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Pradeepa Narayanaswamy

IT Procurement Lead
Banagalore
Pradeepa Narayanaswamy

Summary

Desirous of working in an organization which provides adequate opportunity for career development and to learn to utilize my knowledge and contribute to the success of organization by my sincere efforts

Versatile Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst with 12+ Years proficient in areas such as merchandising, sourcing, business development (BD), vendor management, strategic planning and client relationship management. Achieved outstanding results by developing business, expanding established accounts, and exceeding goals through creative, and solutions-focused strategies. Sourced materials at lower prices by research and identify new suppliers, negotiating contracts, pricing, and implementing cost-saving measures, all while ensuring the quality of materials used in the products was maintained/ improved. Streamlined the sourcing process by identifying and resulting in significant time and cost savings, standardizing business processes across the organization. Experience in Procurement Process, Strategic Sourcing, and contract Management. Facilitate forums between suppliers and Organizations stakeholders to support demand planning and supplier strategic input. Single point of contact - SPOC for dispute escalation between Organization and supplier to resolve disputes. Solicits feedback on supplier performance from relevant stakeholders, includes following up with management to ensure satisfaction with delivered service and products. Monitor policies with strategic suppliers to ensure compliance with supplier Code of Conduct. Develop strategic sourcing solutions and value buying to increase procurement synergies between the different projects within the Program. Perform analysis of business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions and document customer requirements.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

Infoblox Technical Support & Software Development Pvt Ltd

Senior Strategic Sourcing Lead
11.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Managing IT, Engineering & Marketing category's. Direct souring, renewal of contracts and negotiation, RFX Management. Convert requisitions into PO and release the orders to the respective vendors. Co-ordinate with various stakeholders like Finance, Requesters, Vendors and Auditors to resolve any open queries or issues.
  • Provide input for areas of opportunity & make recommendations where applicable for projects, departments, across the company for operational improvements and efficiencies. Drive activity from Strategic Sourcing's perspective, i.e. contract novation and consolidation. Plan and support Strategic Sourcing Manager as needed.
  • Demonstrated strong vendor management skills, supplier relationship management, capacity development. Led the global sourcing team to optimize price and lead time, resulting in outstanding results for the company. Analyzed, developed suppliers to become self-reliant, resulting in improved quality and reduced lead times.
  • Responsible for sourcing management goals and implement action items to ensure that those goals are achieved. Manage team encouraging professional growth & development. Participate in establishing short-term and long-range planning and budget development of the company to support strategic business goals.
  • Monitor and control deadlines, budgets and activities, program assessment protocol. Work with stakeholders for review, status and course corrections and improvements. Design and prepare reports on purchases, cost analyses. Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing. Collate purchase orders & purchase requisitions.
  • Responsible to source and purchase materials from both local and overseas vendors. Evaluate vendor's quotation to ensure that they are in line with the technical Specifications required for the project. Prepare the project procurement strategy and relevant plans. Report to the Project Director on all project related aspects.

NetApp India Pvt Ltd

Program Manager
12.2020 - 10.2021

Job overview

  • Was part of GPS team to manage Ariba administration including template creation and customizing the Ariba as per the requirement and responsible for Souring review & contract management. New template (Basic rules) creation in Ariba and managing all the backend templates as per GPS team requirement.
  • Operation program manager for indirect procurement categories such as Business Technology & Consulting, Information Technology and Corporate/Professional Services. Manage end to end process in Ariba for contract management & sourcing workspace. Manage Category cards and modify as per business requirement.
  • Contract redlining and helping GPS team on MLA (When additional license required / renewal). Supplier relationship management- manage 438 preferred suppliers in Ariba, along with that QBR meetings for IT Category. Governance deck preparation for QBR meetings, managing complete QBR event for IT suppliers.
  • Helping GPS team in pre-requisites for their RFx events and setting up event in Ariba. Keep Process SOP's and Job Aids up to date and perform quality check for the executed contracts. Ensure that a Project file is created and maintained to establish and record key information and events relating to individual projects.
  • Drives day to day team activities to meet program milestones and track progress. Ensure program deliverables are compliant with contractual requirements, monthly status reports and Program Management Reviews. Help NetApp management with various reports like SLA report, Governance report, AWOP and CU report.
  • Execute internal and external programs in accordance with business and corporate objectives and customer statement of work. Develop project work break down structures, delivery team structure, projects plans, scheduling, cost structures, with clearly defined and communicated projects goals and key success factors.
  • Plan and estimate resources and participants needed to achieve project goals, and where required, negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel. Design, monitor, direct and manage program development from beginning to end, overseeing quality control throughout program lifecycle.

