance (FP&A) to track, analyze, and report actual expenses against budget plans and work with IBE team to review and reconcile differences.

• Assist team in procurement related activities as needed. Enable procurement services to the organization, Provide recommendations on all procurement related issues, plans, reports, trainings and metrics.

• Manage high ticket volume and large, complex PR entries along with maintaining good vendor relations.

• Manage order changes with suppliers and perform accurate change orders in financial system.

• Check order confirmations for accuracy, compliance and provide timely resolutions to any discrepancies.

• Work with Supplier, Contracts and Payments Teams to ensure the E2E smooth flow of process.

• Maintaining spend analytics tools and actively enriching data to provide more effective categorization of spend.