| Candidate Information | | Title | Strategic Sourcing Information Technology | | Target Location | US-TX-Dallas | | Email | Available with paid plan |
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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateExecutive ProfileA competent and result-oriented professional with nearly 16 years of experience in Purchase Operations, Global Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Material Procurement, Spend Analysis, Warehousing, Negotiations, Vendor Development, Vendor Rating, Sourcing_Procurement Consulting & Solution design, and Freight System Logistics; success in devising and executing business strategies to achieve top-line & bottom-line profitability; performed sourcing with Automobile, FMCG, Hospital, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Services IndustriesDesigned multiple Categorization engine, Spend Engine, AI based Sourcing & Procurement Business Solutions for multiple clients.Passionate leader with Employee first attitude; Relatively high employee engagement scoresSuccessfully sourced over multiple $ MM in spending & achieved over $33 MM in savings through Category management & Strategic Sourcing including Current and last role. Handled Multiple Category- Maintenance Repair & Operations, Professional& Financial Services CAPEX, Facilities Operating & Maintenance Services, Logistics, Warehouse & Packaging, Travel, Human Resource Services, Information Technology and more.Expertise in formulating & implementing procurement strategy and controlling all requisite techno-commercial activities such as development of vendors, evaluation, negotiation, recommendation, ordering, inspection, expediting & tracking, reporting and payment processingRich onsite experience of multiple successful sourcing projects in, USA, Mxico, European Countries and China. USA Visa Valid till 2024Successful in Sourcing (Vendor & Contract Mgmt.), Supply Chain & Commercial Operations Management, Greenfield/ Brownfield Project Management, Manufacturing Planning & Excellence, Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization and Workforce & People ManagementDelivered competitive advantage by enhancing operational effectiveness of business units, maximizing plant profits, minimizing costs, uncovering underlying issuesEfficient organizer skilled in inducing valuable efficiency enhancements and managing a wide spectrum of tasks across the supply chain processes along with knowledge of latest trends and control techniquesExpertise in setting strategic goals, making decisions, and enabling smooth day-to-day business activitiesRich onsite experience of executing more than 12 successful process transitions and Business & Solution design (Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Spend analysis, Procurement Operation) from America, European Countries and China.Pivotal in developing the sourcing strategy with focus on transforming the function into a value creation group by working in collaboration with stakeholders, cross-function partners, strategic supplier alliances to generate year-over-year productivitySuccessfully executed global and/or local strategies, working towards the development and management of a strategic sourcing pipelineProficient in MS Office Package, Windows 98/2000/XP, ERP Ramco, TPCS, and SAP MM,Citrix,Coupa, Zycus, Fairmarkit,AribaProficient in sourcing & procurement; managing cost saving analysis, vendor development, feature comparisons, negotiation/commercials with vendors and maintaining vendor database; conducting quarterly evaluation and categorization of suppliers and taking corrective/preventive actionsProven track record of representing the companys values in terms of Quality, Flexibility, Honesty, Accountability, Teamwork and RespectResourceful in executing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in terms of procurement cost through localization, and cost negotiationHands-on experience in developing long-term partnerships with suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing daily supplier performance, identifying discrepancies, and taking corrective measures to avoid the sameSkilled in identifying & developing potential vendors and assessing the performance of the suppliers based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit termsExpert in conducting Porter's forces Analysis, Pareto AnalysisEducation & CredentialsMBA (Supply Chain Management) from NCIM, Madras University in 2005Bachelor of Business Administration from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli in 2003Key Impact AreasTeam ManagementStrategic Sourcing & Category MgtMarket Research, Vendor DevelopmentSpend AnalysisRFI, RFP, RFQ Design & AnalysisCost Reduction & OptimizationShould-be-Cost AnalysisPrice Benchmarking, Baseline AnalysisPlanning & Budget ManagementPurchase OperationsStrategy FormulationProject ExecutionMaterials ManagementContract ManagementSoft SkillsCareer TimelineNotable Accomplishments Across the CareerDriving Savings across all categories of spend handled ranging from 5% to 32% of total handled spend thru strategic Sourcing and Category management.Designed multiple Categorization