Associate Manager-Procurement
DXC Technology
- Handling IT & Non-IT purchase requirements including Products, Services, renewals and maintenance for Global business operations
- Managing >18 direct APAC Buyers and coordinating >36 Global ROW Buyers including the Team leads categorizing CAPEX and OPEX purchases across the organization
- Responsible for team’s procurement activities expediting Purchase functions, Shopping cart creations, PO conversions, Procurement Review Board approvals, guiding Business & Finance approvals, Vendor sourcing & finalization till the receipt of materials/services at requestors end
- Responsible for RFQ and RFP proceedings for the processes
- Analyzes purchase spends across the accounts, Procurement Methods, Proposals, Contracts, Statement of Work, Controls, etc
- Performs effort & cost estimation for the team and the purchase being made for various projects
- Collaborates with core SCM team on new project testing, process exceptions and support functions
- Sourcing the right Vendors and negotiating them for better pricing to award the contract
- Analyzes potential cost savings and avoidance opportunities on across the regions achieved around 3MN USD for far in FY24 Develop, Implement and document the process workflow to have standard operating Procedures and process documents for all the processes
- Monitor and maintains various process controls in line with SOX and Compliance requirements
- Handling surveillance audits and queries from external and internal auditors
- Perform various analysis and find areas of improvement for standardization and continuous developments
- Works closely with Accounts Payable team and resolves the challenges of Invoice Processing team on PO front
- Manages Metrics, SLA, KPI, Quality, TAT, Performance Management and appraisal for the team
- Maintains Performance Management track for all the reporting team members
- Conducts weekly, monthly and periodical process performance review for the team
- Performs periodical appraisals for the team on their performances and shares the feedbacks on workarounds and areas of improvement
- Handling MIS, automation through Macros, Work Allotment, reports, Productivity and Performance Trackers, etc
