WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence.We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 44,000+ employees. Our global footprint spans 16 countries with 61 delivery centers worldwide including in China, Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.

A college graduate with a university degree or equivalent experience of 2-4 years of experience in Contract Management - managing, negotiating, and executing third party supplier agreements; Sourcing - initiating, executing, evaluating, and managing strategic sourcing activities. Sound understanding of 1-3 indirect categories. Category Experience: Marketing, Properties and Facilities, Professional ServicesThe Sr. Analyst/Associate will execute services for a sourcing project, in most cases from start to finish, including but not limited to – sourcing requests validation per client’s guidelines, requirements analysis for the bid packages, communicating with client requesters to close any data gaps, prepare and publish the package to the identified suppliers for bidding purposes, following up with suppliers to ensure adequate participation, and summarizing proposals back to the client procurement team or requestor.The Sr. Analyst/Associate role involves analyzing the contractual terms, identifying the risks, and highlighting them, communicating with client requesters to close any data gaps, ensure payment obligations are fulfilled including the below activities:Contracting Responsibilities include: • Will support contract activity that includes standard contract templates, new master agreements, statements of work, work orders, order forms, and amendments, to meet business goals and objectives. • Inform end user of expiry of the contract sufficiently in advance to be able to renew the contract.• Validate the Supplier proposal in accordance with contract.• Analyze and implement change requests of the contracts.• Inform Supplier by means of a written notice in advance to allow contract exit or expiration.• Provides sourcing services (RFP, RFI, RFQ) based on predefined service levels, managing simple projects simultaneously. • Execute the sourcing process from start to finish, e.g., RFx development, reverse auctions, data analysis etc. • Sound understanding of the reverse auction methodology and concepts that apply to various sourcing scenarios: Lotting, Pricing, Supplier Communications, stakeholder change management. • Evaluate project scope and determine sourcing approach and methodology to be applied; develop and/or customize various templates including RFx, pricing, and proposal evaluation • Perform in depth analysis of proposals submitted, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and present back to client in a concise manner. • Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation. • Conduct peer reviews for quality, consistency, and compliance with sourcing methodology.This is 100% Work from Office engagement using client infrastructure and environment provisioned by WNS at Chennai Delivery Center.Shift timings is 9 AM to 6:30 PM. Job Location is Chennai. Local candidates are preferred. No relocation benefits will be provided.• Flexible with work hours and should be able to extend as and when required.

Qualifications:• Strong customer service orientation• Strong analytical and negotiation skills• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (internally, with client stakeholders, and the supplier community)• Ability to follow a process based on documented guidelines• General knowledge and understanding of sourcing/procurement fundamentals (e.g., basic proficiency in pricing structures, organization of project deliverables, RFx formats, survey development)• Strong team player• Ability to navigate client systems to obtain required data• Strong Excel skills, including working knowledge of filters, sorting, pivot tables, basic formulas, advanced formatting techniques, and advance data manipulation skills• Proficiency in MS communication tools: MS Word, Outlook, Teams Meeting• Proficiency in Oracle Fusion Procurement modules will be a plusWork Location:Chennai:WNS Global Services (P) Ltd Block 10, DLF IT Park, 10th Floor 1/124 Shivaji Gardens, Moonlight Stop, RamapuramNandambakkam Post, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600089