engine, Spend Engine, AI based Sourcing & Procurement Business Solutions for multiple clients.Designed, Implemented, and launched class defining Autonomous Sourcing SolutionsSubject matter Expert on software products sourcing optimization, AI Chat Bot (PR to PO Manual touchless Conversion, Fairmarkit, Tail spend Optimization tool and familiar with enterprise SaaS ecosystem.In last role as a lead of pilot Tail Spend Management (TSM) project with initial scope of $200MM, successfully delivered the savings of $ 7MM. This resulted in scaling-up and to manage the overall portfolio of $2Bn. Additionally opened newer areas in sourcing and Procurement projects for 35+FTE.Successfully developed and established new AI based Procurement process under Digital Delivery capabilities. AI based PR creation via chatbot and touch less PR to PO process thru Coupa and FairmarkitExecutive leader with 15+ years of hands-on multi-commodity expertise, managing spend of over $2B with over $25 MM of savings delivered via engagements across multiple Fortune 500 companies.Executed 50+ Strategic Procurement projects with average spend of $2.5M and highest spend being $45MSkilled in the development of cost saving methods and profitability strategies for all components of projects across commodities and industries.Instrumental in aligning business plans to enhance productivity, and using hands-on experience for creating business improvements in diverse, multicultural environmentsLed a team of category management professionals providing oversight and assuming accountability for the annual strategic plans across client accounts (savings target and supply risk mitigation)Promoted data-driven decision-making requiring timely, accurate, and actionable intelligenceLed commercial and legal contracts negotiation with a focus on mitigating risk, while acting as a trusted partner for the client legal and risk management teamsLed cost reduction and improvement initiatives that encompassed Strategic Souring, process improvement, policy amendments, supplier management, working capital optimization, among othersDeveloped and implemented standard engagement methodologies, including consulting frameworks, tools, benchmark data and Total Cost of Ownership models for MRO, Corporate Services categories, and many moreBusiness intelligence and Big data solutions (Spend Assessment and Analytics) for Opportunity AssessmentsDesigned and implemented Project Management Tool to standardize sourcing processes and capture required approvalsOrganizational ExperienceMay21-Oct23: Genpact India Pvt Ltd- Assistance Vice President Strategic Sourcing(Direct/Indirect Materials/Service, Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Category Management, Business )Role:Lead and Manage Sourcing and Category, Contract Management initiatives across multiple clients to drive cost savingsLead Business intelligence and Big data solutions (Spend Assessment and Analytics) for Opportunity Assessments, and Sourcing project Pipeline creationCreated team vision, goals, and structure; managed all aspects of talent acquisition and global trainingVendor consolidation, management, and development via detailed spend analytics and score cardingImplement Lean storeroom solutions with Just in Time deliveryProcess improvements and optimization to drive efficiencies via process and value stream mappingImplement industry best practices in ProcurementDevelop and deliver customer specific Executive dashboards to track and analyse savings metricsCreate order forms/draft proposals in sales cyclesSet up and drive Steering committee and Governance meeting with management, stakeholders, Operations, and project managementLead Weekly- Bimonthly Governance call reviewing -Weekly/Monthly KPI Metrics, Project Wave plan, Utilization, Savings projected vs Actuals and other operational discussion with Multiple Stakeholders.Supported multiple customers in their lean engineering and 6 sigma initiatives as a procurement champion.Manage cross functional team comprising of MIS, Market Intelligence, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Contract services, Operations and Project ImplementationSME for In-house Spend Assessment Tool, provide commodity specific data for machine learningProvide educational and learning opportunities to internal colleagues and external clients on industry trends, supplier landscape changes, and market intel within categories of expertiseSupport revenue growth by leveraging category expertise to support new sales and drive significant client business valueHelp Build company brand in the market as the premier sourcing and category management service provider by representation at events, authoring papers, thought leadership in appropriate forumsDevelop new and innovative tools that can enhance our category management process both internally and for our services offerings.Excellent people management ability including Talent Management, Career planning, Retention, Skill building etc. working along with support teamConducting Performance appraisal /Ensuring consistency in teams performanceImplementation of efficient processes, quality initiatives, adoptions of