Resourceful buyer with 5 years of experience, skilled in negotiating and purchasing, negotiated better deals with more than 50
suppliers to save 2L savings annually on materials costs. Worked with suppliers to ensure compliance with our just-in-time
purchasing program to help cut lead times 25%. Strong knowledge on ERP like ARIBA, SAP R/3 for P2P.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Buyer (Senior Purchase Analyst
HTC Global Services Inc
Chennai, Tamil Nādu
04.2021 - Current
Troubleshooting the issues in creating a catalogue order in Ariba for the internal stockholder
Posting/raising GR for Invoicing reconciliation
Worked on Ariba Upstream modules which include Ariba non- catalogue order,
Ariba Contract Management and Ariba Supplier Life Cycle & Performance Management (SLP)
Creation of new contract, uploading the pricing and contract documents
Making approval workflow and customizing documents review with the approval workflow
Provide tool support of Ariba Upstream (for example- Front end user questions/action through
tool changes
Providing Ariba delegate access to internal stackholder
Creation of non-catalogue PR with supporting documents
Empanneling a new vendor using SAP Fiori with relevant document through email
communication.
Buyer (Process Associate)
Capgemini Technology & Services Pvt Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nādu
04.2019 - 04.2021
Perform sourcing on new material with recommended vendors
Creation of new material & update system with the collected documents
Perform order through SAP Ariba as Catalog Buying
Perform supplier interaction through commerce automation after order placed through Ariba
Perform on validating the PR to comply with basic conditions i.e., Lead time, MOQ's, Material
Information
Conduct negotiations on prices comparing to existing market trends & earlier records
Do comparative analysis of the cost to company in procuring the material i.e
From material
cost, custom clearance charges, Incoterms and transportation cost & miscellaneous charges to
get an estimated total landed cost
Initiate Letter of Credit/ Import permit for subsidy materials & coordinate with logistics team
for vessel planning
Collect documents i.e., Proforma Invoice, packing list & relevant documents required for
Customs clearance
Initiate Down payment requests for suppliers with advance payment modes & coordinate for
necessary approvals
Handle payment related queries, analyze & resolve the discrepancy
Prepare claim report for initiating claims to obtain credit note.
Global Procurement Analyst (Purchase Analyst)
CSS CORP
Chennai, Tamil Nādu
09.2018 - 04.2019
Responsible to source the vendor globally for assigned parts and empaneling a new vendor
Complete the Vendor setup in our system for new suppliers Initiate and maintain Contract and
Service agreement between the supplier and upload in the Database
Act as coordinator until the pilot production get successfully completed, which covers all the
buying activity including the supplier's payment follow ups, purchasing and review the MRP
Placing the purchase orders timely issuance of POs to Vendors follow up the same Coordinating
with vendors for order confirmation and actual delivery status of material
Send open purchase order reports every week to track the order and be in line with commitment
Order acknowledgement
Monitor on material movement until GRN processed
Act immediately on damaged / incorrect parts to suppliers to request for RMA and follow for
credit note / replacement
Procurement Specialist
GENPACT
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2017 - 09.2018
Issuing RFQ's (Request for Quotation) to Suppliers
Following up with suppliers to get the quotations (E-mail and Telephone)
Reviewing the quotations/acceptance and rejection (according to guidelines set by customer)
Sourcing and Developing suppliers for new projects
Handling the complete end-to-end of PO processing and expediting the delivery of the orders
which are critical to the clients
Coordinate with Vendor to establish new vendors in the system by getting all requested details
including W9 forms and Banking details
Coordinate with Buyers to maintain and provide update on all pricing and prepare routine
reports for all data on working with various Client tools like G-TOP, CICS and SAP R/3.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
06.2011 - 04.2014
th - Mathematics and Computer Science
Vasavi Vidyalaya
05.2010 - 05.2011
th Standard - undefined
Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya
05.2008 - 05.2009
Skills
SAP ARIBAundefined
Timeline
Buyer (Senior Purchase Analyst
HTC Global Services Inc
04.2021 - Current
Buyer (Process Associate)
Capgemini Technology & Services Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 04.2021
Global Procurement Analyst (Purchase Analyst)
CSS CORP
09.2018 - 04.2019
Procurement Specialist
GENPACT
01.2017 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
06.2011 - 04.2014
th - Mathematics and Computer Science
Vasavi Vidyalaya
05.2010 - 05.2011
th Standard - undefined
Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya
05.2008 - 05.2009
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