Rahul Tiwari

Core Competencies

• Strategic Sourcing & P2P: End-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) lifecycle, Sourcing Strategy, & Supply Chain Optimization.
• Marketing Procurement: Media Planning & Buying, Agency Management (Creative, PR, Influencer), & Production Sourcing.
• Financial Stewardship: Budgeting vs. Actual Analysis, Cost Benchmarking, & MIS Reporting.
• Contract & Risk Management: MSA/NDA Negotiation, Compliance Auditing, & Techno-Commercial Evaluation.
• Tech Stack: SAP MM, Ariba, DMS, & Advanced ERP Operations.
• Stakeholder Management: Cross-functional leadership with 100+ internal/external stakeholders.
• Grasim aims to be one of the biggest players in the fast-growing decorative paints industry. It plans to set up six manufacturing plants in Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and West Bengal till FY 2025 with a total capacity of 1,332 MLPA and a project cost of ₹10,000 Crore.

Professional Experience & Scope Of Work:

• Portfolio Management: Orchestrate a Pan-India marketing procurement portfolio valued at ₹400 Cr, overseeing categories including celebrity endorsements, PR, social listening, and packaging design.
• Cost Optimization: Negotiated ATL/BTL campaigns and agency retainers, consistently achieving 20-30%+ cost savings without compromising brand quality or deliverables.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Process Engineering: Established robust marketing procurement frameworks and audit compliance protocols; onboarded 250+ vendors with full MSA/NDA execution.
• Strategic Negotiation: Manage commercial closures for creative and media partners, including rigorous FTE tracking and monthly retainer validation.
• Financial Planning: Lead monthly budget mapping (Budget vs. Actual) and provide strategic spend visibility to the Marketing Head to drive informed planning.
• Vendor Governance: Drive vendor rationalization and performance monitoring, securing long-term rate contracts with favourable payment terms and optimized Opex spend.
• Operational Leadership: Direct the S2P cycle for a 45-member marketing team across 7 diverse categories, ensuring seamless eProcurement operations via SAP/Ariba.
• Material Master Team (MDM)
• Creation of Material master and SKU /code based on the Logic with the coordination of entire team and ensuring all data must update before releasing the SKU for production
• 1200+ SKU has been created so far.
• Updation of Price master / Discount/ in Bill discount in SAP
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.

• Worked in Asset operation team at Head office.
• Scope of Work:
• Managing reconciliation which includes GL / Bank reconciliation of multiple accounts.
• Authorizations of NEFT file for credit to customer A/c.
• Checking of CMS collection with system entry.
• Managing, directing, motivating and leading the team for greater operational efficiencies.
• Handling Bank reconciliation.
• Guidance to the branches on their quires /Issue/doubts and open entry for closure.
• UAT, production implementation new processes.
• Testing and Implementation of various recon suits & Baking modules.
• Sharing data to Internal and External auditors.
• Managing payable accounts API clients.
• Reconciling unclaimed deposits.
• Managing Audit, risk & Compliance relevant to operations.
• Preparing process notes.
• Other Day today actives perform assigned by Mangers.

• Part of Operation Team, Cash Management Service
• Scope of Work:
• Vendor Management of CMS ( Cash Pick up and Delivery )
• Verification & Working on Data for Billing and Finalization.
• Key Account Management.
• Creation of I Memo, Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Order for Payment.
• Vendor & Bank Reconciliation.
• Knowledge of GST.
• Preparation of Payment file ( NEFT, RTGS, F110, IMPS)
• Team Management.
• Monthly provision and JV Accounting in system
• Working on MIS for Management Flow.
• Handling Escalation.

• Part of Finance Operations Team & Marketing Dept. working in SAP System. The scope of work includes activities related to Finance & Marketing Dept.
• Processing of Purchase requisition based on Estimate and Approval.
• Processing for Purchase Order after Validation of document.
• Processing of Service Entry and GRN after confirmation of service and Material delivery.
• Accounting of Cash & Employee Reimbursements Transactions.
• Accounting of Vendor Invoices and releasing of Payment on Due Dates.
• Reconciliation of Debtors & Creditors accounts
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement
• Knowledge of GST.
• Handling of Bank transactions – Deposit of Cash & Cheques

• Part of Finance Operations Team working in SAP System from July 2017 and before was working in Microsoft Navision ERP System.
• The scope of work includes activities related to
• Accounting of day to day transactions.
• Preparation of Bank Documents for TT Payments, Vendor Bill Discounting and LC Payments.
• Accounting of Cash & Employee Reimbursements Transactions.
• Accounting of Vendor Invoices and releasing of Payment on Due Dates.
• Maintaining Cash Statement and Foreign Currency in Hand.
• Reconciliation of Debtors & Creditors accounts
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement
• Preparing Collection reports
• Handling of Bank transactions - Deposit of Cash & Cheques
• Monthly provision and JV Accounting in system.

• Job role included:
• Accounting day to day transactions.
• Passing entries and Maintaining Purchase and Sales register.
• Preparing Sales Tax workings for monthly returns
• Passing Bank entries and preparation of Bank Reconciliation
• Petty Cash management.
• Communicating with Bank Authorities
• Keeping a track of Overdue Payments
• Issuing cheque to suppliers.
• Cash Vouchers preparation

• Job role in the companies include:
• Day -to-day accounting transactions.
• Passing entries and Maintaining Purchase and Sales register.
• Bank Reconciliation
• Managing Petty Cash