Job Description:

Contract and Vendor Management planning Track and update contract inventory pipeline to understand whether to renew or not. Assist with Due Diligence risk assessments Work with contract owners in preparation of Rfx Understand the vendor landscape and their capabilities. Contract approvals and administration Work with internal business partners to seek their approvals. Assist and as required, drive contract signatures. Initiate and track Purchase Orders. Ensure CMDB/Vendor performance Assist with annual risk attestations to be completed. Ensure vendors perform in accordance with SLAs and other performance metrics. Follow the SLAs (monthly/Quarterly/Half yearly or annually) Reporting and Analysis Generate and provide reports, pipeline of contracts. Ensure all spending is captured and recorded upon completion of renewal. Partner with Finance to ensure all contract spend is budgeted / captured. Invoicing and Purchase Orders (PO) Onboarding of vendors for procurement and payment. Create PO requisition and track its approval. Should have networking technology related experience like., LAN, WAN, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) connections, Router-to-Router VPN, MPLS, LSR, IP, VoIP, LSP, PBX, or Private Branch Exchange, PSTN, etc., Should have dealt with Telecommunication/Network OEM, suppliers like., Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Cisco etc., Product related experience like., Cisco products, Routers, Switches, Point to Point Circuits, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) After purchase contract management like Services & Maintenance, SLA’s, Supplier performance. Network Risk Assessments follow-ups with internal departments like., Tax, Legal, Contract etc., End to End process flow of how request comes in from requestor and request get closed.

Skill Set:

Strong attention to detail Ability to work at times in ambiguous situations while still driving KPIs. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure activities are closed. Deadline driven where critical milestones must be met. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Knowledge of share point automation is advantageous Strong ability to multi-task.