AKHIL K JOSE
Summary
An organized, motivated, and Results-driven personnel capable of time management and working under pressure in all environments currently in the look for Sourcing, Portfolio management roles. Enjoying the journey with Merck group from May 2018 in the IT purchasing function (Vendor management). Having commendable work experience in Purchasing,contractor management, process management, preparing and analyzing complex reports. Creative thinker and quick resolver, loves music and drives. Very collaborative team player always willing to embrace changes and adapt with overall 6 years of corporate work experience.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Purchasing Analyst
Merck Group
05.2018 - Current
• Excellent knowledge on P2P, External contractor management, Hardware/License purchase. (SOW review, E-Sign, PR, and PO creation, XMUID creation and management, Time sheet validation, PO Closure, and Invoice approvals). Contractor extension, off-boarding and supplier relationship management.
• Purchase request creations on various ERP systems (Ariba, SAP NOW, SAP Tempo, SAP P16, SAP NEO and Oracle I procurement) under different entities for the procurement of materials as well as external human resources. These requests are routed through Email, K2 cost book, JIRA, and SNOW.
• Invoice approvals in different applications (RFA, SAP VM and Pay solutions).
• Process improvements on regular needs, planning and executing upgrades to existing applications and practices. Evaluated and implemented new technology solutions to improve resource data collection and analysis.
• Preparation of quarterly and annual Accrual report for Bangalore based consultants. Good at reporting, preparing monthly reports for the different departments and on demand.
• Supplier POC for payment grievances, process clarifications, Purchase Order.
• Escalation management on various levels, spontaneous decision making and effective team handling.
• Preparation and modification of process documents based on needs.
Trainee Process consultant
Hinduja Global Solutions
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Internal audit member for the claims processing team
- Collaborated with employees from various backgrounds.
- Enrollment of new case policies and Level Funded Premium policies.
- Ekalavya- Best Trainee Award
- Top Gun Award ( Highest production with 100% quality)
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance and Taxation
Christ College - Mahatma Gandhi University
Kattappana, Kerala09.2017
Skills
- Vendor Relationship management,
- Process improvements
- Network building and collaborative working
- PR and PO- SAP (Ariba,NEO,P16,PRD,PRE,P80) and Oracle Iprocurement
- Purchasing Processes and VMO operations knowledge
- AR/AP/Buyer process knowledge
- Microsoft office proficiency
- Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop
- Software expertise: Atlassian JIRA,SNOW,PPMC
- SNOW Matrix Management,HPSM
- Invoice Verification : RFA,Pay solutions,Markview,SAP VIM
Additional Information
Part time shared Support - IT Service Continuity Management - Matrix management
From: Jun - Oct 2022
- Worked with IT-G department as an interim support on their Servicenow Matrix management team
- As part of group clean up activity, identified and removed inactive members from ServiceNow assignment groups (Reduced the number from 2000 plus to less than 10).
- Day to day tasks -Assignment group creation,Modification,deactivation,Matrix lines creation,Modification and deactivation.
- Took part of Assignment group renaming project. Interacted with group owners to understand the need of groups, framed and proposed new names and completed.
- Spot light award - Oct 2022
Affiliations
- Scrum Master Certification - The Knowledge Academy
- Software Asset management- Udemy
- Financial Modeling and Forecasting Financial Statements- LinkedIn
- Fundamentals of project management (PM) – Workshop
- How to use Agile methodologies in Project Management(PM) - Workshop
- Microsoft Excel - Udemy
Timeline
Purchasing Analyst
Merck Group
05.2018 - Current
Trainee Process consultant
Hinduja Global Solutions
08.2017 - 05.2018
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance and Taxation
Christ College - Mahatma Gandhi University
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