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Atlassian is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager who is passionate in establishing strategic relationships that can maximize the value between Atlassian and our providers while delivering best-in-class procurement services. Are you interested in contributing significantly to the overall success of the company, helping build out a globally scalable procurement group by becoming our first team member in Bengaluru India, establishing sourcing strategies, and leading change? To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and then this is your chance to make history. This will include strategic elements like defining sourcing strategy, spend analysis, strategic partnerships, vendor identification and development as well as tactical elements like contract administration contracts negotiation and finalization and working with the Operations team and internal partners such as IT, Engineering, Workplace, Finance, Legal and People Ops
In This Role, You'll Get To….
Be a trusted procurement advisor for India geo support for Atlassian stakeholder. Subject matter experts in India business acronyms, culture, governance, restriction, and regulation ensuring that procurement processes are made in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinancesHas a good network of suppliers across all these categories in relationships in US and IndiaMentor other team members and business partners on procurement methodologiesIdentify, obtain agreement, and lead transformational strategic sourcing initiatives, following a standard strategic sourcing methodology that maximizes Atlassian's valuePersonally lead key initiatives, serving as the primary liaison between Legal, Finance, IT, department business units, program managers, compliance counsels and other key business partners in the end-to-end strategic sourcing process including category analysis, supplier selection, and contract negotiationEstablish positive relationships across the business units to ensure active and early participation in supplier related mattersProvide rigorous analysis of spend data and industry dynamics to identify, prioritize, and launch sourcing initiativesIdentify process improvements to increase efficiencies and maximize spend opportunityContribute to implementation, planning, and change management of process improvement initiatives across AtlassianActively mentor business partners on procurement practicesLead the planning and launch of RFIs and RFPsWho You Are And The Skills And Experiences Needed
Supports Cross functional teams in India to exerts influence internally and externally in negotiations to maximize the value of deals. Supports broader sourcing team in development of negotiation plans for global servicesA consultative mindset to support a broader organization. As the Procurement lead, you will guide business process improvement initiatives within our organization in collaboration with other procurement and business partner leaders.Demonstrated successes leading operational improvements and change managementDemonstrated knowledge of procurement policies, processes, and tools.Expertise and experience across the full lifecycle of procurement activities including sourcing strategies, RFP development & analysis, supplier selection, contract negotiations, contract preparation, and review and analysis.Strong communication skills, including the ability to present business and technical issues, ideas, and recommendations clearly in verbal, written and presentation formatsA proven ability to work independently with strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skillsA real passion for project management, with cross-functional team leadership skills, an ability to monitor multiple project schedules simultaneously, identify risks, and clearly communicate goals to project partners.Outstanding relationship building skills, with a clear ability to inspire change, manage conflict, bring together disparate points of view, and make decisions that deliver on objectivesA Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, IT, Finance, or a related field5+ years of meaningful work experience, with increasing responsibilities within procurementAttention to detail, balanced with an ability to prioritize issues and propose solutions to new / complex situations with multiple partners.Experience with procurement tools is required, experience with Coupa is a plus.More about our benefits
Whether you work in an office or a distributed team, Atlassian is highly collaborative and yes, fun! To support you at work (and play) we offer some fantastic perks: ample time off to relax and recharge, flexible working options, five paid volunteer days a year for your favourite cause, an annual allowance to support your learning & growth, unique ShipIt days, a company paid trip after five years and lots more.
More about Atlassian
Creating software that empowers everyone from small startups to the who’s who of tech is why we’re here. We build tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative, and aligned—collaboration is the heart of every product we dream of at Atlassian. From Amsterdam and Austin, to Sydney and San Francisco, we’re looking for people who want to write the future and who believe that we can accomplish so much more together than apart. At Atlassian, we’re committed to an environment where everyone has the autonomy and freedom to thrive, as well as the support of like-minded colleagues who are motivated by a common goal to:
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