# Manager- Procurement **Company**: Prudential Health India (PHI) **Location**: Bangalore **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/prudential/job/Bangalore/Manager--Procurement_24020119?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e7a857fd-7df ## Description Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. At Prudential Health India (PHI), we are on a mission to make Indians healthier, while bridging the health protection gap. This is a Zero to One team undertaking a greenfield health insurance deployment in India committed to building journeys that will truly empathize with the customer and offer a differentiated, bespoke experience. As a Procurement lead, your typical week might include the following… - Work with functional users to understand the capabilities/products/services which they require to deliver their plans, what product or service attributes are important to choosing a vendor to deliver the capabilities/products services, expected timelines and costs, and decide and advise the procurement approach for each sourcing activity under applicable policy and procedures. - Work with functional users to document clear and well-articulated Request for Proposal (RFP)/ Request for Information (RFI) /Request for Quotation (RFQ), or other applicable document specifying the capability/product/service to be procured and information expected in vendor proposals and timelines of the process. - Front engagement with vendors, approach and engage vendors to share the RFP/RFQ/RFI, coordinate to answer queries and provide any clarifications as needed, front commercial negotiations and coordinate contract, agreement, and trigger issuance of Purchase Orders. - Ensure procurement governance, from time to time, publish/update procurement policies in line with Group governance and Indian regulations and arrange trainings for key team members from time to time. - Project management and team oversight to ensure the business’s procurement requirements are met in a timely and orderly manner. You could be the right candidate if you… - Understand & craft successful product conceptualization & delivery by synthesizing the intersection of market environment, consumer behavior & business ambition. - Can empathize well with & understand the motivations of users. - Collaborate & communicate effectively across disciplines such as Technology, Product, Operations, Marketing & Analytics teams to coordinate and execute the procurement program. - Are able to act as an indispensable member of the delivery team throughout all phases of the procurement process. - Are passionate about operating interactively. - Are able to present your strategy and persuade stakeholders while solving user problems creatively and effectively. - Can communicate decisions effectively. - Able to identify metrics & analytics to track turn-around-times across each process step and are continuously seeking to improve speed and quality of outcomes. - Have a curious mind; measure what really matters and can design subsequent iterations basis insight. This could be the gig for you if you… - Are passionate about consumer behavior and culture; enjoy spending time with customers to understand what they really want. - Are comfortable progressively iteratively while balancing the need for a minimal level of service a digital asset should provide when a customer engages with it. - Can identify raw stones and iteratively polish them into shining diamonds. - Like to work in a space where everyone can see what others are doing. - Take help from others when stuck and encourage others when there are setbacks. - Take full responsibility for your own output while thinking wing to wing across the organization; to solve for the customer. - Have 5-10 years of total experience with at least 3 years domain experience in any of these sectors: health insurance, wellness, payments, financial services ecommerce, insurance core systems, health tech, insure tech tele-sales & non voice customer servicing platforms, loyalty platforms. What can make you extra special - You have experience in designing user centric procurement workflows, expertise in commercial negotiations, and a passion for continuous improvement. - You have incisive insights about your customers, irrespective of the industry you have worked in. - You have meaningful certifications in agile and understand the principles beyond the jargon. - You have real stories to tell about how your team and you challenged convention and took the path less travelled. ## Skills ### Required - procurement - project management - communication - analytical skills - commercial negotiations ### Nice to have - agile - user centric procurement workflows - health insurance - wellness - payments - financial services ecommerce - insurance core systems - health tech - insure tech --- Source: [Apply at prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com](https://prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/prudential/job/Bangalore/Manager--Procurement_24020119?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)