Neha Khaneja

A target driven individual with proven track record around 13 years in procurement and operations,planning, executing strategy who can liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, internal departments, and customers with insightful experience in developing brand strategies and cost saving . Have a track record of buying the best quality goods and services for company. Can effectively build lasting relationships with both national and international suppliers and develop staff to achieve their best performance on both team and individual basis.

· A competent professional offering 11 years of rich experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Solution, Planning & Execution, Warehouse, Project Management, Inventory Management.

· Skilled in researching suppliers, requesting bids, analyzing quotes, planning purchases and overseeing documentation of purchase orders to finalize purchasing decision

· Planning providing end-to-end solutions in supply chain for improving the Procurement activities maintaining least Inventory, minimum lead time & improving lean manufacturing

· Purchase Packaging Materials like laminated film, Pouches, Wrapper, Corrugated Box, Polymer, Masterbatch, Flexbilizer, Mono Carton, PP / HDPE / LD Bags, Canvas Bag, PET / HDPE Bottle, Cap, Plug Induction Seal, Label, Sticker & BOPP Tape.

· Adept at interfacing with Vendors/Suppliers to understand their business offerings with specifications to correlate as per the company’s requirement & technicalities ending up with best Procurement

· Exhibited excellence in managing cost effective supply chain solution as well as successfully achieved significant savings through innovative solutions

· Working out strategy for procurement of Raw Material based on sales forecast like quarterly and monthly

· Procurement of mechanical parts of Printing machine , laboratory instruments, Roller, plates, compressor and required calibration and AMC of machine from time to time .

· Deftly managed the entire gamut of sourcing activities including source to pay and procure to pay activities

·Responsible for building competitive vendor base by identifying and empaneling reliable and cost effective vendor

· Single point of contact for all vendors and vendor related activities

· Procurement of

· Coordinates the introduction of new / modified products and services with appropriate departments using extensive knowledge of category to reflect developments / innovations in the marketplace

· Monitoring high consumable items ink , BOPP and PVC film, polymer, masterbatch and buying effectively from different sources.

· Provide market analysis, benchmark data and supplier evaluation, to support category planning and risk management

· Actively involve in Trading items of ice cream machinery spare parts locally- PLC, Drives, Festo parts, platform material(SS/MS)

· Identifying and developing a dedicated and alternate vendor source for, achieving cost effective purchases of raw materials and reduction in delivery time

· Assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criteria’s such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, etc.

Establishing good working relationship with vendors through personal contact discussing and resolving problems regarding delayed delivery dates

· Issuing & administering Request for Quotation (RFQs), Purchase Orders (POs) through ERP system, scrutinizing quotations and preparing commercial & technical bid tabs

· Created price comparison dashboards and supplier rating dashboards used in sourcing events.

· Formulating, tabulating and scrutinizing bids to determine of cost saving opportunities through price comparison dashboards,

· Creating & expediting RFQ's and negotiating with the Suppliers.

· Engaged in PR to PO processing (P2P processing) (Direct , Indirect material and IT procurement)

· Utilizing ERP Tool, Mark view and follow-up for order confirmation and co-ordination for on time payment as well as reporting check stocks and invoice information, forecast, work orders, supplier related information, purchase order history, usage of commodity procured and other miscellaneous information

· Ensured the payment is done within the stipulated payment terms as per the company norms by leasing with the Suppliers and the Accounts team.

· Working as expeditor/de-expeditor to provide support for overall safe delivery to control Inventory

· On time completion of open purchase order report and shortage report for review

· Managing supplier's database includes registration, amendments and deletions. shortage/excess escalation,

· Knowledge about the work order report and material analysis as per the assembly requirement

· Managed the monthly numbers of Purchase Orders (PO) and the amount spend and presented the Data to the Management on a monthly basis.

· Reduced the Non Performing Suppliers by analyzing the Performance

· Worked on critical pending parts issues for key customers which help to avoid assembly stoppage and inventory management.

· Get material processed through Export Inspection Council for export by get required testing from reputed lab. Established achievement targets and identified actions to reach objectives and operational goals.

• Negotiated contract terms with vendors to balance cash flow against possible price savings with technical and operational input from stakeholders and colleagues.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance with purchasing strategy.
• Developed and initiated incentive and recognition programs for suppliers.

• Researched product's technical specifications and accurately communicated information.
• Continually expanded knowledge of Diagnostic product line.
• Liaised between customers and manufacturing to design new product.
• Increased sales by educating prospects on benefits of products and services in comparison to competitors.
• Developing the marketing strategies for various product lines that provide a working framework for optimal product positioning to achieve sales budgets
• Interact with the sales team regularly to discuss their problems areas and accordingly give them customized marketing tools to pitch clients

Market Research- Conducting competitor analysis by keeping abreast of market trends and competitor moves to achieve the market share

Business Development- Developing the marketing strategies for various product lines that provide a working framework for optimal product positioning to achieve sales budgets

Marketing Exploring new markets and prospects to build more clientage & creating more leads for the new products.

Recruitment of sales personnel, assignment of their duties and training in terms of scientific, technical, practical and theoretical and discuss their areas to pitch clients.

Developing the marketing strategies for various product lines that provide a working framework for optimal product positioning to achieve sales budgets

ATL/BTL Activities- Solely managed conferences, symposia, health exhibitions & events & designing of the promotional material

Budgeting- Preparation of Science activity (marketing &PR) plans, budgeting under direction of my manager , strategies, activities and ensuring implementation & marketing collaterals

Coordinating with other cross functional departments (accounts, sales during events) to accomplish assigned tasks

Review articles for Health magazines, books and journals

Coordinating with NICED, ICMR Kolkata & Delhi for preparing the guidelines of the product