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Sravan Kumar Kottana
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Summary
Strategic procurement professional with expertise in sourcing, spend analysis, and contract negotiations across IT, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Proficient in SAP ERP, Power BI, and advanced Excel to drive data-driven decisions, optimize costs, and consolidate vendors. Collaborates effectively with IT, Finance, Legal, and Operations to align procurement strategies with organizational goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
IT Senior Executive
Cloud4C Services
Hyderabad
04.2025 - Current
- Managed global sourcing and procurement activities by identifying and evaluating international suppliers, executing RFx processes, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost efficiency, quality compliance, and timely delivery across regions.
- Managed end-to-end IT procurement for hardware, software, cloud services, and IT infrastructure, ensuring cost efficiency and timely delivery.
- Conducted spend analysis and identified consolidation opportunities, driving long-term savings while drafting, reviewing, and negotiating procurement contracts (MSAs, SOWs, rate and AMC agreements) to ensure compliance with organizational and legal standards.
- Conducted spend analysis and cost optimization initiatives, identifying consolidation opportunities and driving long-term cost savings.
- Conducted RFQ, RFP, and RFI processes; analyzed commercial and technical bids to finalize vendors.
- Procured servers, storage, networking equipment, laptops, desktops, licenses, and SaaS subscriptions based on technical evaluations to meet organizational needs.
- Negotiated rate contracts, AMC agreements, and licensing arrangements, ensuring full compliance with organizational policies and regulatory standards.
- Developed and managed category sourcing strategies through spend analysis, supplier optimization, and cost-saving initiatives while maintaining quality and supply continuity.
- Coordinated with IT, Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to align procurement strategies with business requirements.
Procurement Analyst
Primera Medical Technologies
Hyderabad
09.2021 - 04.2025
- Managed local and organization-level contracts, negotiating with suppliers and manufacturers based on value analysis reports to optimize procurement outcomes.
- Evaluated suppliers, verified documentation, and assessed product segments to ensure compliance and quality standards.
- Prepared spend and contract analysis reports by extracting previous purchase history from database categorized by items to inform procurement decisions.
- Procured materials based on requester requirements by utilizing ERP tools and various ticketing systems.
Procurement Engineer
Al-Jubail
Al-Jubail
07.2018 - 08.2020
- Planned scope of work, prepared inventory list, and raised requisitions to ensure timely material availability.
- Managed entire process from request creation to invoice submission for sourcing goods and services.
- Generated various types of POs (standing order, subcontracting, third party, and consignment) through ERP tools.
- Coordinated with vendors and production teams to ensure supply continuity and planned purchasing activities for optimal inventory levels.
- Experience in Maintaining Master data (Material Master, Vendor Master data, Service Master data, Info Record, and Source list Maintenance) of company.
- Scheduling of work and allocation of Manpower, Estimation of material requirement based on the scope of work.
- Prepare required documents to export or Import the material like BOM preparation, Bill of lading, certificate of origin and Invoice details.
- Supported operational activities and maintenance functions in industrial environments.
Assistant professor
NSRIT Engineering college
Visakhapatnam
07.2016 - 05.2017
- Delivered lectures as subject matter expert based on academic syllabus and mentored students in research projects to foster academic growth.
- Conducted practical lab sections to develop students' research skills and promote hands-on learning.
- Successful completion of RINL industrial support projects and completed various projects for Naval science & Research laboratory.
- Collaborated with Jntu Kakinada University to advance educational initiatives and strengthen academic partnerships.
Education
M.Tech - Machine Design
GITAM University
Visakhapatnam, India01-2016
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Sanketika institute of technology and management
Visakhapatnam01-2014
Intermediate - M.P.C
Narayana Jr. College
Vijayawada01-2010
Secondary School -
Surya teja public School
01-2008
Skills
- IT vendor management
- IT procurement strategy
- IT asset management
- IT resource allocation
- IT service management
- Project management
- Release strategy
- Data analysis
- Spend analysis
- Master data management
- SQL
- Power BI
- Advanced Excel
- Exception handling
- Incidents handling
- Contract Management
- Mentoring junior staff
Certification
- SAP Certified Application Associate, https://www.credly.com/go/CeA90ohj
- Primavera P6
- Trained in CAPM course (Certified Associate in Project Management)
Timeline
IT Senior Executive
Cloud4C Services
04.2025 - Current
Procurement Analyst
Primera Medical Technologies
09.2021 - 04.2025
Procurement Engineer
Al-Jubail
07.2018 - 08.2020
Assistant professor
NSRIT Engineering college
07.2016 - 05.2017
M.Tech - Machine Design
GITAM University
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Sanketika institute of technology and management
Intermediate - M.P.C
Narayana Jr. College
Secondary School -
Surya teja public School