Purchase Manager

Roles & Responsibilities :

Strategic Procurement & Planning

• Define and execute procurement strategies aligned with SI business goals customer demands and project delivery timelines.

• Ensure competitive sourcing across categories: IT infrastructure (servers storage networking) cloud subscriptions software licenses cybersecurity solutions and managed services.

• Anticipate technology trends and align procurement pipeline with upcoming bids RFPs and GTM opportunities.

Vendor & OEM Management

• Develop and manage strategic relationships with OEMs (e.g. Microsoft Cisco Dell HPE Palo Alto VMware AWS Azure Google Cloud) and distributors.

• Negotiate favorable pricing volume discounts rebates and partnership incentives to maximize margins.

• Ensure vendor certifications and compliance requirements are met for SI business eligibility.

Project & Bid Support

• Collaborate with Sales Pre-Sales and Delivery teams to provide accurate BOM costing and vendor quotes for RFPs and tenders.

• Ensure price protection and back-to-back terms with suppliers to mitigate financial risk on customer projects.

• Standardize rate cards and support commercial negotiations with customers.

Operational Excellence

• Manage end-to-end procurement process ensuring on-time availability of equipment and licenses for project delivery.

• Implement governance approval workflows and audit-ready procurement documentation.

• Drive automation and use of procurement tools/ERP to track orders contracts and vendor performance.

Financial & Compliance Management

• Monitor spend rebates credits and supplier financing models to improve cash flow and profitability.

• Conduct TCO analysis and optimize procurement for project profitability.

• Ensure compliance with legal tax data protection and import/export regulations.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Build and lead a high-performing IT procurement team with category specialization.

• Collaborate closely with Finance Legal Sales Pre-Sales and Project Delivery teams.

• Train procurement staff on OEM partnership programs rebate structures and negotiation tactics.

Qualifications :

Educational qualification: Engineer / Masters with sourcing / supply chain as part of academics

Experience : 1218 years of experience in procurement within IT/Technology/System Integrator industry.

Mandatory/requires Skills :

• Deep knowledge of IT products and services in SI ecosystem: servers storage networking cybersecurity cloud SaaS and licensing models.

• Strong negotiation skills with OEMs distributors and channel partners.

• Experience with large-scale deal structuring framework agreements and rebate/incentive management.

• Ability to align procurement with customer bids project timelines and revenue recognition goals.

• Strong analytical financial and commercial acumen.

• Proven leadership and stakeholder management across functions.

• Strong track record of handling multi-million-dollar IT procurement large OEM/distributor relationships and project-based procurement.

Preferred Skills :

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time