Sourcing Specialist

Education: Graduate / MBA / Engineer. Demonstrated academic achievement with qualifications in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Law or Science.

Experience: Around 8-12 years of work experience in sourcing team management, client management, procurement consulting, sourcing, category management, source-to-contract process, spend analysis, and contract management

Behaviors & Attributes:

Capable of leading sourcing teams specialized in source-to-contract work
Excellent client management skills, able to communicate to the point in a quick and effective manner, ability to summarize information
Excellent communication skills
Excellent presentation skills

Strong Team building skills
Deep domain knowledge in Sourcing & Procurement domain
Mentoring and Coaching skills for Sourcing Specialists
Capable of thinking critically at a situation and identifying opportunities
Confident ability to priorities own work often within tight deadlines
Ability to work with international teams and overseas stakeholders with proficiency
Strong customer service orientation
Strong Leadership qualities
Results & outcome oriented
Enthusiastic and able to drive own activities

Role Activities:

Effective performance management of team of Sourcing Specialists
Manage Team SLAs and KPIs as agreed with the client
Lead Governance calls with client stakeholders
Manage client escalations and rectify service delivery issues, both from short term and long term perspective
Run end-to-end sourcing projects (e.g., Scope clarifications with business, RFx development, NDA management, supplier communication, RFx execution, pricing analysis, commercial negotiations, draft contracts and recommendation summarization) based on predefined service levels, managing multiple simple and/or intermediate projects simultaneously along with team management
Participate actively in peer reviews for other team members projects and check for quality, consistency and compliance with Infosys quality methodology and client specific requirements
Follow the deliverable schedule for the team and ensure delivery of output within client timeframes and quality
Proactively work on team ideation and constant process improvement as a Team Lead