NAMRATHA M B

🎯 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement

• Developed sourcing strategies aligned with business needs, delivering a 15% cost saving through targeted supplier selection and market analysis.
• Negotiated favourable supplier contracts by leveraging insights into cost structures, taxation, and market dynamics.
• Administered global licensing agreements, identifying cost-optimisation opportunities and enhancing compliance.

📑 Contract Management and Compliance

• Managed end-to-end contract lifecycle, ensuring risk mitigation and vendor relationship strengthening.
• Supported contract negotiation and compliance audits according to corporate governance standards.
• Maintained legal documentation, ensuring contract processes remained audit-ready.

💰 Finance, P2P Operations, and Cost Control

• Oversaw procurement spend, PRs, POs, and invoice processing in partnership with Finance and AP teams, ensuring alignment with budgets.
• Streamlined the procure-to-pay (P2P) cycle, improving vendor engagement and payment accuracy.

🤝 Supplier Performance and Relationship Management

• Tracked supplier KPIs and initiated continuous improvement measures to enhance supply chain performance.
• Managed supplier engagement across 12+ countries, ensuring consistent service delivery and cost efficiency.

📈 Reporting, Analytics, and Process Optimisation

• Built standardised procurement reporting tools to drive data-led decision-making.
• Conducted cloud usage analysis (Azure, AWS, Server Matrix), supporting cost control and budget forecasting initiatives.
• Created knowledge resources to improve internal procurement processes and reporting accuracy.

🚀 Project Participation and Knowledge Sharing

• Actively contributed to a global procurement transformation project, creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations on process enhancements.
• Supported capability development initiatives by preparing training content and knowledge documentation for procurement teams.

✅ Key Achievements

• 15% cost reduction achieved through strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Supported digital transformation of procurement reporting, driving faster and more informed decision-making.

• Preparing Sales Reconciliation(SR) for Sales team
• Provided administrative support, including processing purchase orders, service contracts and financial reports.
• Entered and maintained departmental records into company database using CRM
• Decreased corporate costs by researching pricing, ordering and maintaining office equipment.
• Planned and supervised shipments from production to end-user and scheduled daily and weekly routes
• Improved operational efficiency through effective schedule management, including coordinating board meetings, travel itineraries and agenda plans. Managed all transactions and tasks regarding petty cash and purchase orders
• Monitored and reported on transportation costs and properly filed shipping documents
• Produced and presented detailed invoice reports for tracking project spending, ensuring timely approval and processing through AP and finance teams to meet budgetary constraints.
• Built and maintained strong relationships with suppliers, AP teams, and stakeholders, facilitating smooth execution of procurement processes and ensuring efficient resolution of issues via ServiceNow.
• Supported the development of cost-saving initiatives, leveraging analytical tools to identify areas for financial optimization and implementing strategies that reduced expenses while maintaining high service levels.

• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere. Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently
• Created and maintained knowledge documentation of the assigned business
• Prepared reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing the data
• Accomplished organisation goals by accepting ownership for new and different requests.
• 9 months contract