Procurement Manager

The Procurement Manager will have a strong understanding India Market and the Stakeholders within WTW. Managing new Procurement requests for WTW GDS and for India level consolidation wherever possible, someone who can work in a fast-paced environment, motivate the team and handle external third-party relationships. Experience in working with Global Stakeholders will be an added advantage, Experience of Ariba system will be desired although training can be provided. The role will require strong people management, be able to manage their time and projects in a well-disciplined way to structure their workloads, have a vision for the team and can understand the needs of the stakeholder quickly. There will be decision making in the process and wherever needed, challenge the approach to drive the best outcome for WTW. 

The successful candidate will also have a positive approach to problem solving and a strong collaborative approach with other team members and stakeholders. 

Demonstration of good communication skills, stakeholder management & workload / project management skills with an understanding of Procurement Category Management processes would also be preferred.

It would also be an advantage to demonstrate the ability to pro-actively identify consolidation opportunities outside of the immediate contracts renewals to see if there are opportunities to leverage existing agreement.

The scope of the role will require partnership with various BU Heads and their team, Category leads and CFO to support the creation and maintenance of up-to-date sourcing plans, Payments and Receipts and provide key monthly Management Information on sourcing reporting on contract renewal metrics, risk and other metrices as required.

Be responsible for People Management, year-end performance, meet the objective of the WTW Global Procurement and the WTW GDS objective. 

Business Value:

1. Strong Stakeholder Management, driving WTW values and culture within the team, consistent and quality in service delivery.
2. Efficient and effective people management skills.
3. Greater oversight, efficiency, and cost savings.
4. Taking ownership and leading the work activities, projects and other Procurement task. 
5. People’s manager who is a self-motivator and can motivate the team.
6. Time management and organizational skills with continuous improvement as a focus.
7. Creative mindset to propose improvements to current processes
8. Change management and self-awareness skills to adopt targeted approaches to stakeholders
9. Pragmatic and should have strong negotiation skills.
10. Articulation of demand challenge wherever necessary.

Behavioral Skills

• Efficiency: Excellent organizational and planning skills 
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills with excellent ability to interact with others
• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with the Shared Services teams
• Critical thinking: Analytical problem solver who can frame problems, identify solutions and work with the wider team in solving them
• Self-starter: Takes initiative, shows resourcefulness
• Conflict Management: Good at handling conflicts and challenge wherever necessary.

Experience required:

• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Problem-solving mindset and ability to think analytically.
• Knowledge of procurement regulations and compliance standards.
• Strong presentation and adaptive skills
• Agility and flexibility to quickly understand the stakeholder needs
• People management and strong managerial skills 
• Good knowledge & understanding of Procurement activities 
• Experience of ARIBA or other P2P systems 
• Experience in maintaining procurement procedures 
• Experience of contracts and commercial documents 
• Ability to interface with cross functional teams to drive the best outcome