Global Strategic Sourcing Manager

HCLTECH is hiring for Strategic Sourcing with Indirect Global Procurement: Categories looking for: MRO Perishable Tooling, MRO, Facility Services, CAPEX Key Responsibilities: Set Strategic Sourcing Initiative Strategy: Objectives: Define Initiative/Activity/Project Plan, Obtain Executive Alignment. Key Job Responsibilities: Determine Scope, Participation and Timing for Strategic Sourcing Activity. Define Scope, Regions, Stakeholders, Spend, Contracts, Vendors, Strategy, Savings Opportunity, etc.

Execute Strategic Sourcing Activity Strategy: Objectives: Establish Selection Criteria, Conduct Vendor Assessment, Recommend Finalists, Transition Deal to Contract Management (Buy Desk) for Execution. Key Job Responsibilities: Execute RFX: RFP, RFQ, RFI, Negotiation, Other Assessment; Evaluate Vendors: Complete Proposal Analysis: Quantitative-Complex Analytical Financial/TCO Price Models & Qualitative-Product/ Service Offer Scorecard; Negotiate/ Award: Define & Execute Negotiation Strategy, Recommend Vendors. Execute RFX: Gather Requirements from Business & Functional Owners; Obtain Plan, RFX & Vendor List Approval, Execute NDAs, Create Rate Card with Inclusions/ Exclusions Fully Loaded TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Quantified, Volumes, SLAs, Current/ Future State Process, Other.

Evaluate Vendors: Validate Vendor Completed Scorecard (Self-Assessment); Analyze Price Model (Fully Loaded TCO); Facilitate Vendor Finalist Presentations, Demos, Site Visits as needed (Technical Discovery Sessions optional); Support Stakeholder Vendor Selection Negotiate/ Award: Obtain Stakeholder Approval of Negotiation Strategy; Execute Negotiation of Key Business Terms for Strategically Sourced Contracts; Present Recommendation, Obtain Executive Approval for Selection Decisions Obtain Written Rate “Lock Down” in writing from vendor, Validate Savings; Transition: Implementation to Stakeholder; Transition Contract Execution to Contract Mgmt (Buy Desk); Agree SRM/ Contract Compliance Plan with Stakeholder Conduct Strategic Sourcing Process including Category Management, SRM and Business Operations: 1. Manage Category: Identify & Prioritize Opportunities, Develop and Maintain Market Expertise to Identify & Prioritize Opportunities, Build Category Plans; 2. Plan Projects: Define Project Plan, Obtain Executive Alignment, Determine Scope, Participation and Timing for Strategic Sourcing Activity; 3.

Execute Projects: Establish Selection Criteria, Conduct Vendor Assessment, Execute RFX: RFP, RFQ, RFI, Negotiation, Other; 4. Evaluate Vendors: Down select Finalist Vendors, Complete Proposal Analysis: Quantitative-Complex Analytical Financial/TCO Price Models & Qualitative-Product/ Service Offer Scorecard; 5. Negotiate/ Award: Achieve Project Plan Goals, Select Vendors, Define & Execute Negotiation Strategy, Recommend Vendors; 6.

Contract: Contract Management Deal Making/ Term Negotiation: Execute Contract Lifecycle Evaluation, Negotiation, Administration including Contract Review, Business Terms Vetting/ Validation, Contract Approval & Contract Signatures Collection, Within Term Contract Activity Completion; 7. SRM (Supplier Relationship Management): Manage Vendor Performance, Ensure Contract Compliance, TPRM (Third Party Risk Mgmt), Governance. 8. Day-to-Day Business Operations: Execute Tactical Activities including but not limited to approval/ approval prep, Serve as escalation to clarify ways of working, Deliver Reports such as Spend Analytics, Cost Savings, Status, KPIs, etc. across multiple systems with detailed data validation.

Note: This role is based in Chennai , with an option for remote support . @ Deeppak Arora @ Padmanaban H @ indrajith rathinam