Aiyappa Kottangada
Procurement Manager
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Procurement professional with proven track record of streamlining purchasing processes, enhancing supplier relations, and reducing costs. Strong focus on team collaboration and flexibility in dynamic environments. Known for excellent negotiation skills and strategic planning abilities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Manager
LOWE’S Services India Private Limited
02.2023 - 01.2025
- To manage sourcing of all IT & NON-IT goods and services for Lowe’s internal consumption
- Taking care of all IT procurement process like Laptop, Desktop, Printer, Scanner, mouse, keyboard, Headsets, Mobile Phones, software’s, firewalls, Networking devices & AVVC.
- Taking care of all NON- IT procurement process like Repair & Maintenance of all - Electrical, Civil, Plumbing, Carpentry, Painting, Refilling of Fire extinguisher, UPS battery, HVAC low side, high side works & maintenance, lift maintenance, Electrical shutdown works & in-house projects like creating MR, workstation, interior works, office stationery & Tuck shop.
- Taking care of Annual contracts & AMC like Software-Hardware, Uniform, shoe, walkie-talkie, Transportation, Food, electrical equipment’s and HVAC AMC.
- Rate contract for MRO (Maintenance, Repairs & Operations) consumables like Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Fire Protection, painting, meter calibration, ups batteries, & People related consumables)
- To coordinate with various stakeholders involved in purchasing - primarily with Business/ Functional team members, Legal, Finance, Vendors, etc.
- Reviewing Purchase Requisitions for its correctness and understand the requirement in detail.
- Sourcing, processing, preparing comparatives, negotiation, and vendor finalization. Coordinating for PO approval, PO issuance and delivery follow ups.
- Keep a track record of contracts in progress & completed within the categories assigned.
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes and devise plans to implement the changes.
- Resolving day-to-day supply chain issues and promoting operational consistency.
Deputy Manager of Procurement
Quess Corp Limited
11.2021 - 01.2022
- Taking care of all procurement process like Repair & Maintenance of all - Electrical, Civil, Plumbing, Carpentry, Painting, Refilling of Fire extinguisher, UPS battery, HVAC low side, high side works & maintenance, lift maintenance, Electrical shutdown works & in-house projects, IT, office stationery & Tuck shop.
- Taking care of Annual contracts like Uniform, shoe, walkie-talkie, Transportation & Food.
- Rate contract for MRO (Maintenance, Repairs & Operations) consumables like Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Fire Protection, painting, meter calibration, ups batteries, & People related consumables)
- Follow up for vendor quotes & Price comparison.
- Negotiation with vendor for better pricing.
- Sharing final quotation with respective PO creators for creating orders.
- Follow up with PO creators for orders within TAT.
- Introducing /approaching to register new vendors.
- Coordinate with vendor to collect the necessary document for registration & submit to internal team to register in SAP.
- Maintaining vendor Data base.
- Vendor management.
- Handling vendor escalations.
Deputy Manager of Procurement
Embassy Services Pvt Ltd Bangalore
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Taking care of all MEPC, HVAC, R&M PR to PO (Repair & Maintenance of all Embassy tech parks & other commercial buildings - Electrical, Civil, Plumbing, Carpentry, Painting, Refilling of Fire extinguisher, UPS battery, HVAC low side, high side works & maintenance, lift maintenance, Electrical shutdown works & in-house projects)
- Taking care of Annual contracts like Manpower, Tanker Water supply, Cafeteria, DG Hiring & maintenance & Garbage clearance.
- Rate contract for MRO (Maintenance, Repairs & Operations) consumables like Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Fire Protection, Water/Sewage Treatment, Janitorial, painting, meter calibration, ups batteries, & People related consumables)
- Follow up for vendor quotes & Price comparison.
- Negotiation with vendor for better pricing.
- Sharing final quotation with respective PO creators for creating orders.
- Follow up with PO creators for orders within TAT.
- Introducing /Approaching to register new vendors.
- Coordinate with vendor to collect the necessary document for registration & submit to internal team to register in SAP.
- Maintaining vendor Data base.
- Vendor management.
- Handling vendor escalations.
- Maintaining savings Tracker.
- Tracking and follow up with Finance team until payment releases to vendor.
Assistant Manager of Procurement (IFM)
IBM India Pvt Ltd Bangalore
06.2013 - 08.2018
- Follow ups for vendor Quote as per client requirement for the awarded Project.
- Price comparison of vendor’s quote.
- Negotiation with vendor for better pricing.
- Preparation of JLL Offers after receiving the quotes from vendor and follow up for the best offer price, Follow up for acceptance from Vendors.
- Submissions of JLL final Offer with revised quotation from Vendor and submit to IBM for approvals, after the approvals from IBM, the Purchase Order will be raised from JLL to Vendors with the annexure and T&C.
- Creating purchase order through JDE tool (Oracle) for finalized vendors.
- Coordinating with APAC team for matching vendor invoice with Purchase Order.
- Interacting / follow ups with APAC for receiving confirmation, once receive the confirmation from APAC team, submit the vendor invoice to Finance team for Payment process.
- Tracking and follow up with Finance team until payment releases to vendor.
- Introducing /Approaching to register new vendor to Jones Lang Lasalle.
- Coordinate with vendor to collect the necessary document for registration & submit to internal team to register in DAB.
- Sending unsuccessful letter to vendors who were participated in bid.
- Maintaining the Purchase Order / Vendors invoice tracker.
- Maintaining vendor Data base.
- Vendor management.
- Handling vendor escalations.
- Internal Auditing (Inventory, in house projects & Labour compliance)
- Maintaining IBM PO Tracker.
- Solving JDE PO issues with GR and site Teams.
- Follow up for adhoc quotes from sites (Emergency Clause only)
- Maintaining & Providing IBM PO soft copies and sharing the same when requested by the site team.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Diploma in Hotel Management - undefined
catering Technology
Skills
MS-Office (MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint)
undefinedTimeline
Procurement Manager
LOWE’S Services India Private Limited
02.2023 - 01.2025
Deputy Manager of Procurement
Quess Corp Limited
11.2021 - 01.2022
Deputy Manager of Procurement
Embassy Services Pvt Ltd Bangalore
09.2018 - 03.2020
Assistant Manager of Procurement (IFM)
IBM India Pvt Ltd Bangalore
06.2013 - 08.2018
Diploma in Hotel Management - undefined
catering Technology
Bachelor of Business Administration -
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