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Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Procurement Manager to lead sourcing and supplier contract management across our global software portfolio, including SaaS and enterprise applications. This role is part of the Procurement Operations team in Bangalore and partners closely with global stakeholders to deliver commercial value, strengthen supplier performance, and ensure high standards of governance, risk management, and compliance.

This role also plays a key part in enabling responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Category Strategy & Sourcing

Develop and execute sourcing strategies across software categories (SaaS, enterprise tools, engineering applications) as well as system integration professional services for software implementation
Lead end-to-end sourcing: RFPs, renewals, supplier selection, and negotiations
Drive cost optimization through demand consolidation, pricing strategies, and commercial structuring
Use market intelligence and spend insights to inform sourcing decisions
Collaborate with Technology Procurement leadership and Category Managers to align strategies and drive enterprise outcomes

Supplier Management & Governance

Manage key supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, and value
Ensure robust supplier governance, including risk, security, and compliance adherence
Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance teams to manage supplier risk and due diligence
Drive accountability on contractual commitments and issue resolution

AI & Technology Governance

Evaluate and onboard AI/GenAI-enabled software suppliers with structured governance
Ensure alignment with enterprise standards for data privacy, security, and compliance
Embed governance and risk controls into sourcing and contracting processes
Position Procurement as a key control point for enterprise AI governance, ensuring consistent evaluation and monitoring of AI/GenAI vendors

Stakeholder Collaboration

Partner with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal, Security, and Go-To-Market business teams
Act as a trusted advisor on sourcing strategy, supplier selection, and commercial models
Support planning and forecasting of software spend
Drive alignment across stakeholders on sourcing decisions, risks, and trade-offs
Work closely with Technology Procurement leadership and Category Managers on priorities and escalations

Team Leadership

Lead and develop a team of 4 sourcing professionals
Drive performance, accountability, and capability development
Foster a high-performance, collaborative team environment

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field (MBA preferred)
12–14 years of procurement experience, with a focus on software sourcing
Strong experience in SaaS and software licensing negotiations
Proven people leadership experience
Solid understanding of supplier risk, compliance, and contracting

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a global technology organization
Exposure to AI/GenAI and implications on sourcing and governance
Familiarity with procurement tools and analytics platforms
Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills

Impact

Deliver cost savings and commercial value across software spend
Strengthen supplier performance and risk management
Improve procurement efficiency and stakeholder experience
Build a high-performing, category-focused team
Establish Procurement as a key control point for enterprise AI governance across third-party software ecosystems, ensuring structured onboarding and oversight aligned to risk and compliance standard.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.

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