Carrier is Looking for Strategic Sourcing Lead at Hyderabad Full Time

Country:

India

Location:

Building No 12D, Floor 5, Raheja Mindspace, Cyberabad, Madhapur, Hyderabad – 500081, Telangana, India

Role: Strategic Sourcing Lead(DT)

Location: Hyderbad/Bangalore

Full/ Part-time: Full Time

About the role

The Strategic Sourcing Leader role is a critical designation holding end-to-end responsibility of the Strategic Sourcing function. As a primary stakeholder of the Strategic Sourcing function, you will be responsible for the build, run, and sustenance of the segment as well as the entire encompassing initiatives involving the strategy, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of the function. This role required a deep understanding of both Global and Local sourcing nuances involved in sourcing and vendor management.

As the leader, you are expected to develop the holistic strategic map of the strategic sourcing function in collaboration with the existing teams, structures and resources across the Global span of the organization. Your key imperatives will be to ensure seamless implementation and execution of the sourcing processes, post development of the holistic strategy, – which constitute vendor management, contract management, sourcing enablement, relationship establishment and enhancement, and regulatory compliance

You are expected to be a competent strategist, proactive relationship builder, and operationally sound in the face of a complex sourcing landscape. Working around problems, and enabling positive influence in a fast-paced, collaborative, environment is a must. Harboring knowledge of both Global and Local norms is a primary expectation as the role requires the leader to navigate the cendor, contracts and resource landscape while maintaining alignment to critical compliance, regulatory and statutory mandates. You are expected to collaborate and work with different Carrier segment leaders (BUDTs, SSCs & CoEs) to understand current and subsequent organizational requirements and establish appropriate systems to support their requirements.

You are expected to hold sound capability in vendor management and establish positive relationships to ensure a beneficial quotient for the organization. As a sourcing leader your responsibility includes optimization of the function processes, managing the team/resources and create a quality as well as cost advantage for the organization leveraging the vendor landscape. You will also be responsible to draw out the strategy plans to drive programs & initiatives by leveraging the latest technology that will enhance the digital capabilities of the organization. As a leader you will be entrusted with the task to progressively digitize the various processes of the function and lead decisions with rational backing to adopt technology whenever and wherever necessary

You will be leading a team and managing portfolios of vendors/resources with a diverse array of talents & responsibilities and design program performance KPIs. You will also be responsible for enabling benchmarking of the initiatives, relationships and existing engagements within the function to help understand as well as gauge the performance of different strategic sourcing elements.

You will be engaging with global leadership to align and optimize existing and upcoming programs.

Primary responsibilities :

As a Strategic Sourcing Lead , you’ll be responsible for:

• Strategize the global + local functioning structure as well as charter of the strategic sourcing function.

• Develop the implementation and process maps for both – Vendor and Contract sides of the strategic sourcing function and ensure seamless implementation of the same

• Play the key role in developing new vendor relationships, maintaining existing relationships and maximizing value from both

• Ensure contract management processes, guidelines and methodologies are disbursed religiously to ensure maximum visibility, transparency, and effectiveness of contracts

• Ascertain compliance to policies, regulatory requirements, and laws governing contracts, vendors, relationships etc across the required regions of functioning

• Work to improve and maintain quality, efficiency, and favorability of contracts and resources

• Enable high complexity sourcing initiatives from development to execution by guiding and supporting teams throughout the journey

• Build and maintain a robust methodology to measure performance, reliability, KPIs as well as other parameters of contracts, resources, and vendors and transform this information into interpretable insights/reports for the leadership

• Establish feedback systems and processes to proactively incorporate changes to supplant any lapses in functioning of the strategic sourcing segment

• Plan gap assessments on programs and governance execution and continually improvise the capabilities

• Timely and accurate reporting of the function and its comprising elements status’ throughout its life cycle

• Develop, expand, and enhance the function through resources addition, new initiatives, and deployment of new technologies/capabilities

Desired Candidate Profile

• Must have 12-15 years overall experience, with 5-7 years in a leadership role in strategic sourcing

• Experience in Program management, Vendor relations, resource organization, contract management, global and local compliance, task prioritization, scheduling, and achieving objectives on schedule and within budget

Experience and Skills Required:

• Seasoned with Agile & PM processes and tools (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Lean; Atlassian Suite)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to recognize problems, recommend solutions, and collaboratively implement changes

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to interface effectively with all levels within and outside the organization, including executive and senior management teams as well as vendors, partners, and organizations

• Ability to utilize CRMs to log and maintain critical information of the function

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, organize and work effectively in a deadline-driven environment

• Experience working with bigger and more complex programs

• Exposure to process/product management tools and frameworks

• Ability to create and design evaluation reports, templates, frameworks, and approach notes

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (STEM), preferred MBA Graduate / PMP Certified

Job Level

Strategy/Ops/Sourcing Leader

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance

• Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules and leave Policy

• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities

• Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Program.

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way .

Join us and make a difference.

About Carrier

Carrier is a global leader in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Refrigeration, and Fire & Security segments with an unmatched product and service portfolio. Carrier’s Digital Products and Software team is building solutions to reimagine the systems that shape the way we live, work, and learn. We’re setting the standard for healthier, safer, and more resilient built environments – and connecting the cold chain to improve the process of safely shipping and storing food and critical medical supplies. The Carrier Digital team is reinventing how we do business, committing ourselves to work fast, remaining agile, and advancing through experimentation and innovation.

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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