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Vasanth Kumar
Procurement Professional
Bangalore
Summary
Dependable procurement professional with expertise of 12+ year in field of Order, Contract, Vendor management, Blocked Invoice resolution. Considered an enthusiastic employee with good decision making & communication skill.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Language
Work History
Procurement Professional
IBM India Pvt ltd
Bangalore
09.2011 - Current
- Order management. - Sep 2011 to Till date (Internal client, NWL, Twitter)
- Vendor database management - 2014 & 2020 (NWL, Twitter)
- Contract management - May 2017 to 2019 (Twitter)
- Blocked invoice management – May 2014 to Till date (Twitter)
- Negotiations with supplier contributing savings to the client.
- Check and monitor all the contract tickets assigned by sourcing and requestors.
- Manage contract records, (Master Services agreement, Statement of Work, Project Change Requests, Work Orders, Professional Sales Services Agreements)Routing them for signatures and activation of contracts.
• Creating new supplier record, new supplier contact for the contracts
• Regular follow-up/Interaction with sourcing for record approvals or on any issues requiring their approvals.
• Follow-up with all stakeholders and suppliers based on the dependency - • Manage the contracts and develop unique terms and conditions for those supplier agreements who require changes.
• Assist strategic sourcing in negotiating rates with suppliers. Manage the contracts for key Suppliers.
• Developed contracts reporting structure.
• Facilitate the closure of the contract project/supplier onboarding
• Also worked as an operations buyer on end to end operations for the client.
• Work closely with the team to carry out the day to day activities of PR to PO and meet the daily/Weekly/monthly objectives
• Monitor the mailbox on a day to day basis, and also reply to the communication e-mails
Commercial Executive (Logistics Executive)
R.K. FABRICS (INDIA) PVT. LTD
Bangalore
03.2011 - 08.2011
- LC Opening & Follow up with further process with the bank
- Prepare & follow up for the non-negotiable documents of Import & Export shipments
- Followup with thirdparty logistics agent & track shipment with liners.
- Customs duty calculation.
- Managing import & export documents.
Management Trainee
ASHAPURA FORWARDERS PVT. LTD
09.2010 - 02.2011
- Handled operations part & documentation process
- Processing custom clearances procedure
- Handled pre-shipment and post-shipment documentation
- Including maintenance of documents for each shipment
- Handling admin work.
Education
MBA - International Business
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (VTU)
Bangalore, India 06.2008 - 01.2010
Skills
Teamwork and Collaboration
Interpersonal Communication
Flexible and Adaptable
ERP systems
Procure to Pay Processes
Multitasking Abilities
Training and Development
Accomplishments
- Received multiple "Performance Par Excellence award" awards “Q2-2013” (NWL Account) & “Q2-2016” (Twitter Account)
- Recognized as Go to person from the client & from team.
- Received highest number of appreciation from the client for an entire year.
Interests
Gadgets & Automobiles
Hobbies
- Listening to Music.
- Playing cricket and Badminton.
- Photography.
Timeline
Procurement Professional
IBM India Pvt ltd
09.2011 - Current
Commercial Executive (Logistics Executive)
R.K. FABRICS (INDIA) PVT. LTD
03.2011 - 08.2011
Management Trainee
ASHAPURA FORWARDERS PVT. LTD
09.2010 - 02.2011
MBA - International Business
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (VTU)
06.2008 - 01.2010