Manager, Strategic Sourcing Full Time NEW

Job Description – Procurement Systems Manager

PFI Innovation Centre India is an exciting new innovation center. We’re building a future that helps people live better lives longer— and we’re looking for bold thinkers and team players to help us do it.

Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds across the globe, and grow your career while helping millions achieve financial security.

a Purpose Driven Company – 150 Years

While the PFI brand is new to India, you’ll be a part of the Prudential Financial, Inc. family. Founded in 1875 in Newark, New Jersey, we serve 50 million customers across more than 50 countries. With $1.334 trillion in assets, we’re a global leader in institutional asset management. The 2nd largest life insurer in the US and the 9th largest institutional global asset manager.

At PFI Innovation Centre India, you’ll find a high-performance culture that’s flexible, collaborative and grounded in respect. We engage with candor, take calibrated risks, and hold ourselves accountable — always focused on delivering for our customers. It’s the standard we choose every day as we grow, perform, and win as one team.

We offer valuable leadership, mentoring and learning opportunities, paired with the flexibility and support to help you thrive.

Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your next step, we’ll help you grow with purpose and do the best work of your career.

Global Sourcing and Procurement Group (GSP) empowers the company globally to drive the greatest value by leveraging supplier partnerships. GSP provides global customers easy access to products and services at the greatest value through business insights, market knowledge, seamless and efficient processes, and professional expertise.

The Procurement Systems Manager is responsible for delivering strategic and best-in-class procurement systems support that enables efficient, compliant, and scalable procurement operations across the enterprise. This role supports procurement stakeholders by overseeing sourcing-related systems and processes, partnering with business and technology teams to optimize system functionality, and ensuring procurement tools effectively support sourcing, contracting, and purchasing activities. The Manager works closely with internal stakeholders across corporate functions to ensure appropriate controls, governance, and system-enabled workflows are in place to support strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and enable procurement sourcing processes through effective use and optimization of procurement systems and tools
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritize enhancements, and translate needs into system capabilities
• Coordinate testing, deployment, and adoption of system upgrades, enhancements, and defect fixes in partnership with technical teams
• Ensure procurement systems support sourcing, contract negotiation, pricing structures, volume discounts, and risk and compliance requirements
• Monitor data integrity and system performance; identify issues and recommend improvements
• Provide guidance, documentation, and training to end users to drive effective system adoption and consistent usage
• Support governance and control objectives by ensuring procurement systems align with policy, risk, and compliance expectations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, or a related field
• 6–8 years of progressive experience in procurement, procurement systems, or related sourcing and technology functions
• Experience supporting complex procurement processes, systems, and enterprise technology environments
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with MS Office tools; experience with procurement or S2P systems preferred
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Skills And Competencies

• Strong understanding of procurement and source-to-pay processes and enabling systems
• Effective stakeholder partnership and influence across business, technology, and legal teams
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities with accountability and urgency
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Collaborative, adaptable, and results-oriented working style