ANIL KUMAR

• Reduced procurement costs by implementing strategic sourcing initiatives and negotiating favorable contracts with suppliers.
• Collaborated with finance departments on budgeting and forecasting activities, ensuring accurate representation of procurement expenses and cost-saving opportunities.
• Oversaw contract administration activities, including drafting agreements, negotiating terms, managing renewals, and addressing disputes or discrepancies as needed.
• Coordinated vendor relationships for hardware procurement, maintenance contracts, and technical support services, resulting in cost savings and improved service quality.
• Identified opportunities for cost reductions by conducting thorough spend analyses on materials procurement processes as well as vendor negotiations where necessary.
• Managed procurement process for hardware and software solutions, negotiating favorable contracts while ensuring compatibility with existing systems.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors for cost-effective procurement of goods and services required by the business.
• Assisted in the evaluation and procurement of new hardware and software solutions, ensuring alignment with company goals and budget constraints.
• Handling Team size fo 6 members

• Leading vendor negotiations including business terms and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Managing procurement transactions for software, hardware and cloud services including contract renewals, growth and new technologies and services
• Tracking and monitoring savings and develop reports as needed through Power BI
• Negotiating with vendor in support of new contracts development and execution
• Responsible for all relevant documentation execution including contract signatures
• Partners with Legal on the contract lifecycle
• Demonstrated experience in global procurement of Software, hardware, and Cloud Services
• Supplier Onboarding through the Oracle and Metric stream
• Working closely with the supplier and with the legal team on the new Shortform agreements, Master service agreements, Software license agreements, Lease agreements, Indemnity letters SaaS contracts etc
• Supporting the team in creation of purchase requisitions
• Working on the Power BI tool for extracting the data and sharing with the respective team
• Floating RFQ’s and validating the quotations and preparing the comparison list for business visibility
• Performing pricing negotiation and also negotiating on payment terms as per the companies’ standard payments terms
• Negotiated contracts and agreements with suppliers to achieve best pricing and terms.
• Analyzed market trends and identified optimal sources of supply to maximize cost savings.
• Researched and identified potential new suppliers to increase vendor base.
• Maintained up-to-date database of suppliers, vendors and contracts to support accurate recordkeeping.
• Negotiate contracts with vendors, securing best prices and terms for materials, equipment and services.

• Entire PR- PO process is managed with end to end process
• Resolving invoice payment issues and making sure payments happen by the due date, Addressing invoice quires for accounts payable team
• Worked with the supplier on Bank guarantees
• And validating the Bank Guarantee and getting approval from finance team
• Publishing GRN VS payment tracker for entire team
• Publishing Open PO report for entire team
• Onboarding new suppliers and getting supporting documents from the supplier and creating Vendor master data
• Managing supplier data
• Performed cost analysis and evaluate of purchased services and supply contracts, identified savings opportunities, negotiated contracts, supported value Analysis process
• Developed and maintained relationships with all stake holders
• Managed supplier qualification, contract development, implementation, supplier selection, compliance and the ongoing supply management process
• Administered Purchase requests for supplier bids, quotes and proposals, negotiated price with suppliers and assigned to resolve disputes with suppliers
• Tasked with sourcing procurement of wastewater management projects such as pumps, Valves, Dosing system, Cartridge, Chemicals, Consumables and services as well as solicited and analyzed multiple purchasing proposals
• Working on time delivery material to be delivery time as per the PO
• Worked on payment terms and negotiating on payment terms with global suppliers
• Floating RFQ’s and getting quotes from the supplier and negotiating on the price.

