Hemanathan

• Conducted detailed spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities, analyze the supplier performance and providing actionable insights that improved budget forecasting and vendor negotiations.
• Managed end-to-end purchase order (PO) creation, ensuring timely and accurate processing of procurement requests in SAP Ariba. Collaborated with vendors and internal teams to generate POs, improving supply chain efficiency and reducing order processing errors.
• Proactively followed up with vendors to track order status, ensuring on-time delivery and preventing delays in the supply chain. Achieved a 90% on-time delivery rate for critical projects.
• Proactively followed up with the finance team to ensure timely payment to the suppliers. Also worked closely with the supplier to clear overdue invoices, thus reducing the risk of a credit hold.
• Reduced the number of overdue invoices to less than 5% by identifying the system errors and continuously monitoring.
• Designed and generated comprehensive excel reports (over-due invoice report, spend analysis report and Ad hoc reports) to track performance metrics, providing actionable insights for senior management.

Contract Management Support

• Administered the Icertis Contract Management (ICM) platform for procurement operations, supporting sourcing, vendor onboarding, and supplier contract management processes.
• Configured procurement-specific contract types, clause libraries, templates, and metadata to align with organizational sourcing policies, and compliance standards.
• Managed vendor master data integration between ICM and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) to ensure accurate and consistent supplier information.
• Streamlined procurement workflows in Icertis, including RFx, bid evaluations, contract negotiations, and approvals.
• Enabled automated contract renewals, expirations, and compliance alerts for supplier agreements using Icertis rule engine and workflow tools.
• Administered user roles and access controls specific to procurement teams, maintaining secure handling of supplier contracts and pricing data.
• Created dashboards and reports for procurement leadership, tracking contract lifecycle metrics, vendor performance, and risk indicators.
• Supported contract data migration and normalization for supplier agreements during system onboarding or restructuring.
• Coordinated with procurement, legal, and compliance teams to enforce contract standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, FCPA).
• Provided ongoing training and support to sourcing and procurement users to maximize adoption and effectiveness of ICM features.

• Planned minimum and maximum inventory levels based on historical sales and seasonal demand.
• Maintained minimum stock levels by effectively monitoring the inventory and transferring the excess stock internally to reduce inventory costs, and also liquidating the age-old stock.
• Releasing of Purchase order (PO) indent to vendor for dispatching of parts and follow-up with vendor for tracking of invoiced materials by collecting despatch details.
• Coordinated with the warehouse team for GRN completion, to ensure timely stock availability in the ERP.
• Digitalized E-catalog for Commercial & Passenger vehicles, by mapping the equivalent Private labels and OES parts against the OEM parts.
• Analysed the LOS (Loss of Sale) pattern to avoid further dip in sales and ensure customer satisfaction is achieved.
• Used advanced excel to create insightful reports for inventory, sales, order management, etc to provide insights to the management team.