the best methods and achieve continuous improvements in proficiency.Meet all contractual metrics such as SLAs, Project work, Reporting etc. Managing strategies, tactics and KPIs outlined in the business plansDeveloping & communicating strategies, plan, timelines, KPIs to stakeholders and vendors to meet their respective targetsExhibiting an attentive regard of administrative detailing, developing operational policies, and introducing process improvements for total quality managementMaking recommendations to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of operationsPlanning, analysing, and developing various supply chain strategiesFacilitating the achievement of bottom-line results by reducing operational costs, effectively distributing workload, and implementing quality control proceduresDirecting company-wide sourcing initiatives in spend management with a plan to reduce costsDriving the team in, preparing, and executing the RFx process; assisting other Sourcing Category Managers in developing and executing the Category PlansSkilled in identifying clearly what drives 80+% or Lion Share of SpendTaking responsibility for acquisition and procurement of goods and services on business criticalLead & drive team to Conduct industrial benchmarking exercise to ensure a competitive on-going advantageLead & drive team to Frame Should be cost Model for optimum price and negotiations.Drive team to establish long-term partnerships with suppliers; managing day-to-day supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery, and quality normsAdministering supply chain activities for all project sites; ensuring timely delivery of material at project siteFacilitating vendor selection on high spend projectsExtending support in vendor development, material planning, budgeting as well as procurement of general consumablesAdministering effective inventory control for ensuring timely availability of materials as per the business requirements; contributing in revenue generation and profitabilityServed as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, provided best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspectiveAssisted the Global Category Lead with the development of the global sourcing strategies and worked with the regions to implement the sameLed sourcing events, collaborated with stakeholders to define scope, identified suppliers, and developed internal recommendationsBuilt and maintained supplier relationships with the objective of reducing costs and eliminating inefficienciesGenerated revenue through productivity initiatives, rebates and contract signing bonusesProvided strategic sourcing support for Special ProjectsSuccessfully managed suppliers and made improvements in total cost including terms, freight, unit cost, quality improvement and inventory reductionActed as core contributor in VSM (Value Stream Mapping) and COE (Centre of Excellence) projectImplemented a Lean Management Methodology, thereby ensuring optimum resource utilization especially with respect to inventory management and logisticsHelped in minimizing the production costs to the organization by implementing effective cost controls and other measures, thus ensuring very high ROIDeveloped relations with low-cost and efficient suppliers, thus ensured material availability and reduced the cost to the organizationSpearheaded material planning according to ABC analysis, VED analysis and FSN analysisPrevious ExperienceOct12- Feb'20: XEEVA Inc. (https://www.xeeva.com)(https://simfoni.com) (previously as Netlink Software Pvt. Ltd.) Bhopal as Sourcing Manager -(Indirect/Direct Materials/Service, Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Category Management)Jul11-May12: Flextronics Technologies, Chennai as Team Leader(Procurement Operations)Apr08-Jul11: Hewlett Packard, Chennai as Senior Process Associate /Team Leader(Procurement)Oct05-Apr08: Florind Shoes Pvt. Ltd., Chennai as Asst. Manager(Purchase)IT SkillsERP packages Ramco, SAP, BaaN, Coupa, Zycus,Fairmarkit, TPCS, MS Office Windows 98/2000/XPHIDAYATHULLAH.SEXECUTIVE PROFESSIONALStrategic Sourcing Spend Analysis Category Management Procurement Operations Supply Chain Management Indirect & Direct -Items & Services CAPEX OPEX Sourcing_Procurement Consulting & Solutions designEMAIL AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE (IND) Cell & WatsupPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEhttps://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLEFlextronics Technologies, Chennai as Team Leader (Procurement Operations) July'11-May'12Xeeva Inc. (Previously) Net link Software Pvt.Ltd. as Sourcing Manager Oct'12- Feb'20Florind Shoes Pvt. Ltd., Chennai as Asst. Manager (Purchase) -Oct 05-Apr'08Jul11-May12Oct12 -Feb'20 May21-Oct2023Genpact India Pvt LtdAssistance Vice PresidentStrategic Sourcing and Spend Analysis May'21-Oct23Hewlett Packard, Chennai as Senior Process Associate /Team Leader (Procurement)Apr'08-July'11Oct05-Apr08Apr08-Jul11Personal DetailsDate of Birth: 10th March 1982Languages Known: English, Tamil, Hindi and UrduAddress: Flat#401 Aroa Block, PBEL City, OMR Road, Thaiyur, Kellambakkam, Chennai 603103Passport No.:G6277362 |
