Senior Procurement Manager - Events, Hotel & Travel

Role & responsibilities:

1. Procurement activities for professional services like consultancies, insurance providers, recruitment agencies, labor services, lashing providers, Hotels and other services within procurement.

• Coordination with end user teams to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations. This is a key step to ensure maximum clarity is derived whilst obtaining a clear scope on the requirements and supporting Business.
• New Supplier developments for specialized and one time business requirements. This will require to enhance and utilize existing supplier database to ensure quality suppliers.
• Work closely for devising long term strategy for market knowledge development & devise market benchmarking in the services area.
• Manage end to end procurement requests (PRs) within Oracle and ensure timely release and closure of such requests whilst following compliance.
• Drive Cost optimization & Efficiency improvement initiatives
• Coordination with Vendor End to End follow-ups and coordination until project is finally implemented.
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms, finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries. Communicate recommendations.
• Ensure suppliers would submit digitally signed invoices towards all the purchase orders placed. Closure and tracking of open contracts, PRs and POs would be of key essence.
• Close collaboration with the business partners.
• Be a business enabler with market knowledge, best practices and resolving pain points of business as “Partner”

Preferred candidate profile:

• Graduate / Postgraduate from reputed university
• At least 10 - 12 years' experience in indirect and services procurement
• Should have hands on experience in negotiating with insurance providers, professional consultancies, Hotels and preferably frontline service providers (labor, lashing)
• Oracle fusion /ERP working experience desired.
• Able to build, influence and maintain effective and productive relationships with internal stakeholders as well as external suppliers