Job Description

Company Description
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence.

We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 44,000+ employees.


Sr. Associate \xe2\x80\x93 Sourcing and Contract Management (S2C) Sourcing - Category Lead - Resource Level: Sourcing Manager The Sourcing Manager will execute intermediate and complex sourcing and contracting projects, from start to finish, including but not limited to \xe2\x80\x93 sourcing requests validation per client guidelines, requirements analysis for the bid packages, communicating with client requesters to close any data gaps, prepare and publish the package to the identified suppliers for bidding purposes, following up with suppliers to ensure adequate participation, summarizing proposals back to the requestor and managing the contract life cycle.

• A graduate with a University degree or equivalent, experience of minimum 8 years of initiating, executing, evaluating, and managing sourcing, contracting and procurement activities.

Category Experience: Marketing, Properties and Facilities, Professional Services Responsibilities include:

• Provides sourcing services (RFP, RFI, RFQ) to our clients based on predefined service levels
• Subject Matter Expert on Indirect Spend Categories with Specific experience in aligned category
• Manage and lead the team in Sourcing and Contracting Execution and driving value from the projects
• Manage client / Vendor expectations and ensure project success with ability to interact at various organizational hierarchy
• Manages defined Governance and client stakeholder engagement with Client Sourcing Lead(s).
• Strong Stakeholder Management, Risk Management and Governance competencies.
• Should be able to lead and manage SOPs and ensure SLA/KPI and TATs are met.
• The Sr. Associate will also work as deputy Project Manager assisting the Program Delivery Manager to effectively implement policies, procedures and change management.
• Should have strong people management skills to manage a team of 10-15+ team members.

This is 100% Work from Office engagement using client infrastructure and environment provisioned by WNS at Chennai Delivery Center. Shift timings is 9 AM to 6:30 PM. Job Location is Chennai. Local candidates are preferred. No relocation benefits will be provided. Flexible with work hours and should be able to extend as and when required.

Qualifications
Qualifications:

• Strong customer service orientation.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (internally, with client stakeholders, and the supplier community).
• Ability to follow a process based on documented guidelines.
• General knowledge and understanding of sourcing/procurement fundamentals (e.g., basic proficiency in pricing structures, organization of project deliverables, RFx formats, survey development).
• Strong team player.
• Ability to navigate client systems to obtain required data.
• Strong Excel skills, including working knowledge of filters, sorting, pivot tables, basic formulas, advanced formatting techniques, Vlookup, Hlookup and advance data manipulation skills.
• Proficiency in MS communication tools: MS Word, Outlook, Teams Meeting.
• Proficiency in Oracle Fusion Procurement modules will be a plus.

Additional Information
Work Location: Chennai: WNS Global Services (P) Ltd Block 10, DLF IT Park, 10th Floor 1/124 Shivaji Gardens, Moonlight Stop, Ramapuram Nandambakkam Post, Chennai, Tamil Nadu \xe2\x80\x93 600089