Who are we?

Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers’ innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.

In one sentence

The Sourcing Manager is responsible for all business-related activities that Amdocs performs with its suppliers that are under his / her responsibility in order to optimize costs and savings.

What will your job look like?

• You will perform all procurement and contracting activities including pre-qualification of suppliers, tender management, negotiation and closure of contracts to obtain optimal total cost of ownership (cost, service, quality).
• You will work closely with all Amdocs units in order to fully understand their needs from Procurement.
• You will develop expert knowledge in the relevant procurement category center and work to implement the global category strategy and guidelines.
• You will develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors and product innovations.
• You will identify cost reduction opportunities to achieve financial goals.
• You will perform due diligence at new potential suppliers and pre-qualify them before initiating a business relationship.
• You will lead the supplier selection processes (CBA).
• You will own and conclude the appropriate legal Procurement agreements.
• You will provide periodic reporting for management on Procurement activities and savings.
• You will place purchase orders with suppliers and act as the owner of the entire P2P process.
• You will conduct business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential areas of improvement.

All you need is…

• Bachelor’s degree (Any)
• 8 – 10 years of procurement expertise – a leading Procurements Services Specialist.
• Experience: Min 5 years in staffing, including 2-3 years managed services, scope of work, fixed price models, etc. 
• Ability to execute and achieve the procurement strategy within the relevant location (such as the region or domain).
• Experience of making technical and commercial offers for various procurements and services.
• Experience in leading a small / medium contract process. Must have a good understanding of agreements, Ability to negotiate.
• Expertise & deep knowledge & of IT manpower sub-contracting E2E lifecycle process (mandatory) hiring till exit.
• Expertise in scope / deliverable based for Services (mandatory). Including running RFPs, selecting vendors with relevant competency, negotiation deals, rates, commercial T&C. Should be able to negotiate contracts, agreements independently. Similar experience in SW/HW category will be added advantage.
• Strong understanding of all types of agreements. 
• Interact with business, MSP on delivery and all stakeholders. 
• Very good knowledge of India market conditions. 
• Good knowledge of APAC market.
• Must have very good knowledge in excel, power point & presentation skills.
• Work closely with Procurement Regional Manager to deliver strategies. 

Why you will love this job:

• You will be working within an extremely diverse and multi-cultural environment, and a fast growing and dynamic organization
• You will be provided with a rare learning opportunity within an experienced team, working on high end technology and solutions.
• You will be working on market leading software for the telecommunications industry