Experienced purchasing professional with top-notch leadership, program management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with organized nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Improves policies, reduces waste and supports business needs with efficient, high-quality materials.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Procurement
FSN Brands Marketing Pvt. Ltd (Nykaa)
01.2024 - Current
Procurement and Category management
Indirect Category procurement for Retail Category – Capex & Opex
Lead entire procurement cycle from Purchase to Pay in co-ordination with internal stakeholders, vendors and accounts team.
Work closely with stakeholders to facilitate timely delivery with the right quality and quantity with a smooth Procure-to-pay process
Identify cost saving avenues by Negotiation, Volumetric Negotiation, Alternate Vendor Development and Value Engineering
Review, develop and execute the procurement strategies and ensure the alignment with organization and stakeholder
Supplier Relationship Management
Establish contacts with the management of key suppliers to acquire information on service offerings, market trends and to enable timely settlement of issues
Actively monitor supplier landscape, develop new suppliers where applicable, enable them to meet organization’s requirements, ensure reliable supply at competitive prices and to manage supplier - price risk
Ensure that all the vendors follow the supplier code of conduct set by the organization
Evaluate supplier performance based on quality standards, deliver time & best prices and ensure all the criteria are met according to organizational expectations
Manage critical issues and claims with suppliers. Collaborate with stake holders to resolve issues, address root causes and improve customer satisfaction
Procurement Manager
Infiniti Retail Ltd- TATA Croma
10.2021 - 01.2024
New Vendor Development & Management
Capex Value Engineering – cost management along with design team to ensure correct product, pricing with quality.
Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.
Addressing & closure of new developments/requirements
Maintenance of various MIS
Collaborate with concerned stakeholders to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely resolution of commercial issues related to supplies.
Weekly discussion with IT team for maintaining IT inventory.
Procurement Manager
Future Enterprises Limited
02.2018 - 10.2021
New Vendor Development & Management and Periodic Performance evaluation of existing vendors.
Capex Value Engineering – cost management along with design team to ensure correct product, pricing, and quality.
Article creation approval and Management in SAP MM Module Perform Spend Analysis for Bought out Items, identify potential savings opportunity and conduct Reverse.
Auctions to decrease procurement costs.
Liaison with commercial for Payments and Vendor issues.
Budget Preparation & Assessment and imparting necessary training to the team.
Process Improvement – Identify process gaps in PO, Receipt, Measurement, billing, GRN and taxation and execute supply chain related process improvement projects.
Float, Request for Quotation / Proposal through a strategic sourcing process for all
Capex & Opex buying requirements.
Conduct Supply Market research for potential vendors to aid sourcing decisions. Manage high spend sourcing efforts and guide the team in preparing internal cost estimates and delivering best value through techno- commercial negotiations.
Monitor and Track Purchase order management process and related communication – through manual and / or electronic procurement tools and oversee up to date.
maintenance of all procurement / sourcing records as per policy requirements.
Collaborate with internal teams to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely resolution of commercial issues related to supplies.
Perform benchmarking and develop alternate cost effective and reliable sources of supply using published and trade sources.
Knowledge of basic Taxation / Governmental rules affecting purchases.
Successful rollout E-sourcing for both Capex and Opex 86 Lakhs saving in 4 Months.
Successfully rollout system generated PO (Oracle).
Deputy Manager – Central Procurement Team
ADITYA BIRLA RETAIL LIMITED
03.2011 - 12.2016
Procuring Complete IT / Projects Infrastructure PAN India. Vendor sourcing and development.
Procurement of IT Infrastructure like PC’s, Routers, Switches, UPS, Firewalls, Load Balancers Adaptors, Modems, Servers, Printers CCTV, Security etc and appointing contractors for Procurement of.
Finalizing critical equipment’s, Purchase and Spares order with vendors after checking Inventory stock, Price Negotiation, Taxation and warranty support
Negotiation and Follow-up for the delivery of products / spares with the principals like
Buying of CCTV & Security related equipment’s for Hypermarkets & Supermarket Retail
Chains Buying of Point of Sales Machines, Digital Weighing Scales, Hand held Scanners, Handheld Mobile terminals from Motorola & Honeywell.
Managing Annual Maintenance Contracts for Desktops / Laptops / Printers / Servers / POS Machines / Digital Weighing Scales etc on a Pan India basis serving more than
600 Stores on a PAN India basis.
Procurement of Loyalty Cards on a PAN India basis & ensuring timely delivery of the Loyalty Cards to more than 600 stores on a daily basis
Procurement Executive
SYNDROME TECHNOLOGIES
09.2009 - 02.2011
Assist in sourcing networking – Passive and Active equipment for the above-mentioned principals.
Vendor development.
Finalizing critical equipment’s, Purchase and Spares order with vendors after checking Inventory stock, Price Negotiation / Taxation, and warranty support.
Follow-up for the delivery of products and spares with the Principals / Distributors Vendors Raising Replenishment /Re-ordering Request to Stores & Purchase for Critical Spares as per the Re-order levels.