Murali Shankar
Chennai
Summary
A result oriented, highly productive procurement professional with a demonstrated ability to significantly reduce sourcing cost by standardized process. Known for negotiating favorable terms of the contracts and streamlining supplier channels.
Personal Information
Permanent Address : #3/117, A2 Kattukotta, Vallaur, Gangavalli, Salem
Date of Birth : 4th Apr, 1986
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager – Category Buyer
WNS Global Services
Chennai
09.2021 - Current
- I am responsible to execute strategy for Marketing, IT Services and Professional Services
- Under IT Software & Services Category, I am specialist in the following commodities Application Development & Maintenance, Business Software, Application Software, Digital Software, Data & Analytics, Automation & AI and IT Professional Services
- Under Marketing services Category I am specialist in the following commodities Corporate Merchandise, Creative, Distributors & Brokers, Events, Media Relations, and Sponsorship
- Manage a spend of 70Mn GBP on an annual basis, that includes category planning, strategic planning, analyse the risk associated and approve the spend
- Plan for new demand, renewals, amendments and termination
- Manage the stake holders which includes business owner, legal, suppliers, governance team, finance team and support teams
- Identify process improvements to simplify the as is state for seamless process
- Run RFx events on provisions in which there are source able spend are identified
- Achieved 3Mn GBP savings till date.
Strategic Sourcing Manager & Category Manager
Genpact India Private Limited
Hyderabad
09.2017 - 09.2021
- I am responsible to execute strategy for Marketing, IT Services, Software category, Professional Services, HR, CRE and Banking Ops with a team of 5 individuals
- I have been formulating the standard operating procedures and completing the process maps
- Training individual across the geography
- Worked on critical projects for continuous improvement for bringing in operating efficiency
- This helps to enhance agility, simplicity and realize benefits for the end customer
- Ensure SLAs and deliverables are met
Assistant Manager
HSBC
Hyderabad
10.2015 - 08.2017
- Marketing & IT related strategic sourcing
- Contracting :Frame work agreements, master service agreements, short form agreements, SOW & WO
- Manage the requirements of different types like New, Renewal, Amendments and Terminations
- Define sourcing approach and delivery of associated Sourcing activity to maximum business outcome
- Contract negotiations
- Contribute to the annual and sustainable savings targets.
Process Lead
Infosys
Bangalore
07.2011 - 07.2015
- Preparing NDA, RFI/RFP/RFQ for projects
- Short listing the vendors and awarding contracts
- Negotiate price, payment terms and other general contract terms with vendors
- Drafting SOW, WO and SOW change request for IT services category
- Drafting and negotiate terms for Short Form Service Agreement (SFSA) and MSA with vendors
- Work with Global clearance and Import/Export team for approvals
Process Analyst
Hewlett-Packard Company
Chennai
06.2008 - 06.2011
- Analyse the reason for the change in price of Telecom products and services, create a new order
- Create the Purchase requisitions in ITPR (Information Technology Purchasing Requisition)
- Maintaining Vendor database and contacting them for terms for payment
- Involved in verifying and validating the documents required for ISO
Education
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Madras University, Guru Nank College
Chennai03-2005
Skills
- Global Strategic Sourcing
- ERP Systems - include Ariba, Emptoris, vSource(SAP) and MS office
- Tableau
- Exemplary relationship building approach and problem-solving skills that foster vendor trust and dependability
- Team Management
- Contract Management
- Tail Spend Management
- People Management
- Supplier relationship management
- Analytical & Negotiation skills
- Effective Project Management
Industry
- IT & Telecom
- Financial Institutions/ Banking Operations
- Insurance
Areas Of Excellence
- Strategic Sourcing
- Forecasting & Trend Analysis
- Team Building
- Enterprise Application
- Baseline Cost Analysis
- Customer Focus
- Supplier & Market Analysis
- Planning & Execution
- IT services
- Marketing
- Resource Management
- Commercial Operations
- People Management
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Deputy Manager – Category Buyer
WNS Global Services
09.2021 - Current
Strategic Sourcing Manager & Category Manager
Genpact India Private Limited
09.2017 - 09.2021
Assistant Manager
HSBC
10.2015 - 08.2017
Process Lead
Infosys
07.2011 - 07.2015
Process Analyst
Hewlett-Packard Company
06.2008 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Madras University, Guru Nank College
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