Varun Kumar TB
Bangalore
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Process Associate
BAYER
Bangalore
06.2022 - Current
- Undergone transition for Poland, Bulgaria Slovakia and Czech republic region and implemented the project in Bengaluru GBS center.
- Reviewing update and approving the new requestions from stakeholders in smart Buy and SAP.
- Actioning team tickets as per priority and providing resolution on time as per requirements.
- Performing special process including PO release approval, PO overbooking, PO lock and unlock, price mismatch and PO confirmation in SAP.
- PO amendments include payment terms, incoterms, Po value increase /decrease, item category change, invoice blocks, account assignment changes and other PR changes as per the requirement.
- Key team player in providing inputs to process excellence and was part of testing P -groups workflow.
- Extended additional support to other regions and acting as a backup in case of emergencies.
- Supporting overall team in clarifying day to day scenarios by consistent learning.
- Connecting with stakeholders to understand their queries and cascading to internal teams for smoother operations.
- Was a part of testing of service now tool and took active participation in go live and supported hyper care.
- Handling all queries through Smart desk and service now from business partners, supplier invoicing team and vendor master.
- Part of R4F(Ready for future) project in wave 4 team to run the transaction smoothly.
- Creation of Customer in MDG & Sending Enquiry through SSF.
- Modification of customer in MDG on timely manure giving proper justification to the request.
- Follow-ups for purchase order approvals
- Releasing purchase orders to suppliers and follow-up for order confirmations
- Creating different reports as required by customers
- Ensuring SLA and TAT to be meet for all requests and Queries received from customers
- Troubleshooting the issues which are related to Master data, Purchase requisitions, Purchase Order
- Achieving 100% accuracy and quality in end-to-end process and meet customer's expectation.
Procurement specialist
IBM
Bangalore
04.2021 - 06.2022
- Timely and accurate processing of general Source-2-Pay transactions for EMEA, NA, LATAM countries with the help of SAP Ariba, MM & ServiceNow tool, Contracts Administration
- Technically Accepting/Rejecting bids based on documents uploaded by respective firms
- Opening of commercial bids of vendors qualified in technical bids
- Preparing comparative statement & actively participated in techno-commercial discussion and negotiating the price along with other terms & conditions as per our requirement and finalize the contract at best price by Preparing Negotiation/ Counteroffer Note
- Create and amend purchase orders and Outline Agreements
- Sourcing, negotiation, PO over booking and Price mismatches, Service Entry Sheet in SAP
- To complete the Procurement Activities related to PO, vendor Management as per agreed SLA
- Support various procurement and sourcing projects & operational processes
- Handling the Smart Desk ticket and SSF tickets raised by the requester or Buyer
- Solving the PO over booking and Price mismatches in SAP
- Handling Push error issues in Ariba/SAP
- Monthly wise quality check of the PR's
- Blocking Purchase requisitions and informing to requester for correction
- Creating and changing shipment cost document for the shipments in SAP
- Troubleshooting the shipments and reaching out sourcing, CSR's (Shipment Creators) for correction.
Education
BE in Mechanical Engineering -
SDIT College of Engineering
01.2020
Diploma in Metallurgical Engineering -
VISSJ GOVT POLYTECHINC
01.2016
SSLC -
JSS High School
01.2012
Skills
- Good knowledge on Master Data Management
- Material Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement Process
- SAP HANA (P2P)
- Contracts Administration
- Oracle (OTM)
- SAP Ariba
- ServiceNow
- SSF & smart desk ticketing tool
- Developing strategies
- Coordinate and complete tasks based on deadlines and under pressure
- Indirect spend analysis
- Good time management and prioritization skills to meet commitments aligned with the Source to pay goals
- Negotiation RFX / RFI / RFQ / RFP follow up
- Good understanding of Requirement gathering techniques
- Has working experience in ERP tools & utilities such as MS Excel, MS Word,MS PowerPoint and Power BI
- Hands-on experience in SAP MM(P2P)
- Good at buyer activities
- Good at maintaining proper material master data
- Data cleansing
- Product Sourcing
- Data enrichment
- Procurement
- Strong Relationship management skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Good understanding of Procurement and Supply Chain Management
CARRER OBJECTIVE
A professional with 3+ years of specialized experience in Sourcing, Procurement & Supply Chain Management. Passionate, critical thinker seeking a dynamic role in the Supply Chain sphere using exceptional ability to proactively communicate, offer deep understanding of customer needs and good relationship skills. I am dynamic in my work and I am eager to contribute my expertise towards supporting an organization in driving business growth.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Basavarajappa T.S
- Mother's Name: DakshayanammaS
- Date of Birth: 09/05/96
- Nationality: Indian
LANGUAGE
- Kannada
- English
- Telugu
- Hindhi
HOBBIES
- Playing Fuse ball
- Carrom
- Cricket
- Cooking
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that all the details were given above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I have not concealed or distorted any information in this regard.
Timeline
Process Associate
BAYER
06.2022 - Current
Procurement specialist
IBM
04.2021 - 06.2022
BE in Mechanical Engineering -
SDIT College of Engineering
Diploma in Metallurgical Engineering -
VISSJ GOVT POLYTECHINC
SSLC -
JSS High School
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