Senior Manager, Procurement and Corporate Services

Overview

Lead Procurement, Supplier Management, and Facilities for the India Global Capability Center (GCC), serving as the senior-most procurement and corporate services leader in India.

What you'll do

• Own the strategy, procurement operating model, governance framework, and sourcing processes for the India entity.
• Direct strategic sourcing, competitive bid events, supplier selection, and executive-level contract negotiations.
• Set procurement controls, approval authorities, and performance reporting, and be accountable to senior leadership for their effectiveness.
• Serve as the India leader to Enterprise Procurement, shaping global standards and category strategies and ensuring alignment across regions.
• Be accountable for measurable savings, commercial value creation, and supplier portfolio optimization.
• Set sourcing strategy and lead high-value negotiations across professional and managed services, technology services, staffing and workforce solutions, facilities and workplace services, physical security, transportation services, food and cafeteria services, and corporate services providers.
• Hold executive accountability for strategy, supplier governance, and operational performance supporting facilities management, transportation, food and cafeteria operations, reception and workplace services, office operations, workspace planning and furniture procurement, and site growth and expansion.
• Partner with GCC executive leadership to ensure workplace services strategy advances employee experience, operational resilience, and business continuity.
• Shape and drive GCC site growth, operating model design, and vendor strategy as a member of the GCC leadership team.
• Build, lead, and develop Procurement and Corporate Services leaders and teams in India, including succession and talent strategy.
• Define organizational structures, operating standards, and multi-year capability roadmaps.
• Lead the strategy and execution for migrating Procurement and Corporate Services activities into the GCC.
• Act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to U.S. and India senior leadership.
• Establish and own the supplier governance and performance management framework for the India entity.
• Lead supplier business reviews and executive governance forums with strategic suppliers.
• Influence and partner with senior leaders in Legal, Compliance, Finance, Information Security, and Third-Party Risk Management.
• Be accountable for ensuring suppliers meet enterprise, regulatory, security, and risk requirements.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate commercial, operational, and supplier risks.

Details

• Location: Chennai, India.