Source to Contract Associate - Procurement Services (SaaS/Tech)

WNS Procurement, part of Capgemini, is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across multiple industries.  WNS Procurement, a strategic business unit within WNS, Part of Capgemini is a market leader in procurement transformation & advisory, managed services, intelligence and analytics, and digital tools. Our mission is to enable procurement to become the top value creator in the business by implementing transformational operating models that are category-driven, insight-led, and digitally enabled.   Why Join WNS Procurement?   Client-Centric Approach: Help clients achieve their business goals by implementing customized, next-generation procurement solutions.   Collaborative Culture: Join a diverse and inclusive workplace where teamwork and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.   Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that leverages cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights to revolutionize procurement processes.   Global Impact: Work with leading global companies and make a significant impact on their procurement strategies.   Career Growth: We offer extensive professional development opportunities, ensuring that you grow alongside the company.  ob Title: Source to Contract Associate Location: Remote Employment Type: Fill Time Industry: Procurement Services - SaaS/Tech Experience Level: Entry-Level 🧭 About the Role We are seeking a Source to Contract Associate to join our team and contribute to a client sourcing service delivery team, managing the development and execution of sourcing projects of various complexity levels. The Sourcing Associate is responsible for executing simple to complex sourcing projects, from start to finish, including but not limited to – validating sourcing requests per client guidelines, analyzing requirements for the bid packages, communicating with client requesters to close any data gaps, preparing and publishing the package to the identified suppliers for bidding purposes, following up with suppliers to ensure adequate participation, analyzing and summarizing proposals, coordinating evaluation of suppliers and facilitating decision makings. The ideal candidate will possess Source to Contract experience and skills: negotiation of software contracts, process project management, effective communication skills. This person should also be self driven, independent, resourceful and adaptive. 💼 Key Responsibilities Sourcing/Contract Execution: Provides sourcing services (RFx, reverse auctions, negotiations)  to our clients based on predefined service levels, managing 5-12 simple to complex projects simultaneously with limited supervision/guidance or independently   Once a project request is received, assess completeness of requirements, perform due diligence and validation, follow up with the requestor to obtain further project details, answer any process related questions, and provide updates on project status   Lead and execute the WNS sourcing process from start to finish, e.g., spend data collection and analysis, supply market analysis and supplier discovery if needed, RFx development, publishing and management, reverse auctions, negotiations, bid response analysis and synthesis   Complete negotiations in software environment and credit based system enterprise licensing. Tech, SaaS, Professional Services, and Corporate Services deals. Manage suppliers during the sourcing process, including conducting supplier orientation and training on the sourcing process, following up with suppliers on milestone activities  Perform in depth analysis of proposals submitted, facilitate supplier evaluations, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and present to the client in a concise manner  Process Improvement  Develop and/or customize various templates such as RFx, pricing, and proposal evaluation  Identify areas of process inefficiencies and suggest improvements to management to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Denali processes  Client and Project Management  Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation   Collaborate with Client Category Managers and/or WNS SMEs on project strategy and determine sourcing approach and methodology to be applied based on the strategy  Required Qualifications ✅ Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree  Minimum 2-3 years of work experience in procurement, sourcing, operations, or supply chain  Procurement Functional/Technical Skills:  Strong Sourcing skills, including sourcing methodology and process, eSourcing technology, RFX development and management  Familiarity with various best practice sourcing approaches and techniques  Strong analytical skills and ability to work with data in Excel using pivot tables and various other key Excel functions to analyze, organize and present data  Ability to synthesize data, draw conclusion, and make recommendations based on understanding of client objectives and requirements  Proficiency of one or more eSourcing tools  (e.g., Ariba, Procuri, Iasta, Zycus, ERP eSourcing module) CLAUDE IS PREFERRED Basic to intermediate negotiation skills in software environment and credit based system enterprise licensing. Tech, SaaS, Professional Services, and Corporate Services deals. Understanding of retail store specific categories and their pricing/cost structures, terminology, key vendors, key requirements, typical sourcing levers, etc.  Business Fundamentals:  Excellent written and verbal communication skills  Demonstrated teamwork Excellent project management skills including project planning, time management, multitasking, critical path