L&T - Category Manager - Non IT Procurement/Data Center & Cloud Services

Description:
Job Purpose:
Responsible for Procurement & Category Management of Non-IT Products (Colocation Products like Racks, RPDUs, Cage, CCTV, Biometric, Containment etc.g , Annual Maintenance Contracts for Infra items including all MEP Equipment, DGs, Sub-station eqpts etc, Spares Management, Service Contracts like FMS, Housekeeping, Security etc., Admin related Misc Items/ Services / consumables etc) for Data center business.
Role Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing complete PR to PO process including RFPs, obtaining offers, Comparative evaluations, Negotiations, Placement of Purchase Orders & Logistics.
- Managing Category by Strategic sourcing, Budgeting, New Vendor developments, Vendor Rationalization, Rate Contracts, Partnership Agreements, Vendor Management etc.
- Cost Effective Procurement within the budgeted cost / targets, Opex v/s Capex evaluation, TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) evaluation.
- Obtain approvals according to Delegation of Authority.
- Ensuring TAT to adhere timely actions for PR to PO process.
- Managing Vendor On-boarding process & Vendor Assessment to ensure their capabilities / quality, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with Vendors.
- Contract Formulations, Preparing Terms & Conditions of Purchase Order, SLA finalization & Contract Management.

- Ensuring OTIF-Delivery of supplies & services as per the Contract terms.
- Cost Estimation, Forecasting, Price Trend Analysis for the Category items.
- MIS report submission on monthly basis, Spend Analysis.
- Vendor Performance Evaluation & Monitoring on regular intervals.
- Ensuring Procurement Compliance as per Internal Finance Control guidelines, ISO compliances adherence.
- Smooth Coordination with various internal & external stakeholders.
- Support Pre-sales team for various RFPs & Bids.
- Knowledge of SAP-MM Module.
- Team Management, People Development.
Qualifications and Experience:
-DUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (degree, training, or certification required):
- BE/B-Tech or equivalent with Electronics & Communication or Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- MBA-Operations/Supply Chain will be added advantage.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: (no. of years of technical, functional, and/or leadership experience or specific exposure required):
- 15 years+ procurement experience in relevant category.
- Must have experience on SAP-MM Module for minimum 5 years.
- Must be aware of various MEP equipment, DG set, Sub-station equipment etc.
- Knowledge of Labor compliances for service contracts would be added advantage.
- Proficiency Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT).
- Familiarity of ISO 9K / 14K / 45K / 20K / 22K / 27K would be added advantage.
- Should be excellent in communication skills (written & verbal).
- Should be target oriented, time bound and achieve goals.
- Should possess good Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving attitude, Critical Thinking, Collaborative approach, Persuasive skills & Analytical skills.
- Must have high standards of integrity & ethics.
- Good Team player & go-getter.
- Relevant experience in similar industry of Data Centre would be added advantage.