Bid Procurement Lead – IT & Telco At Capgemini 

1. Bid Preparation & Procurement Support:
   • Support bid teams by consolidating procurement inputs across IT & Telco categories.
   • Review bid documentation to identify procurement needs, dependencies, and risks.
   • Ensure accurate cost structures (unit rates, inflation assumptions, etc.) and validate them against procurement benchmarks or existing contracts.
   • Prepare the procurement section of the bid input, including supplier strategy, sourcing approach, and key commercial conditions.
2. Supplier engagement
   • Launch RFQs to approved suppliers and coordinate responses within tight bid timelines.
   • Support suppliers in understanding scope, timelines, and technical requirements.
   • Collect, challenge, and consolidate supplier quotations, ensuring clarity and alignment with bid specifications.
   • Coordinate clarifications between suppliers and internal stakeholders.
3. Internal Collaboration & Communication
   • Work with Category Managers, Procurement Excellence, Finance Controllers, Legal, and Bid Managers to gather required inputs.
   • Provide procurement insights during bid reviews (solution review, commercial review, risk review).
   • Respond rapidly to requests for clarifications from the bid team or stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with ability to interpret cost models and bid requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management abilities—capable of coordinating across multiple teams under time pressure.
• Ability to quickly understand technical scopes (IT infrastructure, Telco services, installation services, software resale, etc.) and translate them into procurement actions.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Proactive, structured, and capable of working in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Strong understanding of IT procurement lifecycle — demand intake, sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, contracting, and supplier management.
• Ability to run end‑to‑end RFP/RFQ/RFI processes, including scope definition, commercial analysis, vendor scoring, and executive‑ready recommendations
• Knowledge of category strategy development for software (SaaS, licenses, renewals, resale), hardware & IT Services
• Familiarity with global procurement processes and tools.

Experience

• 10 years of experience in IT procurement, sourcing, category management, or vendor management
• 2 to 5 year experience in Procurement Bid support

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