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DINAKER RAJAVEL

Hyderabad

Summary

Driving operational excellence through Business Process Management and effective people engagement A result oriented professional with experience of 15+ years in Operations, Sourcing and Category Management Reporting, Pre-Sales, Solution Design and Transition Management Out-of-the box strategic thinking capability, solutions-oriented approach to realize organizations visions for excellence in all aspects of operations, driving sustainable improvements in business fundamentals. Skilled in Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Selection/Evaluation, Spend Analysis, Category Management and Operations Management, Process to Pay, Order to Cash Exposure to working in different E-Sourcing platform, Oracle Applications, IBM AS400, SAP, Ariba, Qlik View, Smart, 5.0, P4U, Emptoris, Tableau Hands on experience on Daily operations, continuous process improvements and exceptional inter personal skills with subordinates, clients and stakeholders on Daily/Weekly/Monthly basis Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with proven abilities in team management and customer relationship management Dedicated focus on business integrity, operational synergy, resource optimization, customer and stakeholder satisfaction

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sourcing Specialist, Staff

Qualcomm India Private Limited
Hyderabad
08.2018 - Current
  • Identify and implement sourcing strategies from concept through complete demand management delivery for IT Hardware/Data Centre Operations/ Facility Management and Training Category
  • Work closely with inter-functional teams like Logistics, FCPA, Data Security, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Product Management teams to achieve significant cost savings and stakeholder satisfaction
  • Regional Category Manager for Qualcomm Europe-QREF and responsible for managing the Lease Renewals, Facility Management, Utility and Security Services
  • Create regional category in accordance with the Global Strategy in delivering cost optimization
  • Weekly connects with strategic vendors along with the respective business leads to address open issues and align on upcoming priority projects
  • Rationalizing supplier base by partnering with regional and global business partners
  • Driving cost savings, competitive pricing and lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
  • Part of the pilot team to implement automated purchase to meet the end objective of intelligent sourcing of tail spend activities for North America
  • Single point of contact to ensure all Data Centre Operational annual maintenance contracts, HVAC, and the related spares and equipment's are appropriately sourced, contracted, stocked and delivered in a timely manner
  • Coordinated with department heads to identify areas of improvement, develop strategies for success, and measure results.
  • Created policies and procedures focused on streamlining operations while maintaining quality standards.

Manager

GENPACT
Hyderabad
04.2017 - 08.2018
  • Managed IT, Facility Operations, Professional Services Consulting for a leading Global bank
  • Lead a team of 14 highly skilled strategic sourcing team members and operational buyers and 8 Requisition Management associates
  • Manage the entire on-boarding activities for Procurement Sourcing, Requisition Management Service Lines
  • Part of the hiring team and conduct technical interviews for the account
  • Was an integral part of the transition management team and supported all the toll gate deliverables and ensure commercial billing isn't affected
  • Lead the Operational Volumes call, conduct refresher trainings for the team
  • Responsible for Sourcing Execution and ensure all projects meet the deadline
  • Experienced in client stakeholder management- Lead calls with in-country BPO, MENA and UK Region Head of Procurement, to validate the KPI's and the agreed SLA's

Category Management: Assistant Manager

Accenture
Hyderabad
11.2015 - 04.2017
  • Spend analysis and spend management for Direct and Indirect Sub-Categories
  • Manage and monitor supplier performance by using the compliance tracking process
  • Create TCO models and benchmarking analysis for various materials as identified during opportunity assessment
  • Analyse commercial data and provide insights to aid intelligent business decisions
  • Data enrichment and benchmarking pricing for various sub-categories
  • Develop MI and Sourcing Strategies for niche categories in scope
  • Create category based pricing hub which includes SKU line item wise analysis
  • Manage resource capacity of the delivery team to ensure they support client requirement and balance work load
  • Manage project pipeline and assign projects based on skill set and domain experience
  • Single point of contact for the MRO DM Packaging and Facility Services Team
  • Assist with preparation of metrics and creation of dashboards
  • Act as the leader of the Sourcing Delivery Team, by executing complex sourcing projects from start to finish, including but not limited to sourcing support operational requests

