Manjunatha V
Manager – Sourcing & Procurement Management Professional with 16 Years of Experience.
Bangalore
Summary
- Sourcing & Procurement Management, Indirect with record of innovative success in sourcing for multiple locations/geographies and offering solutions for issues; expertise in making timely decisions that positively impact success.
- Demonstrated history of working in a cross functional team environment in the procurement and sourcing domain.
- Leader with an ability to build high-performance cross-cultural teams cap able of delivering stupendous results in dynamic work environment.
- Goal-oriented Strategic Sourcing Manager offering 16 years of experience developing, planning and managing talent acquisition processes and strategies of organization. Organized and meticulous professional certified in paired with extensive knowledge of recruiting cycles and recruitment marketing tools. Polished in drafting suitable hiring plans and detecting bottlenecks in recruitment process. Creative and diligent individual with extensive track record of delivering optimum results.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Global Strategic Sourcing Manager
Aliaxis India
09.2023 - Current
- Championed change management initiatives related to procurement transformation, ensuring smooth transitions and high adoption rates.
- Collaborated closely with finance teams to develop accurate budget forecasts based on historical trends and anticipated future needs.
- Managed cross-functional teams to ensure effective collaboration on sourcing projects and procurement activities.
- Negotiate vendor contracts and prepare Master Purchase Agreement for signing.
- Responsible for achieving annual cost savings and value contribution targets.
- Monitors market changes provided market and price insight and works closely on vendor harmonization programs.
- Lead/support sourcing activities for assigned projects/commodities.
- Handle entire indirect procurement HR, Admin, MRO, Finance, Legal & IT functions along with P2P operation.
- Sourced and contracted IT vendors for hardware, software(A, and services
- Managed vendor relationships and ensured compliance with contracts
- Achieved an average of 15% cost savings through strategic sourcing and negotiation.
- Lifecycle management of IT (Laptops, Monitors) & DC assets (Servers, SSDs) from Purchasing & SC Management to Tracking and Disposal.
Manager Procurement
ANI Technologies Private Limited
06.2022 - 09.2023
- Leading Indirect Sourcing & Procurement – HR, Admin, Facilities, Real Estate over 15 offices, administering an annual spend of INR 350 crs for ANI Group divisions.
- Preparation and presentation of internal weekly MIS, Dashboards and trackers to the top management.
- Maintaining the complete Master Data & Item Master of the process for business purpose.
- Managed complete PR/PO operations in Oracle Fusion, MSD and SAP. Managed back-end Procurement operations. Coordinate with Buyer and Seller for smooth closure of project.
- Improved PR to PO TAT by 30% with help of regular reporting and follow up with leaders to solve their queries.
- Created reports for Critical supplier follow-ups, Reconciliation, Ageing etc.
- Coordinate with Buyer for smooth functioning of P2P cycle.
- Order Booking, License modification, Cluster booking and other Order Management Operations.
- Group level sourcing for Admin, RE & Facilities, Repairs & Maintenance, Real Estate, Employee Health (COVID & Medical Bay), Branding & Printing, Marketing Events, Transport, Travel, Manpower services for all functions.
- Developing and implementing organizational procurement policies and processes to ensure a consistent and standardized approach and to drive improvements and efficiencies in procurement activities.
- Ensuring supplier base optimization while leading sourcing activities from RFQ/RFP creation to invoice resolution.
- Minimize contractual risks to the organization and manage business relationships with vendors according to ANI Procurement and Independence policies.
- Working on different ERP systems such as Oracle Fusion and SAP, providing expert advice to key stakeholders on all aspects of procurement for existing & new initiatives.
- Ensuring contractual protection for the business, taking into account Procurement Policy requirements and local regulatory issues.
Assistant Manager
Essilor India Pvt Ltd
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Lead for all Gifting and Promotion products, PAN India.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and explore reciprocal business relationship with key suppliers.
- Rental of IT Products to optimize cost.
- Responsibilities of Fully Computerized & ERP Procurement based on oracle and online Purchase Order are prepared in Oracle System Screening of Requisitions Prior to Forwarding for procurement In-charge.
- Ensure the implementation and management of Risk and safety wok practices to reduce any interruption to operations.
- Preparation of approval Memo's, PO memo's and invoice process.
- Sourcing & Procurement Management, Facility Admin, Real Estate, Travel Professional with record of innovative success in sourcing for multiple locations/geographies and offering solutions for issues; expertise in making timely decisions that positively impact success.
Assistant Manager –GA
Canon India Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 03.2021
- Procuring Hardware, network equipment/ peripherals & Software.
- Using SAP Ariba platform, ensuring successful delivery of functional and technical components of procurement, strategic sourcing, catalog management along with sourcing analytics using the tool.
- Accountable for vendor contract management including but not limited to MSA, SOW and Change request signing. Coordinating with the legal and project team to ensure that the Flow Down Terms are included in the relevant vendor indenture in accordance with the customer contract.
- Working on new infrastructure setup/movement for hardware or software items and field services for OSS scope. Developing purchase arrangements with vendors and suppliers & follow ups for delivery on time and meet the SLA/KPI.
- Leading and conducting/executing sourcing activities including RFI, RFP, and RFQ along with vendor onboarding in Ariba. Monitoring cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.
- Responsible for order fulfillment or facilitating the complete life cycle of IT hardware and software procurement i.e. P2P.
- Coordinating with finance and internal teams on tasks like invoice verification and approvals.
Sr Executive–GA
BCD Travel
01.2009 - 04.2013
- Perform Procure to pay cycle to Create/Amend- Contracts, Purchase orders Purchase info record (PIR), Source list (SL) on daily basis to run the B2B activities smoothly.
- Creation of scaled prices in contracts on a monthly basis by contacting Sourcing and suppliers.
- Extracting Purchase Requisitions from Inventory and allocating to the team
- Solving vendor invoice issues which are blocked for quantity and price issues.
- Creating and closing service now tickets which are created for P2P activities.
- Ensuring SLA and TAT to be meet for all service now tickets created for P2P requests.
- Creating invoice planning and Consignment PO’s.
- · Internal audits for the team members, while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Handling Blocked invoice and providing solution for blocked invoice.
Education
MBA -
Annamalai University
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
B Com - Accounting
Bangalore University
Bengaluru 04.2003 - 11.2007
Skills
Global Sourcing Strategies
Strategic Planning
Bid process management
Negotiation expertise
Inventory Management
Vendor Management
Planning & Forecasting
Spend Analysis
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
Telugu
Intermediate (B1)
Certification
General Management – IIMK 2020
Timeline
Global Strategic Sourcing Manager
Aliaxis India
09.2023 - Current
Manager Procurement
ANI Technologies Private Limited
06.2022 - 09.2023
Assistant Manager
Essilor India Pvt Ltd
04.2021 - 05.2022
General Management – IIMK 2020
04-2020
Certified Internal Auditor ISO 9001-14001
11-2018
Assistant Manager –GA
Canon India Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 03.2021
Sr Executive–GA
BCD Travel
01.2009 - 04.2013
B Com - Accounting
Bangalore University
04.2003 - 11.2007
MBA -
Annamalai University
04.2001 -
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