Procurement Lead Consultant

About The Job:

• The Procurement Lead consultant will independently manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle across assigned indirect spend categories, with a focus on SaaS, technology, and professional services.
• The role will partner closely with business stakeholders to drive sourcing events, commercial negotiations, vendor management, and contract execution while ensuring compliance with procurement policies.
• Commercial recommendations and final deal execution will be subject to review and approval by the Procurement Manager in accordance with the company’s delegation of authority.

Essential Job Functions:

• Independently manage assigned procurement requests from requirement gathering through RFx, commercial negotiations, vendor evaluation, contracting, and purchase order issuance, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with procurement policies.
• Lead commercial discussions with suppliers within approved sourcing strategies and budget guidelines, prepare commercial comparisons and negotiation summaries, and present recommendations for review and approval by the Procurement Manager.
• Manage procurement across SaaS, IT software, professional services, recruitment agencies, insurance, and other indirect spend categories, with a focus on cost optimization, renewals, and vendor consolidation.
• Coordinate structured RFx processes, perform commercial evaluations, and maintain complete sourcing documentation to support transparent and informed procurement decisions.
• Manage the complete contract lifecycle, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms, renewals, and maintenance of the contract repository, working closely with Legal and business stakeholders.
• Support SaaS license management by coordinating renewals, license optimization, true-ups, true-downs, and consumption-based commercial models to maximize value.
• Manage the PR-to-PO process and coordinate with Finance and Accounts Payable to ensure timely purchase order issuance, invoice processing, and payment resolution.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Third-Party Risk Management, Information Security, and business teams to ensure timely completion of procurement activities and compliance with governance requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance, procurement cycle times, savings, renewals, and operational KPIs, providing regular updates and actionable insights to the Procurement Manager.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process simplification, automation, and enhanced stakeholder experience while serving as a trusted procurement partner to internal teams.

Qualifications:
Experience

• 3–5 years of post-qualification experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, preferably within a technology or digital-first organization.
• Hands-on experience in techno-commercial procurement, vendor management, contract lifecycle management, and commercial negotiations.
• Exposure to sourcing SaaS, MarTech, IT software, professional services, recruitment agencies, insurance, or other indirect procurement categories.
• Good understanding of enterprise software licensing models, including subscription, consumption-based pricing, renewals, true-ups, and license optimization.
• Experience with ERP and procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Oracle, NetSuite, Coupa, or ServiceNow.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple sourcing engagements simultaneously.
• MBA or PGDBM specializing in Supply Chain Management, Operations, or Logistics preferred.
• CIPS, CPSM, CSCP, CPP, or equivalent procurement certifications will be an added advantage

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About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.

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