Job Purpose
Manages all tech sourcing for the Bank. Develops policies and Procedure for Compliance and Transparency in tech sourcing. Trains and supervises staff, develops relationships with suppliers, and negotiates commercials with Suppliers.
Job Responsibilities (JR):
1) Procurement Activities for IT Sourcing & Procurement:
Ensure rates are finalized as per Sourcing policy for IT Sourcing & Procurement activities raised by Project Managers of IT Tech & Digital vertical. Evaluate requests received from various Project Managers “PMs”. Share RFP/RA templates to various PMs, wherein complete project requirements are received from PMs whether OEM specific or non-OEM specific (i.e., requirements where competitive bidding is possible).
2) Market Survey / Industry Practice:
Perform market survey and gather information of partners who can supply and provide similar services, to avoid single or few suppliers’ dependency.
Request for justification from PMs on the shortlisted service providers for the respective project, if required. Identify if any service is OEM or single/few suppliers specific, to proceed further accordingly as per set process.
3) RFP / RA Online Process and Offline process:
Share across duly filled RFP template to ARIBA team where-ever online bidding process needs to be adhered.
Co-ordination with Sourcing team, in scheduling the RFP & Auction events, in consultation with suppliers.
Extend support in getting vendor availability for RFP/RA events to Sourcing team, resolving vendor queries, incorporating inputs from business into RFP/RA in terms of SLA’s, SOW’s and other related applicable T&C’s.
4) Vendor Resources Management
Ensure all supplier relationship managers have completed the due diligence as per the framework and appropriate approvals obtained. Provide necessary assistance to Project Managers to onboard Suppliers. Vendor resources reconciliation and presentation of data to management.
5) Quality and process
Review and update Policy Process as per compliance guidance and improvement opportunities