Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Group Indirect Sourcing(GIS) aims at consolidating, negotiating and finalising all the Indirect Spend for M&M Group(AFS + Corporate Office, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Lifespace, Mahindra Holidays, Mahindra Finance, and many more other groups of Mahindra.

Buying for indirect material and services across all group companies for Sales & Marketing Category.

Key spend categories include IT, Professional services (Legal/Accounting /Recruitment), Travel/ Hospitality & Events, Marketing & Sales, and General services (Manpower services, AMC's, Facility management, Canteen, Bus Transportation).

The roles involve the entire purchase cycle from sourcing to contracting for respective categories. Including sourcing the right supplier panel, floating RFIs & RFQs negotiating and finalizing all indirect buying across group companies to drive savings.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

Sourcing and Commercial Settlement for Sales & Marketing requirements for the Mahindra Group.
Having a thorough and deep understanding of the Sales and Marketing Services and Material, their main stakeholders, operating models etc.
Knowing and understanding of the key management processes and procedures involved for commercial negotiation of ATL and BTL activities.
Should have expertise in handling commercial settlement for Events, Conferences, Product launches, International Events, TV Commercials, Advertise production
Should have understanding of commercial settlements for , Media Buying , Digital Sales & Marketing, activations, Content Creation etc.
RFX activities, Supplier selection, Supplier Due diligence, Negotiation, Tactical buying, Contract management (includes creation), Catalogue Management
Ensuring a quick turnaround time to meet the organisation requirements for a PR to PO process
Conduct Negotiations and Achieve Target Price as jointly decided by senior management
Award contracts/Empanel vendors as per approval from DOA and close communication with the user department
Present key updates, issues to senior management and seek support for the bottlenecking wherever required
Liaise with legal department wherever necessary
Identify competent service provider base
Market intelligence  on Sales & Marketing servcies
Experience in Sales & Marketing service contracts
Hands on experience in SAP Ariba, GEP Procurement Tool, SAP, Advance Excel, MIS & Analysis
Other Activities
Drive process excellence by supporting in standardization of vendors and processes by driving the synergies
To be amiable, professional and approachable at all times
Maintain current contracts by updating prices,fees and any other service conditions
To ensure the effective management and update of all relevant databases and maintaining systematic filing system
To liaise positively and professionally with all the vendors & user department
Bringing in industry intelligence in own domain & keep up with the technology trends in own domain

Core Skills
Analytical Thinking, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Risk Analysis, Supplier Selection, Pricing, Price Optimization, Supplier Risk Management, Strategic Sourcing, Benchmarking, negotiations, Supplier Management

Experience

10-12 Years Experience in Indirect Procurement, Category specific to Sales & Marketing, Services procurement

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field (BSc, BCom, BTech or MBA)

General Requirements

"1) Integrity & Confidentiality
2) Eye for detail
3) Timely response and closure
4) Detailed Planning & Effective Coordination, 
5) Negotiation & Influencing skills
6) Ability to work with stringent timelines , 
7) Creative & Problem Solving skills, 
8) Openness to change
9) Analytical thinking 
10) Project management skills"

Core Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Price Optimization, Negotiation, Supplier Management etc.