Aroop Ramanathan
Bangalore
Summary
Results-oriented professional with extensive experience in supply chain, risk management, sourcing, contract management, IT project management, inventory control, and procurement operations. Adaptable and transformational, able to work independently to create effective presentations and develop opportunities that align with organizational goals. Proficient in MS Office, SAP Ariba, Coupa and internet applications.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Manager
KPMG Global Services
07.2022 - Current
- Responsible for managing all the Technology Contracts for US & Global Advisory.
- Oversee and manage all U.S. and global technology contracts, ensuring compliance and operational continuity.
- Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Asset Management teams to ensure timely renewals of third-party agreements, avoiding service disruptions.
- Act as the primary liaison for Procurement and internal Advisory business stakeholders on all contract-related inquiries, including IT and professional services agreements.
- Support business teams in the renewal of software licenses by analyzing current usage trends and aligning with future forecasts.
- Partner with the Cost Optimization team to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities related to third-party tools and services.
- Work closely with Enterprise Architecture teams to evaluate new technology solutions and conduct alternative analysis for potential adoption.
- Lead project management efforts for key enterprise platforms including Microsoft 365, SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow (SNOW).
- Serve as the interface between Advisory business units and the Global Technology organization to ensure alignment on enterprise platform requirements and solutions.
- Drive strategic discussions and roadmap planning sessions with Technology teams to support Advisory business goals.
- Create and manage purchase requisitions in Coupa, ensuring full approval from all relevant business stakeholders.
- Delivered significant cost savings of $57K in FY23 and $1.2M in FY24 through effective contract negotiations and renewals.
- Developed a Power BI-based software renewal dashboard, offering stakeholders a forward-looking view of contract renewal timelines and status.
Technical Lead
Wipro Technologies
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Responsible for managing the overall governance for Technology Risk Assessment in group CISO.
- Manage and maintain the overall inventory of application in Wipro’s landscape.
- Assess third party vendors to onboard new SaaS based applications.
- Maintain the asset inventory of all applications for CMDB service now auto discovery.
- Assist the GRC team to perform Service Mapping of applications in Service now.
- Conduct training sessions for Wipro leadership and senior management on ServiceNow adaptation.
- Work closely with application development team to implement security controls for newly developed applications and classify the applications in the inventory based on the severity.
- Track and maintain the Risk posture of Technology on weekly basis.
- Prepare weekly dashboard on overall security posture of technology risk assessment for senior management.
- Conduct weekly scrum meetings to set expectations and address escalations.
- Maintain the Risk register and track all critical / High / Medium issues highlighted till closure.
- Support ISO and internal audit teams with evidence whenever necessary.
Senior Process Analyst
Boeing India Private Limited
05.2019 - 03.2021
- Responsible for managing the strategic sourcing efforts and vendor performance for Boeing IT.
- Analyze and consult on requirements for IT products and services and facilitate Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Procurement (RFP) processes, including developing Statement of Work (SOW) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to meet business requirements.
- Develop sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional and industry teams to implement sourcing strategies, and make recommendation to improve business strategies and practices.
- Develop strategies to optimize the placement of work internally and externally to best meet business goals and objectives.
- Evaluate supplier technical bids and assess business cases. Develop supplier capabilities to handle the IT work statement, create strategies for supplier segmentation and supply base rationalization, and support supplier development for strategic partners.
- Coordinate the integration of multiple, complex supplier products and services across service delivery organizations, and manage complex enterprise-level stakeholder relationships through sourcing lifecycle and governance processes.
- Supplier scorecard creation and evaluation of the supplier on a monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Help Indirect supply chain in contract renewals and negotiations.
- Identify and minimize revenue leakage for the organization by reviewing legacy connections and payment method optimization.
- Support DCAA audits wherever necessary.
- Identify and mitigate sourcing related risks.
- Perform invoicing and validation for vendors ensuring Boeing terms and conditions are applied to all activities.
- Develop processes for and audit supplier billing and reconciliation.
- Successfully cleared 6-month Invoice backlogs and managed to get Supplier Monthly Performance meetings back on track.
