Sujith SJ S J
Senior Procurement Analyst
Ahmedabad
Summary
Experienced in supply chain principles and passionate about procurement. Possessing the necessary skills to excel in this field, with a quick learning ability and analytical mindset for understanding market trends and managing suppliers effectively. Ready to utilize and further develop negotiation and strategic sourcing skills in a Direct & Indirect procurement role.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Procurement Specialist
Qatar Airways
AHMEDABAD
12.2025 - Current
- Conduct a market search to identify a potential supplier as well as to maintain and promote sound relationships with suppliers and business community.
- Evaluate completeness and accuracy of specification put forward by user departments.
- Monitor and act upon Purchase Enquiring raised by User Departments.
- Develop RFP/RFQ/RFI and other tender documentations and subsequently run there sourcing events end to end, including providing justification for recommended selection, approval gaining and communicating to User Departments and Supplier.
- Responsible for Tender administration generally including creating system documents, printing and approvals circulation, checking for any required documents, calculations so that approving managers may proceed.
- Keep up to date knowledge about relevant commodity indexes, global inflation data, minimal wage level, QR active stations.
- Proactively seek to provide solutions to operational problems such as delays, lack of supplier's responses.
- Negotiation with suppliers on costs and commercial terms for low to medium value goods and services.
- Create, review and maintain relevant Procurement activities i.e. purchase orders, item codes to support operational requirements.
Indirect Procurement Category Buyer
Kraft Heinz
Ahmedabad
07.2024 - 11.2025
- uJAssessed and managed supplier performance for continuous improvement by leading supplier meetings.
- Coordinated sourcing process to finalize vendor contractual agreements.
- Participated in benchmarking exercises comparing organizational procurement practices against industry standards to ensure competitiveness within the marketplace.
- Increased supplier performance through regular evaluations, feedback, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assisted in budget preparation, ensuring alignment with procurement objectives and overall business goals.
- Developed and maintained detailed reports to track procurement performance, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations for future actions.
- Conducted procurement life cycle from request submission through contract filing.
- Contributed to the development of procurement policies and procedures to ensure best practices are consistently applied across all aspects of category management activities.
- Assisted employees, vendors or customers by answering questions related to sourcing and procurement processes, procedures and services.
- Reduced procurement lead times through effective supplier relationship management and streamlined processes.
- Ensured compliance with relevant laws, regulations, guidelines during all aspects of the procurement process from bid evaluation till contract execution.
- Managed CPS , HR , FM , IT categories projects with the overall spend of $200 Million and saved $5.5 million on hard savings.
- Got global circle award for best performance june 2025.
- Improved 0.3 fte in automation of manual entry .
ENGINEER - GLOBAL PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Modine thermal systems india
Chennai
12.2022 - 07.2024
- SAP - MM , PTP , Direct & indirect procurement
- Handling global Top Aluminium and steel suppliers
- MRP - Material requestion share point , Root cause analysis , Info record Data management , Material & vendor master , USA tariff exclusions material demand forecasting & Data visualising , Diversity reports generation and updation , stratergic global sourcing , vendor management
- Weekly & monthly report analysis .SaaS
- Payment terms report generation & analysis in SAP
- Power BI (report visualization )
- Material demand forecasting and Extracting report from SAP BW
- Maintaining Matrix and trackers for overall performance visibility
- NAVEX - supplier onboarding & management tool
- Supplier risk assessment
- NDA
- PWC audit report generation
- Managing monthly material flow of $7 million average
- Microsoft suite
- Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
Senior Procurement Analyst - Global Supply Chain Management
Flextronics International Private Limited.
Chennai
03.2021 - 11.2022
- Baan infor LN 4/5 , Procure to pay, Direct procurement
- 4P logistics team management , Past due data analysis, OPOR report generation , PPV analysing , incoterms , Demand and supply analysis
- Handling the shortages & Expedition with suppliers , Maintaining effective inventory for production and managing minimal inventory , Reschedule forecast report review , material planning , Accounts payable, kinaxis, supplier sourcing and Coordination with AP
- Vendor management , Pulse action tracker ( Tableau )
- Rfx , Negotiations with global distributers
Education
Global Certification - CSCP
ASCM - APICS
United States12-2025
MBA - Logistics & Supply chain management
Bharathiyar University
COIMBATORE01.2023
Post graduate Diploma - logistics and supply chain management
Safeducate Learning Pvt. Ltd. (Safexpress Logistics Pvt. Ltd.)
