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Head - Services Sourcing - Indirect Procurement

Airtel3.9·Posted 2 days ago

Location

All India, Gurugram

Experience

5–9 years

Required Skills

Strategic NegotiationSupplier Relationship ManagementGovernanceStrategic Sourcing Category ManagementContract Management Commercial AcumenSpend Analytics Market IntelligenceDerisking Business ContinuityTeam Leadership Crossfunctional CollaborationCompliance Process Excellence

About the Role

As the Head of Services Sourcing at our leading telecommunications and digital services company, your role is crucial in driving strategic sourcing, category transformation, supplier partnership, and cost excellence across various business units. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Strategy & Planning: - Develop and institutionalize the annual sourcing strategy for the Services Sourcing vertical. - Drive long-term transformation across cost, quality, productivity, and supplier partnerships. - Align sourcing strategy with business, digital, customer experience, and network priorities.

- Conduct enterprise-wide spend analysis and category segmentation for strategic planning.
• Category Ownership (Indirect Services): - Lead sourcing across categories such as HR & Employee Services, Marketing, Customer Experience, Warehousing & Transport, Retail, Security Services, Digital Services, and selected Network Infrastructure services.
• Sourcing Execution & Value Delivery: - Lead complex supplier selection processes and commercial negotiations.

- Drive cost optimization, value engineering, waste elimination, and process consolidation.
- Manage an overall spend base of INR 4,000 Cr+, ensuring strong ROI and strategic supplier leverage.
• Contracting & Governance: - Lead end-to-end commercial contracting in partnership with Legal, Finance, Risk, and business stakeholders.

- Ensure strong governance on scope adherence, SLAs, KPIs, performance scorecards, and contract renewals.
- Strengthen category frameworks, sourcing processes, and audit compliance.
• Stakeholder Management: - Partner closely with various leadership teams including CHRO, CMO, CX, Retail, Supply Chain, Network, and business heads.

- Build strong cross-functional alignment to ensure on-time delivery of business commitments.
- Position sourcing as a strategic value creator rather than a transactional function.
• Team Leadership: - Lead and mentor a team of category managers and sourcing leads.

- Build capabilities in strategic sourcing, analytics, negotiation, and governance.
- Foster a culture of ownership, high performance, and business partnership.
Educational Qualification: MBA with strong experience in indirect sourcing/procurement.
In summary, your success in this role will be measured by the cost savings and value creation delivered, supplier performance improvement, risk reduction, stakeholder satisfaction, team capability uplift, and process maturity across sourcing cycles. As the Head of Services Sourcing at our leading telecommunications and digital services company, your role is crucial in driving strategic sourcing, category transformation, supplier partnership, and cost excellence across various business units. Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Strategy & Planning: - Develop and institutionalize the annual sourcing strategy for the Services Sourcing vertical.

- Drive long-term transformation across cost, quality, productivity, and supplier partnerships.
- Align sourcing strategy with business, digital, customer experience, and network priorities.
- Conduct enterprise-wide spend analysis and category segmentation for strategic planning.
• Category Ownership (Indirect Services): - Lead sourcing across categories such as HR & Employee Services, Marketing, Customer Experience, Warehousing & Transport, Retail, Security Services, Digital Services, and selected Network Infrastructure services.
• Sourcing Execution & Value Delivery: - Lead complex supplier selection processes and commercial negotiations.

- Drive cost optimization, value engineering, waste elimination, and process consolidation.
- Manage an overall spend base of INR 4,000 Cr+, ensuring strong ROI and strategic supplier leverage.
• Contracting & Governance: - Lead end-to-end commercial contracting in partnership with Legal, Finance, Risk, and business stakeholders.

- Ensure strong governance on scope adherence, SLAs, KPIs, performance scorecards, and contract renewals.
- Strengthen category frameworks, sourcing processes, and audit compliance.
• Stakeholder Management: - Partner closely with various leadership teams including CHRO, CMO, CX, Retail, Supply Chain, Network, and business heads.

- Build strong cross-functional alignment to ensure on-time delivery of business commitments.
- Position sourcing as a strategic value creator rather than a transactional function.
• Team Leadership: - Lead and mentor a team of category managers and sourcing leads.

- Build capabilities in strategic sourcing, analytics, negotiation, and governance.
- Foster a culture of ownership, high performance, and business partnership.

Educational Qualification: MBA with strong experience in indirect sourcing/procurement.

In summary, your success in this role will be measured by the cost savings and value creation delivered, supplier performance improv

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About Airtel

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa. India's second-largest mobile operator.

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30,000+ employeesTelecommunicationsFounded 1995HQ: New Delhi3,500,000 LinkedIn followers