- Was involved in the renewal process of 200+ Task orders related to IT suppliers.
- Responsible for creation of 500+ purchase requisitions and review of 1000+ Purchase orders.
- Involved in financial savings of 9 million USD in the year 2019.
IT Project Manager (Risk and Compliance)
IBM India Private Limited
07.2016 - 04.2019
- Lead a pool of AG accounts to reduce the manual effort of server admin and compliance focal for assigned pool of accounts.
- Track project status through JIRA.
- Involved in developing SQL code to automate the security settings and reducing the manual effort.
- Oversee Server Security posture of assigned client servers. Maintaining the security settings of the servers compliant by performing Health check on regular interval as per the Security Document.
- Ensuring audit readiness and compliance of the customer infrastructure.
- Getting confirmation of security document up gradation from information security advisor and implement technical specification as per new security document.
- Raising problem ticket on respective Platform teams while finding any deviation from process and suggest methods to fix it.
- Publish weekly CIRATS dashboard for complete shared services (NA GEO).
Procurement Agent
IBM India Private Limited
09.2015 - 06.2016
- Sources of supply and monitoring supplier performance.
- Obtaining required parts, equipment and materials, verifying receipt of items, and authorizing payment.
- Supervised supply chain timelines against project requirements for timely delivery of products.
- Cooperated with end user, suppliers, and management regarding inspections and delivery of products, payment of invoices, and issue resolution.
Technical Support Representative
IBM India Private Limited
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Maintain Service Level commitments to all the activities handled for the accounts supported as per the agreed customer requirements & to review productivity service level and quality results against set targets.
- Pool variation analysis across the service line. Analyze the incoming workload pool wise, Do a comparative study SA wise. Incoming volume data study (Ticket Distribution Analysis of Staffing Levels).
Education
B.E - Information Science and Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning
Distance Learning07-2017
Skills
- SAP Ariba
- Coupa
- OpenText
- Service Now
- PowerBI
- MS Office suite
- Supply Chain Management
- Change Management
- Contract management
- Demand Management
- Incident Management
- Inventory Management
- Supplier Score Card creation
- Vendor Management
- Lean Management
- Communication Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Project management
- JIRA
Certification
- PG Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning
- PRINCE2 foundation and Practitioner certified in Project Management, Axelos
- Certificate program in Supply chain management, Manipal ProLearn
- Lean Management Certified
- ITIL v3 foundation certified
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
Accomplishments
- Recovered USD 200K of duplicate payments made to Suppliers in a total spend of USD 2M while clearing 6-month invoice backlog and Awarded Pride@Boeing Achievement Award for the same.
- Successfully cleared external audits with a zero defect report for 2 major financial 10 FTE accounts and was Awarded Bravo for the same.
- Awarded IBM Wall of fame for not missing an SLA for 11 months straight.
Languages
English
Hindi
Kannada
Tamil
Skills
SAP Ariba, Coupa, OpenText, Service Now, PowerBI, MS Office suite, Supply Chain Management, Change Management, Contract management, Incident Management, Inventory Management, Supplier Score Card creation, Vendor Management, Lean Management, Communication Management, Strategic Sourcing, Project management, JIRA, PDCA cycle, JIT manufacturing technique, Kanban, 6s, Kaizen, SDLC, Agile, Waterfall model
Hobbies and Interests
- Trekking
- Photography
- Rare Music Collection
Personal Information
- Total Experience: 7.7 Years
- Date of Birth: 03/30/91
Timeline
Assistant Manager
KPMG Global Services
07.2022 - Current
Technical Lead
Wipro Technologies
03.2021 - 07.2022
Senior Process Analyst
Boeing India Private Limited
05.2019 - 03.2021
IT Project Manager (Risk and Compliance)
IBM India Private Limited
07.2016 - 04.2019
Procurement Agent
IBM India Private Limited
09.2015 - 06.2016
Technical Support Representative
IBM India Private Limited
06.2014 - 08.2015
B.E - Information Science and Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Symbiosis Center For Distance Learning
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