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Polavarapu Srikant
Senior Analyst-Global Procurement Services
Vijayawada
Summary
Experienced procurement professional skilled in Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Spend Analysis, Negotiation and Vendor Relationship Management.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Analyst-Global Procurement Services
HCLTech
Noida
08.2020 - Current
- Procurement of IT services including telecom and data center services for internal and customer requirement
- Contract and price negotiation
- Category Management-In-depth knowledge of Telecom Category being a SME
- Ensuring timely preparation of procurement plans for projects and monitor their implementation by controlling process of RFx
- Conducting Spend Analysis and taking decision accordingly Developing purchasing strategies
- Reviewing proposals for competitive pricing, lead time and quality
- Working with Sales, Delivery, Finance and Legal teams to ensure timely sign-off on entire contract and adhering to Go-Live with client
- Managing supplier relationships which also includes responding to supplier’s queries and complaints
- Conduct vendor analysis, evaluate potential new vendors, and manage overall end-to-end vendor onboarding process
- Monitoring cost and performance of major suppliers, assisting end user to choose cost effective and quality
services - Ensuring that all procurement processes are compliant with relevant legal and policy obligations
- Maintaining and managing MIS of HCL Telecom services and creating data points/dashboard every month to show actual picture
- Proactive negotiation with existing providers for service renewal by achieving good discounts
- Periodic invoice validation to make sure that vendors are charging rates as per contract and also work closely with AP team on vendor SOA reconciliation
- MSA Negotiation, Addendum, Novation, Order form/COF signing with legal & follow up with Vendors for timely delivery.
Internship-Project Training
Hyundai Motor India Ltd
Chennai
08.2019 - 11.2019
- Has been part of project titled "Analytical Study of Overtime (OT)"
- Cost Analysis
- Presented Visualization Dashboards in Tableau
- Worked as HR Analyst in Department-Employee Relation Planning
Education
MBA - Business Analytics
06.2018 - 05.2020
B TECH - Computer Science And Engineering
07.2013 - 06.2017
Skills
SAP ARIBA
TOCANA
ERP
MS Office
Strong Negotiation Skills
Analytical Skills
Strategic Sourcing
Vendor Relationship Management
Contract Management
Interests
Playing Table Tennis and Badminton
Movies - Telugu, Hindi
Gaming
Timeline
Senior Analyst-Global Procurement Services - HCLTech
08.2020 - Current
Internship-Project Training - Hyundai Motor India Ltd
08.2019 - 11.2019
Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management - MBA, Business Analytics
06.2018 - 05.2020
Galgotias University - B TECH, Computer Science And Engineering
07.2013 - 06.2017