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Vijay Kumar
Sourcing And Procurement Profession
560016,India
Summary
Sourcing Manager Profile Seeking a challenging position with an organization of repute to add further business value Synopsis: Worked on $850 million Enterprise Agreement renewal with Microsoft. Dynamic & accomplished professional with around 11+ years of versatile experience with significant exposure in Global Procurement. Shown leadership in many assignments with critical timelines. Creative and able to adapt and respond effectively to a dynamic working environment. Possess very good analytical and research skills. Nature of starting with an end and good interpersonal skills. Ability to motivate and keep the self as well as team’s energy levels high in all critical and demanding situations. Strategic Sourcing Specialist with solid 11+ year background in driving and coordinating sourcing efforts for material and service procurement. Focuses on cost savings and supplier development to support pre-procurement strategy and supply agreement negotiation. Collaborates with internal business units and supply chain stakeholders to achieve business goals. Sourcing manager well-versed in sourcing activities while partnering cross-functionally with suppliers, internal customers and analysts to execute projects and improve processes. Maintains agile and aggressive supply base while procuring high quality goods at fair and competitive prices. Familiarity with supplier contracts, product conformity and problem solving methodologies.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Sourcing Manager
NET APP INDIA PVT LTD
BANGALORE, INDIA
06.2019 - Current
- Working on complex sourcing projects for multiple category like IT (Software,hardware, consulting service etc.).
- Negotiating with supplier on commercial and technical requirement.
- RFx and e-Auctions in Ariba system.
- Contract drafting and negotiate redline and get the contract to closure (MSA, SOW, Termination etc.).
- Communicating with internal business stakeholder on upcoming contract renewals and discuss strategy for the same.
- Ensure vendor is meeting all NetApp standard contract obligations and monitor vendor performance on quarterly basis.
- Implements change management strategies within designated business units to increase utilization of best practices sourcing and procurement solutions.
- Strategic negotiations for vendor selection with vendor selection criteria along with score carding to develop low cost solutions with high quality.
- Assists the Business Sourcing Partner in business unit capacity and demand planning forecasting customer business unit demand for GPS services.
- Creates and maintains Category cards detailing overall category strategies, preferred vendors and business unit requirements.
Assistant Director
EY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ERNST & YOUNG
BANGALORE, INDIA
05.2016 - 06.2019
- Managed Spend of $1 Billion of Global Technology Spend.
- Manage multiple, simultaneous technology deals focusing on hardware/software with the agreed timelines such as cloud hosting/open source software’s.
- Interact with business to understand the requirement and fulfill the requirement by sourcing process.
- Work with suitable/preferred suppliers and maintain record to fulfill future business needs per time and budget.
- Be aware of the objectives, benefits & success factors of the project and work towards achieving them.
- Plan, execute, monitor & control orders to successful closure.
- Manage risks, issues and dependencies in the project.
- Analyze and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Accountable for order deliverables and adhere to the defined processes for Global Procurement Process.
- Develop & maintain productive relationship with functional leaders, project sponsors, vendors and stakeholders.
- Timely updates of the order status to all relevant stakeholders.
- Timely escalation of risks to sponsors and all stakeholders and derive an agreeable mitigation plan.
- Ensure compliance to order delivery schedules and quality.
- To partner with IT team to resolve any technical issues in the system and ensure smooth workflow ensuring vendors get paid on time.
- Lead the transactions and assist the team and keep check on the action items, update the management accordingly on the issues and improvements.
- Ensure the Preparation of the Monthly Metric, Reporting to Regional finance Leads and internal dishoards and take actions to improve the health of the process.
- To align the P2P process as per the P2P Lean Global Standards and measures to standardize the activities.
- Responsible for customer Management through timely resolution of queries, issues and enhancing customer experience.
- Presenting the P2P Metrics to the customers and address the concerns.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors and facilitate the completion of the audit requirements.
- Constant look out for improvements through process automations and optimization of process.
- Participate and lead organizational initiatives.
- Drives deployment and adoption of global process module.
Consultant
BRISTLECONE INDIA LIMITED
BANGALORE, INDIA
08.2015 - 05.2016
- Coordinating with the client and help them out on how to use the SAP SRM system on the e-Sourcing and e-Auction.
- Coordinating with the client and help them out on how to use the SAP CLM system on creating contracts.
- Creating the contract templates into the SAP CLM system as per the client requirement.
- Preparing FS (Functional Specification) documents as per the client requirement.
