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Manager Infrastructures & Services Procurement Tata Communications - Montreal

CONTEXT

Serves as Global Sourcing’s primary representative for any procurement processes and cost reduction activities. Will have to work in a matrix environment and use his/her leadership skills to obtain desirable results. Primary focus would be to support the Facilities, Infrastructure & Services procurement

SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS

Serves as Tata Communications lead Sourcing representative during the development of new initiatives for Procurement and supplier management.
Drives RFP process, commercial negotiations & cost reduction.
Work jointly with legal and his/her internal customers to ensure our requirements are meet from a Legal, commercial and business standpoint.
Manages the PO process from requisition to issuing PO and ensuring timely delivery
Ensure the contract management (i.e. Penalty clause, SLA credits, renewal, cancellation etc)
Does price benchmarking, procurement reports & MIS
Manages processes and compliance to corporate policies
Internal customer engagement

Desired Skills & Experience

Bachelor degree in Commerce or equivalent
5 years and above of Procurement experience
Excellent knowledge of spoken and written French and English
Excellent communication and negotiation skills (written and spoken)
Proficiency with materials management/ Project Management module in Oracle Financials or SAP or any other well-known ERP, MS Office applications.
Ability to work independently with little supervision

Company Description

Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.

The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and colocation space worldwide.

Tata Communications' depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), and Nepal (United Telecom Limited).

Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL) www.tatacommunications.com

Additional Information

Posted:
March 21, 2012
Type:
Full-time
Experience:
Associate
Functions:
Purchasing
Industries:
Telecommunications
Job ID:
2743808