Accenture India Pvt ltd

Team Leader
12.2015 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • SRM & Global Risk Assessment: 3rd party manager for IT Software category and responsible to manage 190 strategic supplier relationship which included comprehensive, moderate & Lite suppliers. Commercial negotiation with supplier for all renewals and SLA's (Insurance clause, cap on liability and payment terms).
  • Work along with global procurement team and responsible for end to end managing suppliers globally for Indirect- Procurement, Spend / Market Analysis, RFx Management E-Sourcing, e-Auction. QBR - Conducting QBR events for all the 190 suppliers. Conduct assessment for supplier before initiating the relevant contract.
  • Work with functional consultants to translate business requirements into solutions. Plan and perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate functional solutions, analyse, identify, validate & document customer requirements. Facilitate workshops to collect business requirements.
  • Analyse, prepare, and consolidate countries requests for new enhancements in ensuring a standardized and harmonized process. Perform implementation of best practices, improvements, new and change requests from user and ensure conformance with change process. Ensure adherence to service level agreement & processes.
  • Analyzed, monitored and collaborated with buyers, buying planners, and suppliers to forecast pricing trends and devise strategies for product areas, enhancing pricing efficiency. Oversaw production capacity planning based on seasonal forecasts, including product development, production planning, and order management.
  • Risk Assessment: Audit the outcome and discuss the risk factors with a business. Analyse, monitor and perform financial risk analysis in DNBi and share with the requester. Reconcile the Risk assessment between CW Vs. Assessment ID. Approve the wave as required / pass the rejecting letter. Manage supplier block list.

Infosys India Pvt ltd

Process Specialist - (Strategic Sourcing and E-Sourcing)
11.2014 - 12.2015

Job overview

  • Handle end-to-end sourcing project for different 3rd party clients. Experienced in tools like Ariba, Emptoris (Spend analysis). Conducting e-Auctions through various tools as per the requirements of the stakeholders.
  • Performing the price analysis, qualitative and quantitative analysis of RFx for the stakeholders.
  • Handle the sourcing cycle wherein the work comprises of reviewing, analyzing and evaluating the RFx [i.e. request for information (RFIs), request for proposal (RFPs) & request for quotation (RFQs)]. Ability to evaluate the e-Auction results and circulate same to the clients which helps them in selecting the appropriate supplier.
  • Provide training to the various stakeholders on tools for the purpose of e-Auctions and the other relevant bidding rules for the different projects. Keeping track of the Award and the regret letter issued to the supplier, post the completion of sourcing process, and maintain the vendor data base as per the requirements.
  • Monitor and led a team of cross functional professionals, fostering personal and professional growth through effective delegation, motivation, constructive feedback. Analyze, monitor, and influence team development, resulting in consistently exceeding performance expectations and achieving outstanding results.

Education

BES Degree college

Bachelor of Commerce

Skills

Problem-Solving

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that above particulars of information and facts stated are true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Senior Strategic Sourcing Lead

Infoblox Technical Support & Software Development Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - Current

Program Manager

NetApp India Pvt Ltd
12.2020 - 10.2021

Team Leader

Accenture India Pvt ltd
12.2015 - 12.2020

Process Specialist - (Strategic Sourcing and E-Sourcing)

Infosys India Pvt ltd
11.2014 - 12.2015

BES Degree college

Bachelor of Commerce
1 2009

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