Praveenkumar Selvaraj

• Wipro Limited - Global Procurement 2021 to Current
• Currently managing closed to 65 Crores Spend.
• Monitored vendor performance to ensure adherence to quality standards while minimizing operational costs.
• Analyzed market trends to identify potential supply sources for strategic sourcing decisions.
• Provided guidance on sourcing strategies and risk management for procurement activities.
• Resolved invoice discrepancies between suppliers and accounts payable department efficiently.
• Identified cost-saving opportunities through supplier negotiations and purchase consolidations.
• Negotiated vendor contracts for goods and services aligned with organizational requirements.
• Maintained comprehensive records of purchased items, including product codes and pricing details.
• Developed and implemented global procurement strategies to enhance efficiency and compliance.
• Supervising an annual procurement budget of INR 80-100 Crores which included management of 300-400 vendors for the entire process.
• Preparing inquiry documents (technical & commercial) & floated inquiries to the suitable vendors; followed up with the vendors to get the quotations on-time to avoid any delay.
• Drafting & issuing Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the selected vendors, price & specifications; reducing NonCatalog Purchase Orders & increasing of Payment Terms
• Working on ARIBA implementation at locations for PR-PO & Vendors; integrating procurement activities of Acquired companies with WIPRO
• Developing vendor base, and monitoring Vendor Rationalization to achieve cost reduction, increase revenues, streamline process workflow and enhance productivity innovatively for in-house and vendor parts
• Managing the overall operations and enhancing the operational efficiency by eliminating obsolescence and achieving cost reduction through vendor development, curbing rework & rejection, innovation
• Sourcing indirect spend–and capital expenditure (CAPEX); adopting a variety of external market conditions and internal business environments; taking ownership on Capex purchases related to location across Civil, HVAC, Interior, and Electrical
• Coordinating between engineering and suppliers, inspectors and managers on standardization, rework, and quality of purchased parts and chemical/ mechanical finishing through approved suppliers
• Supporting Procure-To-Pay (P2P) cycle including internal demand management, specifications standardization, RFX creation, & management, auctions, bid evaluation, coordination with other departments, negotiations, PO administration & other post-order activities
• Managing Facility Repair & Maintenance category including Retrofits Work (Civil & Interior) & MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) Packages and Infrastructure Change Requests for Wipro PAN India
• Negotiating long-term supply & service contracts and AMC packages PAN India including, DG, Elevators, WTP, STP interacting with Internal Legal Team along with Vendor Legal Team on contract clauses for sourcing projects & AMC Packages.
• Sending RFX (RFP, RFI & RFQ) for various Capex projects & Retrofit Projects; reviewing Pre-bid queries, arranging technical discussions with vendors &cross-functional teams, reviewing tenders and bids & concluding commercials.
• Conducting half-yearly vendor reviews to address issues and explore new opportunities to improve program profitability; delivering cost savings for the company; monitoring, evaluating & improving supplier performance; attending weekly calls with stakeholders to understand the concerns & providing effective solutions
• Administering spot purchases, negotiation, record savings and regional contracts related to Facility maintenance.
• Streamlining purchases to align with organizations goals & objectives, setting up contract for frequent and planned purchases; working on Vendor consolidation and reduction
• Ensuring adherence to group compliance, procurement policies, Client Management and support from requirement identification stage

Highlights:

• Managed the procurement for 8+Offices in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & PAN India (approx. 25,000 Headcount, 1600 PO / Yearly, 50 contracts)
• Drove the procurement for Flood Renovation & Varada Cyclone Rectification Work (Interior Work, RO Plant, DG Stack,
• Skyroof, Facade Glass, Electrical & Plumbing) for All BDC Buildings – 1560 MINR
• Supervised the Procurement for LED Light Fittings for PAN India – 200 MINR
• Lead the Yearly renewal of 40 Scrap contracts at PAN India and 10 AMC renewal contracts for DG & Lifts
• Enhanced and increased Payment Terms for BDC Supplier – 39 to 45 Days

To handled IPCs Real estate Projects :

This scope has been effectively managed, along with stakeholder collaboration, resulting in meeting the expectations.

