Procurement Opportunities
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOn-siteFull TimeEnterprise
Full TimeEnterprise
Job Summary
Deliver value through best-in-class supplier performance by collaborating with cross-functional teams and owning dynamic commercial negotiations. Nurturing meaningful supplier relationships while identifying opportunities to deliver practical solutions. Manage the full source-to-contract lifecycle, including RFx design, supplier evaluation, and contracting. Develop and execute global category strategies aligned with business objectives, ensuring contractual coverage and proactive risk mitigation. Build dashboards and KPI reporting to support data-driven decision-making across sourcing functions. Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment, driving process improvements and change management initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Delivering value through best-in-class supplier performance
- Collaborating effectively with other departments and teams
- Owning dynamic commercial negotiations
- Nurturing meaningful supplier relationships
- Identifying opportunities and delivering practical solutions
- Experience developing and executing global category strategies
- Experience delivering value creation and risk mitigation aligned to business objectives
- Expertise managing the full source-to-contract lifecycle
- Experience with RFx design and execution
- Experience with supplier evaluation
- Experience with contracting
- Proven ability to negotiate complex, high-value contracts
- Commercial acumen to secure competitive outcomes
- Ability to realise in-contract value
- A track record of building and managing supplier partnerships
- Driving supplier performance
- Driving supplier innovation
- Experience ensuring contractual coverage
- Compliance with procurement policies
- Proactive identification and mitigation of supply chain risk
- Experience developing and maintaining dashboards
- Experience with KPI reporting
- Experience with spend analysis
- Supporting data-driven decision-making across category and sourcing functions
- Proficiency in SAP
- Proficiency in Coupa
- Proficiency in Ivalua
- Proficiency in data visualisation platforms
- Capability in conducting supplier market research
- Industry trend analysis
- Competitor benchmarking
- Supplier landscape assessments
- Experience in process mapping
- Experience in documentation
- Experience in optimisation
- Delivery of change management plans
- Driving adoption of new systems, tools, and ways of working
- Ability to act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders
- Aligning procurement strategies with business priorities
- Operating in a global matrix environment
- Familiarity with the procurement landscape specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Familiarity with governance frameworks specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Familiarity with suppliers specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Familiarity with compliance standards specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Competency in procurement systems
- Competency in analytical tools
- Experience identifying process efficiencies
- Driving operational excellence
- Contributing to change initiatives within a procurement function
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing procurement teams
- Fostering a high-performance culture
- Building sourcing capability
Desired Qualifications
- Experience developing and executing global category strategies, delivering value creation and risk mitigation aligned to business objectives
- Strategic Sourcing — expertise managing the full source-to-contract lifecycle, including RFx design and execution, supplier evaluation and contracting
- Negotiation — proven ability to negotiate complex, high-value contracts, with commercial acumen to secure competitive outcomes and in-contract value realisation
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) — a track record of building and managing supplier partnerships, driving performance and innovation
- Contract & Risk Management — experience ensuring contractual coverage, compliance with procurement policies, and proactive identification and mitigation of supply chain risk
- Procurement Analytics & Data — experience developing and maintaining dashboards, KPI reporting, and spend analysis to support data-driven decision-making across category and sourcing functions
- Proficiency in tools such as SAP, Coupa, Ivalua, and data visualisation platforms
- Capability in conducting supplier market research — including industry trend analysis, competitor benchmarking, and supplier landscape assessments
- Procurement Process Improvement & Change Management — experience in process mapping, documentation, and optimisation, alongside the delivery of change management plans that drive adoption of new systems, tools, and ways of working
- Stakeholder Engagement — ability to act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, aligning procurement strategies with business priorities in a global matrix environment
- Aerospace & Defence Sector Knowledge — familiarity with the procurement landscape, governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, suppliers, and compliance standards specific to the aerospace and/or defence industry
- Data & Digital Proficiency — competency in procurement systems and analytical tools (e.g. SAP, Coupa, Ivalua)
- Continuous Improvement Mindset — demonstrated experience identifying process efficiencies, driving operational excellence, and contributing to change initiatives within a procurement function
- Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent — continuous improvement methodologies valued
- People & Team Leadership — experience leading, coaching, and developing procurement teams, fostering a high-performance culture and building sourcing capability
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