• Spearheading gamut of operations entailing sourcing projects which involve identification of sourcing opportunities, spend and market analysis, Rfx, auction, Material Master and supplier performance management activities
• Providing necessary details to commercial for arranging Purchase Order; estimating & establishing cost parameters and budgets for purchases
• Maintaining excellent relations with the management and the vendors, creating a bridge and ensuring smooth operations
• Negotiating the best deal for pricing and supply contracts and ensuring that products and supplies are high quality
• Processing transactions and resolving customer & client queries
• Facilitating customers in placing the request for different vendors and various products
• Validating request and creating Purchase Orders on the basis of the request
• Ariba Upstream capabilities including Ariba Spend Visibility, Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Contract Management, Ariba Supplier Information & Performance Management
• Assist in resolving issues related to transmission of electronic documents via the Ariba Network and Ariba On Demand solutions
• Ariba Downstream capabilities including Ariba Procure to Pay, Ariba Procurement Content, Ariba Invoice Management, Payment Management and Discount Management
• Checking Price and Quantity Block Issues for Open Purchase Orders through SAP (ME22N) and processing blocked invoices and exceptional scenarios
• Liaising with suppliers to resolve missed deliveries, short shipments and pricing discrepancies and assisting team members in queries for processing
• Creating events for quotes and bids process
• Contacting minimum 3 - 5 vendors for particular request, after that awarding the best among them on the basis of price, delivery date, geographical location and payment terms
• Negotiating with vendors on the basis of payment terms and business provided and identifying suitable suppliers on the basis of previous order and resolving vendor queries
• Developing and executing the overall sourcing strategy, including influencing and aligning with the key business partners across IT and other business units
• Maintaining long-term contracts for regular consumables and developing excellent relationship with client and internal management and team all time
• Gathering general internal spend data, performing price updating in contracts and contract negations
• Working with applicable plant/location staff to study and resolve routine supplier issues
• Resolving invoicing queries and assisting accounts payables team
• Creating, updating and editing Material master in SAP
• Resolving issues in Material Master
• Material Management Master Data (Vendor / Material/ Source list/Info record/quota arrangement / condition records / service master etc
• Wide experience in developing various excel and pivot tables to maintain accuracy of all excel spreadsheets
• SOP's created in word
• Presentation regarding process updates through MS power point
• Highly skilled in outlook.

• Oversaw inventory control, accounting, and supply reports.
• Identified new and more cost-effective suppliers through participation in industry networking events, purchasing advantageous packages, and cutting costs.
• Maintained ongoing communication with suppliers to promote workflow and respond to inquiries.
• Maintained effective and lasting vendor relationships through dynamic communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.

· Developed PO’s PR to PO process, created shopping cart to PO process and developed MRP POs

· Performed end-to-end procure to pay process in procurement

· Requested for quotes from vendors through phone calls and e-mails

· Reported past due invoices to appropriate channels and executed invoice investigation process

· Analyzed lack of PO on invoices and documents and resolved the issue

· Performed order acknowledgement for the Purchase Orders created to ensure the vendor received the same through e-mails and calls

· Followed up on the overdue POs and expedited shipment for the delivery

· Functioned on Failed Fax and E-mail reports and resent the PO to the vendors to ensure the same are processed on time

· Maintained tracker and documentation thoroughly and accurately

· Worked with the Vendor Master Data team to ensure that the Master Data is updated with correct contact details

· Resolved blocks for invoice queries and issues for PO discrepancy

· Trained new joiners on the Order Acknowledgement, PR to PO, Invoice Investigation and performed GR monitoring processes to ensure that a backup is in place

· Established new vendors, performed modifications in vendor master data and updated vendor’s bank details

· Updated the prices and validated dates for the purchase info records

· Performed audit for new vendor set-up with vendor creation form, vendor verification form, supporting document and with the approval e-mails

· Negotiated the price and payment terms with the vendors through phone calls and e-mails

• Performed end-to-end procure to pay process in procurement
• Requested for quotes from vendors through phone calls and e-mails
• Analyzed lack of PO on invoices and documents and resolved the issue
• Performed order acknowledgement for the Purchase Orders created to ensure the vendor received the same through e-mails and calls
• Developed PO's PR to PO process, created shopping cart to PO process and developed MRP POs
• Negotiating the best deal for pricing and supply contracts and ensuring that products and supplies are high quality.