High Level Summary:

• Consultancy charges were effectively negotiated, and a good percentage of savings was achieved.
• Title diligence for quotation has been negotiated and achieved a good percentage of savings.
• Enabled for all MSA, signed for real estate requirements.
• Park Me for Wipro GGM.|Nationwide Parking Experts.
• Real estate MSAs' renewal activity.
• Wipro Foundation :

Supported for foundation activities commercial closures.

• Quality consultant for construction work at govt school
• Infra work for setting up of science labs
• Flooring works at MG Halli school
• Softscape quote for MG Halli school
• Shikaripalya lake Rejunovation project

Bangladesh Requirements :

• EID Food support
• Integrated Facility services for Dhaka-Delvistaa Office_Nov'24 to Mar'25
• Quote for Ramadan food arrangement
• AC rectification at the head office.
• Requirement for office stationary items

Wipro Limited – Chennai / Bangalore

Position – Team Lead (P2P, Accounts Payable, and Global Procurement Buyer Activity)

* PO creating and sharing with vendors of all types of purchase organizations. (WI, WT, WBPO, WC01)

* Analyze user requirements, prioritize tasks, identify dependencies, and suitably allocate work for the delivery of Purchase Orders.
* Act as a subject matter expert for less experienced operational buyers in procurement-related terminology and processes.
* Purchase order creation of all FMG/IT products, with a good knowledge of taxation.
* Facilitate team collaboration, and foster communication.
* Indexing and segregating vendor invoices through the OMNI flow application, and payment clearing to vendors through the IRS (Invoice Receiving Station).

* Conversant in supply chain processes and corresponding SAP transactions.

* Team player with polished communication skills, and the ability to interact well with individuals at all levels.
* Managing the entire Procure to Pay (P2P) operations (Vendor Payments, Intercompany Accounting, Vendor Management, Travel & Expense Claims processing, and AP Helpdesk).
* Responsible for the timely processing of AP invoices received from various clients in the specified turnaround time, with a high level of accuracy.
* Processing of PO and non-PO invoices, credit notes, debit memos, and down payments. Timely resolution of invoices that have price and quantity deviations.

• Professional Profile:
  Having one years of experience in SAP FICO S4 HANA /CO
  Working on S4 Hana Project
  Proficient in designing and configuration of FI Sub modules, General ledger (FI-GL), Accounts payable (FI-AP), Accounts receivable (FI-AR) and asset accounting.
  Worked on configuration in FI – MM Integration (P2P).
  Worked on configuration in FI-SD Integration.
  Worked on GL and document splitting.
  Configuration of CO Sub modules (Cost element accounting, Cost Centre accounting, Internal orders.)
• Roles and responsibilities:
  ❖ Creating configuration setting based on version wise company code like company code creation, Maintain posting period variants, Tolerance groups etc.,
  ❖ Maintain BP and asset number ranges
  ❖ Having experience on creating GL master record based on the requirement
  ❖ The configuration of SAP including some or all the following: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR.
  ❖ House banks creation
  ❖ Preparation of End user’s manual & Training provided to users.
  ❖ Cost centre and profit centre creation
  ❖ Standard cost run
  ❖ Attending daily status call with team and updating the status.
  ❖ Attending on call and updating the status weekly once.
  ❖ Currently working with Global security Group and Facility Management Group handling to all PAN India locations.
  ❖ Creating Purchase Requisitions, Purchase orders, Material master code creation, Branch transfer order and Quality checking & various transactions related to MM Module
  ❖ 5 years of experience in SAP Module-Purchase Order Department for SCM Process in Information Technology.
  ❖ Having knowledge in SAP Material Management module.
  ❖ Good Communication skills and Comprehensive problem-solving ability.