Delhi02-2021
Bachelor of Engineering - mechanical engineering
St. Peters Institute of Higher Education And Research
Chennai03-2020
Higher secondary - Engineering
SRM matriculation higher secondary school
03-2016
High school -
Sri sitharam vidyalaya matriculation higher secondary school
03-2014
Skills
End-to-End Contract Management
Procurement transformation & enablement
Scope identification
Category Management
Demand Forecasting
Global sourcing
Supplier development
Pricing analysis & improvements
Sustainability development
Total cost of ownership
Cost analysis
Procurement strategy
Customer focus
Spend analysis
Strategic sourcing
Supply chain optimization & management
Supplier relationship management
Price negotiations
Ordering and purchasing
Continuous improvement
Vendor contract negotiations
SAP MM
BAAN INFOR LN 4/5
Ariba catalyst & keystone
Oracle
Power BI
BUSINESS ANALYSER
Rfx , Rfq , Rfp
Ground handling procurement
Negotiation plan
Quote cost comparison
Jagger & esourcing
SLA metrics
Supply chain optimization
Procurement process improvement
Global procurement
Budget planning and control
Demand forecasting
Category management
Purchasing strategy development
Cost reduction strategies
New vendor setup
Market analysis
Performance improvement
Regulatory compliance
Contract negotiation
Proposal writing
Contract management
Achievements Activities Awards
- Achieved cancellation of $7.2 million dollars in Q2 2022 and saved the inventory and expenditure.
- Achieved shortages of all the months fulfilled according to the need dates.
- Got appreciation from the site team for maintaining zero discrepancy and metrics and improved efficiency in the work.
- Participated in STATE LEVEL ENGINEERING QUIZ and secured SECOND place conducted by TECHFEST I3 - 2K19.
- Certificate of Participation in Advancement in Automobile Safety.
- Certificate of participation in Roles and Responsibility of Mechanical Engineering in Industries and Extraction of Bio Fibers and Structural Components Manufacturing Using Natural Composite.
- Certificate of participation in Entrepreneurship - Cum - Skill Development Programme (E-SDP) by NSIC.
- Secured 2nd place in state level badminton tournament.
- Road safety patrol leader in higher secondary education.
- Zonal level ball badminton tournament runner.
Disclaimer
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Education
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Activities
- Strategies Sourcing And Vendors Management (MSME Agra)
- SAP - MATERIAL MANAGEMENT
- Basics of Distribution and Logistics (APICS & ASCM) International Certification
- Import - Export Management and Procedures (MSME)
- Agile Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Management (MSME)
- MS-Windows & Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Web Programming (HTML, Front Page, VB Script, ASP, XML)
- Mechanical CAD/CAM (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ANSYS, NX Unigraphics)
Timeline
Senior Procurement Specialist
Qatar Airways
12.2025 - Current
Indirect Procurement Category Buyer
Kraft Heinz
07.2024 - 11.2025
ENGINEER - GLOBAL PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Modine thermal systems india
12.2022 - 07.2024
Senior Procurement Analyst - Global Supply Chain Management
Flextronics International Private Limited.
03.2021 - 11.2022
Global Certification - CSCP
ASCM - APICS
MBA - Logistics & Supply chain management
Bharathiyar University
Post graduate Diploma - logistics and supply chain management
Safeducate Learning Pvt. Ltd. (Safexpress Logistics Pvt. Ltd.)
Bachelor of Engineering - mechanical engineering
St. Peters Institute of Higher Education And Research
Higher secondary - Engineering
SRM matriculation higher secondary school
High school -
Sri sitharam vidyalaya matriculation higher secondary school