Principal Expert - Purchasing / Procurement - India

About the role

This role blends analytical expertise, deep technical competency in publishers’ License matrices, Hypervisors & Cloud Platforms, discovery, normalization and reconciliations, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to implement SAM governance frameworks.

What you'll do

• Responsible for driving the SG’s Global SAM strategies, ensuring optimal software utilization, cost savings, and compliance
• Oversee long‑term SAM strategy aligned with organizational goals and compliance requirements to enhance SAM process maturity across the organization
• Conduct maturity assessments and deliver improvement roadmaps
• Manage the governance models, roles, processes, and KPIs for effective SAM operations
• Perform detailed compliance assessments and identify risks related to over‑deployment or under‑licensing

What you need

• 14–25 yrs of experience
• Procurement
• SAP
• Vendor management
• Reconciliation
• ServiceNow
• VMware
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or Diploma

Good to have

• Excel
• Power BI
• SQL
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure