Purchasing Expert – Data Center / Cloud Services (m/f/d)

Company Description

👋🏼 We're Nagarro. We are a digital product engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18,000 experts across 38 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. 

Nagarro's global SAP business unit is a leading IT full-service provider for critical business applications and complex ERP landscapes in digital transformation. With more than 1.000 employees, we are one of the most efficient and innovative SAP partners for medium-sized companies and enterprises with an international focus. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

Job Description

The position is to be filled at one of our locations or remotely throughout Germany and is also available on a part-time basis.

• Responsibility for procurement and investment processes related to hardware and software components of the Nagarro Private Cloud.
• Definition of the purchasing strategy in close coordination with the Managed Services management, along with active contribution to the strategic development of the business unit.
• Preparation and analysis of commercial price and cost calculations, including support for make-or-buy decisions.
• Development of technical requirements and tender documentation in collaboration with the technical team.
• Solicitation of offers, communication with potential suppliers and leasing partners, and negotiation of contractual terms.
• Commercial and technical evaluation of supplier proposals.
• Placement of orders in accordance with internal approval processes, as well as monitoring the delivery and full lifecycle of the ordered services – including disposal and refresh activities.

Qualifications

• Completed university degree in business administration/ business informatics / industrial engineering, electrical engineering and information technology or comparable qualifications and/ or relevant professional experience.
• Technical understanding (e.g. network, compute, storage, backup, IT security) of Data Center/ private cloud infrastructures is desired.
• Experience in the calculation of technical solutions and data center/ cloud services as well as in the design of IT infrastructure services & SAP architectures is an advantage.
• Understanding/ experience in procurement models (leasing & licensing models, etc.) is an advantage.
• Very strong Excel skills as well as confident use of PowerPoint and Word.
• You demonstrate strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as solution-oriented and entrepreneurial thinking.
• You are characterized by your independence, flexibility and high level of self-motivation.
• You are business fluent in both German and English.

Additional Information

Our benefits:

• 30 days of paid vacation, internal and external training opportunities, MyN – Nagarro Employee Share Program, attractive company car and company bicycle arrangements, company-funded accident insurance policy, modern office space at central locations with high-tech equipment, sports programs, access to the corporate benefits portal, free fruit and drinks.
• Plenty of room for innovation in a high-growth environment with the latest technologies and products. With us, you can get involved and make a difference.
• Flat hierarchies and a long-term, stable job with attractive development opportunities.