TEAM LEADER

GeP Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
01.2013 - 11.2015
  • Sourcing for Fortune 1000 clients across various direct and indirect categories
  • Identifying & developing of new vendors for achieving cost effective purchases of Materials/Services
  • Sourcing and floating enquiries, evaluating & negotiating with vendors for price with proper incoterms, delivery time, quality and other terms & conducting RFQ, RFI, RFP, e-Auction and Supplier Selection Process
  • Creating competitive environment in sourcing process by making the most of existing contracts by managing demand and supply
  • Assess market trends through primary & secondary research to identify opportunities and formulating long term strategies
  • Monitor external market risks for all direct categories and provide insights to the category manager
  • Gather intelligence through primary research which includes data collection via surveys and also through subscribed secondary sources
  • Meeting with potential vendors, analyzing tenders/quotations received and preparing bid analysis report
  • Spend Analysis and Spend Reporting for BCS Global Heads
  • Evaluating the supplier on the basis of price, service capabilities, financial position and conducting risk assessments
  • Conducting supply market research, competitor analysis, supplier due diligence and low cost country sourcing
  • Part of the Quality Check Team to ensure the conformance and performance quality are met for all client deliverables
  • Part of the GEP Knowledge Management team- recognised and rewarded for the continuing contributions

Process Specialist/ Business HR Generalist

GENPACT
Hyderabad
01.2007 - 10.2012
  • Company Overview: Genpact is a global leader in transforming and running business processes and operations, including those that are complex and industry-specific
  • Managing the billing submissions which generate revenue worth $ 265 MM per month
  • Organizing conference calls along with the Customer on discussing the Process Health and Measurement
  • Responsible for addressing customer escalations and action plan
  • Mentoring Coaching and assimilation of the new hires
  • Effective in translating strategies into execution with high level of integrity and speed
  • Representing the team to customer, by being the single point of escalation
  • Team activities such as planning & assigning work, Cross Trainings, leaves, maintaining sigma levels so as to ensure the utilisation of the team mates are high
  • Create PO requisition and update contractual rates in AS400
  • Design and publish the Balanced Score card to the Senior Leadership team quarterly for the accounts aligned with appropriate corrective and preventive action plans
  • Map and deploy the Industry best practices post identifying opportunities by conducting detailed process diagnostics employing the process door and data door approach
  • Genpact is a global leader in transforming and running business processes and operations, including those that are complex and industry-specific

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Bharathiar University
Coimbatore

Executive MBA -

Indian Institute of Management

Certification

  • Bachelor of Science in Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
  • Executive MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata
  • Project Management for Business Professionals, 04570133
  • Lean and Six Sigma trained

Personal Information

Marital Status: Married

Professional Snapshot

Driving operational excellence through Business Process Management and effective people engagement, 15, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Selection/Evaluation, Spend Analysis, Category Management, Operations Management, Process to Pay, Order to Cash, E-Sourcing platforms, Oracle Applications, IBM AS400, SAP, Ariba, Qlik View, Smart, 5.0, P4U, Emptoris, Tableau, Excellent communication, Organizational skills, Team management, Customer relationship management, Business integrity, Operational synergy, Resource optimization, Customer and stakeholder satisfaction

Timeline

Sourcing Specialist, Staff

Qualcomm India Private Limited
08.2018 - Current

Manager

GENPACT
04.2017 - 08.2018

Category Management: Assistant Manager

Accenture
11.2015 - 04.2017

TEAM LEADER

GeP Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
01.2013 - 11.2015

Process Specialist/ Business HR Generalist

GENPACT
01.2007 - 10.2012
  • Bachelor of Science in Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
  • Executive MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata
  • Project Management for Business Professionals, 04570133
  • Lean and Six Sigma trained

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Bharathiar University

Executive MBA -

Indian Institute of Management

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