Cost Control - Indirect & IT

Title of the position: Cost Control - Indirect & IT

Location: Bengaluru, Sarjapur Office

Travel Required: Yes

About The Business

Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) is a greenfield venture of the Tata Group with expertise in manufacturing precision components.

Tata Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) is building India’s first AI-enabled state-of-the-art Semiconductor Foundry. This facility will produce chips for applications such as power management IC, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCU) and high-performance computing logic, addressing the growing demand in markets such as automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications and artificial intelligence.

Tata Electronics is a subsidiary of the Tata group. The Tata Group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with the mission 'To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long term stakeholder value creation based on leadership with Trust.’

Responsibilities

• Knowledge on Information Technology category strategy for Data Center, network, compute, storage, backup, Disaster Recovery (DR), cloud, enterprise software, factory/Operational Technology (OT) systems (e.g., Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Building Management System (BMS)), cybersecurity, Engineering/EDA tools (if applicable), and End User Computing (EUC).

• Own annual/rolling Information Technology budgets, should cost models, benchmarking, and business cases; partner with Finance Controllers for capitalization and depreciation policies.

• Lead market scans, vendor shortlists, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vs partner strategies; run RFPs/RFIs/RFQs and commercial/technical evaluations with clear scorecards.

• Negotiate Master Services Agreements (MSA), Statements of Work (SOW), Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC)/Comprehensive Maintenance Contracts (CMC), warranties, spares, penalties/service credits, service level terms, and exit provisions.

• Manage software licensing (subscription, enterprise agreements, node locked, floating, named/concurrent), true ups/true downs, audit defence, and compliance.

• Track and govern Capex/Opex, variance analysis, and unit cost dashboards; drive demand shaping and spec optimization.

• Implement total cost of ownership (TCO) & should cost models for core categories (e.g., racks, power/cooling, servers, storage tiers, interconnects, cloud services, backup licenses).

• For Data Centere: Techno commercial knowledge on racks, power distribution, cooling, Structured Cabling, Network (LAN/WAN/SD WAN), firewalls, servers, GPUs/HPC, SAN/NAS, backup, Disaster Recovery, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), monitoring, and managed services.

• For FAB/OT: collaborate with Projects/Facilities/Manufacturing Information Technology for shop floor connectivity, cleanroom Information Technology, MES, SCADA, BMS, time sensitive networks, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) gateways, cybersecurity for OT, and HPC/storage used by design/test.

• For Cloud: negotiate reserved instances, savings plans, data egress terms; enforce tagging, budget alerts, Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) policies.

• Build dashboards for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): savings, cycle times, license utilization, support metrics, SLA adherence, and vendor risk.

Essential Attributes

• Demonstrated techno‑commercial acumen: translating technical specs into commercial levers (lifecycle, energy, space, cooling, redundancy, performance).
• Strong experience with contracts, license models, support/maintenance constructs, and service level frameworks.
• Proven cost control and budget governance experience within Finance.
• Exposure to semiconductor/FAB or mission‑critical facilities (pharma, hyperscale Data Center, telecom).
• Hands‑on with ERP (SAP/Oracle), e‑procurement (Ariba/Coupa), Contract Lifecycle Management (Icertis/Coupa CLM), ServiceNow, Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) dashboards, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Engineering—Computer Science/Information Technology/Electronics/Electrical—or Commerce/Finance/CA/Auditor with strong Information Technology orientation).
• 8+ years in Information Technology procurement/sourcing with at least 5 years owning Data Center and enterprise software categories.

Desired Experience Level : 8 to 12 years