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Senior Procurement and Sourcing Specialist

AT Infosys
Infosys

Senior Procurement and Sourcing Specialist

Santa Ana, Costa Rica

Infosys BPM
Sourcing and Procurement
Job Description:

In this role, you will be responsible for all activities related to the sourcing and procurement of Commodities and Services in indirect materials. Main responsibilities include but are not limited to identify and implement cost optimization initiatives/projects, negotiations with suppliers on commercials to achieve best price, focusing on KPI delivery by catalogs/contracts creation and management, running sourcing processes such as RFQ/RFP/RFI.

Responsibilities:

  • Working closely with Indirect Business Services category Portfolio Leads/Senior Stakeholders (Workplace, travel, fleet, waste, facilities) on sourcing strategy creation and implementation

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  • Identifying and implementing sourcing/cost optimization projects
  • Project management/Working on multiple projects in the same time with tight deadlines
  • Negotiating with suppliers on contracts/prices/payment terms/catalogs etc. with compliance in place
  • Running sourcing processes such as RFQ/RFP/RFI
  • Running spend analytics to identify sourcing projects
  • Developing savings calculation methodologies and getting signoffs from stakeholders
  • Managing professional relationship with stakeholders with good understanding when/how to escalate, how to drive behavior for achieving targets, how to plan and conduct structured follow-up with all stakeholders (including suppliers)
  • Risk identification and proactively drive decisions/ outcomes
  • Runs cross functional sourcing team activities associated with selection processes - maximizing marketplace leverage, determining competitive alternatives, and prioritizing business objectives. Promotes team consensus.
  • Managing supplier selection process and achieving cost savings on services projects as part of a highly structured procurement process.
  • Identify opportunities to derive PnL savings through supplier aggregation, spend consolidation thereby improving the supplier base
  • Prepares issues, analyzes, negotiates, and administers RFIs (Requests for Information), RFPs (Requests for Proposal), SOW (Statements of Work), CR (Change Requests), and terminations

  • Qualifications Basic
    • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
    • At least 6 years of relevant work experience in the job description.
    Required Skills & Experience:

    • Knowledge of Sourcing techniques in practice - Spend Analytics, strategic sourcing methodology, negotiation, saving levers, contracting, Catalogue management
    • Strong Communication Skills and Customer Services Oriented
    • Strong project management skills
    • Excellent analytical skills/ability to analyze and summarize cost data to identify potentials for cost optimizations
    • Strong in tasks prioritization and organization to assure all tasks are completed in a timely manner based on Client needs and the tasks are recorded, monitored, and closed out in an efficient manner.
    • Strong commercial/ contract negotiations skills
    • Capability to escalate and drive behavior for achieving targets
    • Experience with sourcing systems - Coupa/SAP/Ariba - good to have
    • Catalog management/ contract management expertise
    • Must be extremely proficient with all PC applications - Word, Excel, Power Point, project management tools
    • Bringing value through innovative thinking
    • Fluent in Spanish and is effective with business communication in English. Portuguese language skill is desired.
    • Strong Communication Skills and Customer Services Oriented
    • Must be self-motivated and pro-active
    • Must be a team player and flexible to take up individual ownership of tasks

    Desired Skills & Experience

    • Degree in related field -Business Administration, Engineering, International Commerce
    • CPM/CPIM/PMP/SAP-SRM certified is a plus.
    Location for this position is San Jose, Costa Rica (Hybrid).

    Who We Are
    Infosys BPM Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY), provides end-to-end transformative business process management (BPM) services for its clients across the globe. The company's integrated IT and BPM solutions approach enables it to unlock business value across industries and service lines, and address business challenges for its clients. Utilizing innovative business excellence frameworks, ongoing productivity improvements, process reengineering , automation , and cutting-edge technology platforms, Infosys BPM enables its clients to achieve their cost reduction objectives, improve process efficiencies, enhance effectiveness, and deliver superior customer experience.
    Infosys BPM has 47 delivery centers in 16 countries spread across 5 continents, with 58,702 employees from 110 nationalities, as of December 2024.
    The company has been consistently ranked among the leading BPM companies globally and has received over 60 awards and recognitions in the last 5 years, from key industry bodies and associations like the Outsourcing Center, SSON, and GSA, among others. Infosys BPM also has very robust people practices, as substantiated by the various HR-specific awards it has won over the years. The company has consistently been ranked among the top employers of choice, on the basis of its industry leading HR best practices. The company's senior leaders contribute widely to industry forums as BPM strategists.

    Client-provided location(s): San José Province, San José, Costa Rica
    Job ID: Infosys-132829BR
    Employment Type: Other

    Perks and Benefits

    • Health and Wellness

      • Health Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • HSA
      • Short-Term Disability
    • Parental Benefits

      • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
      • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
      • On-site/Nearby Childcare
    • Office Life and Perks

      • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Vacation and Time Off

      • Paid Vacation
      • Paid Holidays
      • Personal/Sick Days
      • Sabbatical
    • Financial and Retirement

      • 401(K)
      • Relocation Assistance
    • Professional Development

      • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)