- Running the complete process into the quality system on e-Sourcing, e-auction, CLM & SPM.
- Identifying process improvements which can be developed into the SRM system.
- Giving trainings to clients on options available into the system and exploring them and created videos on the same so that I can use the same videos for other training sessions.
- STRAVIS IT SOLUTIONS, BANGALORE, INDIA(CLIENT MONSANTO).
SENIOR PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT
12.2013 - 06.2015
- Coordinating with the respective teams to procuring Technology items which includes IT Hardware, IT Services and Software License and Maintenance etc.
- Coordinating with respective team to get the requirements set for IT (Hardware & Software), IT services, HR & Contract labor commodity for different regions.
- Rolling out e-RFX to the vendor in Ariba tool for any new projects where spend is more than 10 lakhs.
- Conducting live e-Auction in Ariba tool by inviting the vendors and getting the best quote on any projects.
- Creating & reviewing the NDA & MSA with all the necessary clauses and getting it signed from both the stakeholder and the Vendor.
- Vendor selection, Negotiation with Vendors for quality, price, product, payment terms & conditions etc.
- Creating Statement of Work for all the projects as per the scope of work.
- Creating PO’s in SAP once the PR is approved and follow up with the respective person to get it released and send it to the Vendor and the receive the acknowledgement from the vendor.
- Monitoring of all Annual maintenance contracts (AMC).
- Ensures the optimal balance of cost, values and risk in new contracts and renewals with the suppliers.
- Creating value contract or Quantity contract with the vendor by collecting required documents.
SENIOR PROCESS EXECUTIVE
HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
BANGALORE, INDIA
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Uploading in SAP & Reviewing.
- Created Shopping cart in SAP SRM tool as per the estimates/quotes received from the vendor by getting the approval from the cost center owner.
- Follow up with vendors through E-Mail and phone calls for tracking the shipment.
- Handling all inquiries from requestor/client, vendors, maintaining vendor catalog related to orders, updates internal shipment tracking, resolves and escalates issues as required.
- Working on the Capital project in CPS & CRS tool to have capital project approved.
- Following up with the capital leaders to approve the capital project.
- Identify unutilized Capital project funds and report the same to the end user’s/Project owners to utilize the funds in the respective years.
- Providing excellent customer service, highly organized, pay attention to detail and execute tactical plans.
- Conducting live e-Auction in Ariba tool by inviting the vendors and getting the best quote on any projects.
- WIPRO, BANGALORE, INDIA(CLIENT GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED).
SENIOR PURCHASE OFFICER
12.2010 - 12.2012
- Qualifying the Vendors by collecting the documents for GE for Purchasing Goods.
- Negotiation with suppliers based on market standards & Quotations.
- Creating SPO & Expense PO as per the Purchase Requisition using Oracle 11i.
- Creating Blanket Purchase Agreement/Releases by using Oracle 11i and R12.
- On time availability of materials in order to reduce the cost.
- Assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criteria such as quality / Technology.
- Meet obligations to internal and external requirement of our customers on time.
- Providing excellent customer service, highly organized, pay attention to detail and execute tactical plans.
- Ensure that the Turn-Around-Time (TAT) and Quality being met in accordance with established guidelines, with the client.
- Reviewing of MSA, NDA’s, Letter of Agreements, SOW’s, Addendums and Amendments.
- Involve in savings opportunity analysis on Supplier base operation, Spend Management & Contract Management.
- Periodically vendor rating & continuously monitoring the supplier performance and making decisions on the business continuity.
- Preparing TAT Report on daily basis to management.
- Responsible to send workload with the allocation time to everyone in the team at the beginning of the day.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
GVIT
KGF 11.2005 - 10.2009
Skills
Negotiation Strategies
Certification
Bachelor Of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering as per V.T.U from G.V.I.T College, K.G.F - (2005-09)
Interests
Playing Cricket
Timeline
Sourcing Manager
NET APP INDIA PVT LTD
06.2019 - Current
Assistant Director
EY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ERNST & YOUNG
05.2016 - 06.2019
Consultant
BRISTLECONE INDIA LIMITED
08.2015 - 05.2016
SENIOR PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT
12.2013 - 06.2015
SENIOR PROCESS EXECUTIVE
HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
01.2013 - 12.2013
SENIOR PURCHASE OFFICER
12.2010 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
GVIT
11.2005 - 10.2009
Bachelor Of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering as per V.T.U from G.V.I.T College, K.G.F - (2005-09)
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 15th July 1986
Languages Known: English, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu.
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