Corporate Services - APAC Sourcing Lead - Gurugram

KKR's Gurugram office provides best in class services and solutions to our internal stakeholders and clients, drives organization wide process efficiency and transformation, and reflects KKR's global culture and values of teamwork and innovation. The office contains multifunctional business capabilities and is integral in furthering the growth and transformation of KKR.

POSITION SUMMARY

KKR is looking for a sourcing professional to join the team. This individual will report to the firm’s Head of Strategic Sourcing and will help lead our India/APAC vendor base. The individual should have a variety of category management experience, senior stakeholder management, and vendor relationship management experience. A successful candidate will typically have 15+ years of experience with a demonstrated track of sourcing and negotiation skills at a comparable financial services organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Build out the Category Strategy and Roadmap for major India based vendors that will focus on Managed Services/Business Process Outsourcing
• Set up stronger Service Level Agreements across key contracts
• Has procurement background in Advisory/Consulting, Legal, Managed Service, and Contingent Workforce
• Own relationships with India based firms and other major vendors across spend categories
• Negotiate competitive rate cards and continuously run RFP process, while ensuring high service level deliverables and talent
• Identify continuous opportunities to consolidate/ drive savings
• Partner with Finance around metrics and reporting
• Centralize and develop structured contracting and intake process
• Manage location strategy and risks
• Engage key and senior stakeholders to continuously govern and control spend

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Undergraduate degree with strong academic credentials and ~15+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with spend analytics, sourcing and contract management processes and systems.
• Experience with category management, strategy sourcing processes and relationship management.
• Strong negotiations and vendor relationship management.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact in a cross-functional environment with various teams and types of vendors.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including synthesizing research and conceptual work into actionable and presentable deliverables.
• Accountable, with a strong sense of professionalism and integrity.
• Highly organized, efficient and able to work to tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong professional relationships at all levels