Vikash Rawat
Rohini Sector -17
Summary
Result-driven Sourcing and Procurement specialist with over 9 years of experience managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and optimizing purchase operations.Proven ability to reduce cost, improve procurement processes, and ensure timely delivery of quality goods and services. Skilled in collaborating cross-functionally to drive value,ensure compliance, and deliver sustainable sourcing strategies aligned with business goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer Specialist
Airbus India Private Limited (RGBSI)
02.2024 - Current
- Establish and maintain detailed procurement project planning
- Lead and Execute procurement process as a buyer and take end-to-end accountability for general services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Perform contract management based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers performance in terms of time, cost and quality.
- Represent Company to maintain and manage relationships with suppliers offering general services.
- In the frame of risk management, assess suppliers overall performance and initiate recovery actions.
- Initiated and managed the procurement tendering process, including RFPs/RFQs, coordinating vendor communications, and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- Support management of deliveries, GRNs and process returns to vendors.
- Provide advice and support to the business, understanding their requirements and guiding them to the most appropriate products and services.
- Prepare and maintain compelling and executive ready slides for weekly, monthly, quarterly and other ad-hoc briefings, reviews and other key meetings with stakeholders.
- Negotiated long term supplier contracts that reduced the cost by 12% annually.
- Leading the end to end onboarding process, overseeing vendor contracting, ensuring compliance, collaborating with the cross-functional teams to integrate vendor feedback and improve processes.
- Float requests for quotations to multiple vendors to ensure competitive pricing, skillfully negotiate pricing, payment terms and delivery schedules to achieve cost efficiency.
- Issue POs to the vendors on time and secure necessary approvals before issuing POs.
- Build strong, long-term relationships through transparent communication and trust.
- Tracking records of the number of request processes, conducting meetings with the internal stakeholders for the status of their requests.
- Researched new sources for procurement opportunities while maintaining existing vendor relationships.
Senior Engineer- Procurement
DotSolved India Pvt., Ltd.
Chennai
09.2021 - 06.2023
- Vendor Management
- Raising Purchase Requisition for the training programs and ensures the Purchase orders are released.
- Responsible for drafting Purchase Order for vendor engagement.
- Run RFP process, sharing RFP with the potential vendors, evaluate market, supplier evaluation as per business requirement.
- Imputing and maintaining data in procurement related tools and applications as per the process defined.
- Support in new Vendor Onboarding in the system from compliance/documentation point of view.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements, align procurement goals, and mitigate supply risks.
- Reports and analytics required by the clients are compiled with deadlines. Reports like invoice approver pending with, PO approver pending with, AP monthly reports. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Responsible for supporting Bid Evaluation and data consolidation.
- Monitored supplier KPIs and resolved performance issues in coordination with business units.
- Helping the client with SOX observance regarding the control Description in the system.
- Zycus Administrator to provide access to the users and roles assigned with it.
- Giving access to the user.
- Taking care of company Zycus user request on issue regarding any invoice or procurement related process.
- Status call with the stakeholders and share the MoMs of the meetings to get the update on their service requests.
Sourcing Specialist
Guardian Life Insurance
04.2017 - 03.2021
- Managing procure to pay cycle.
- Creation of purchase order from requisition.
- Working on PO pending changes.
- Response to the email from the clients.
- Asking the query regarding PO confirmation from the vendors.
- Review of pending manual cancellation.
- Working on ageing items.
- Working on the blanket PO.
- Worked In indirect Purchases for manufacturing products as buyer.
- Finalize RFP details - Incorporate RFP revisions received into Zycus.
- Export Revised Draft version inclusive of applicable Changes.
- Initiate Vendor Contact - Establish contact with suppliers.
- Collect Contact Information.
- Register Vendors in Zycus tool - Reach out to Selected Vendors for applicable contact details, Register Vendors and Vendor Contacts in Zycus tool, Confirm Vendor access in the Zycus tool.
- Distribute RFP & Follow up on Vendor Receipt - Compile full RFP package with all exhibits / attachments, Distribute RFP and confirm receipt, Follow up with Reminders on applicable milestones & delivery dates.
- Collect and Distribute Supplier Q & A - Collect RFP questions from suppliers, Distribute answers to RFP questions (via Zycus Portal).
- Download and Consolidate RFP responses - Follow up with Reminders on applicable milestones & delivery dates, Download response from Zycus, Review proposals for completeness.
- Review and Format RFP Responses Accordingly - Format Responses Received for applicable scoring. Ensure templates are presentable, printable, and properly labeled prior to internal distribution, Incorporate Offline Responses received from Vendors into RFP template.
- Draft Supplier Scorecards - Build Initial Supplier Scorecard draft reflective of RFP criteria, collect scorecard weighting from Project Team and incorporate.
- Collect & Consolidate Scorecard Responses - Assist stakeholders with Consolidate supplier scorecards.
- Working on edits and updates of SOPs.
- Assist in Bid Evaluation, and collect Vendor Responses.
- Working in I analyze Zycus dashboard for vendor analysis and their spends for the year and quarterly basis spend report for vendors in Zycus.
- Assist in Coordination of Contractual Documents - Provide supplier feedback and edits, Follow up with vendor and internal teams on outstanding items.
- Invoice processing.
- Raising Purchase Order.
- Provided guidance on compliance requirements during the onboarding process for new vendors.
- Coordinated with internal stakeholders on sourcing strategies and initiatives.
- Identified new potential sources of supply through market research activities.
Associate
Aon Hewitt-Procurement
04.2014 - 03.2017
- Verification of invoices and release of payments on time.
- Maintaining Purchase Order & vendor’s record and its reconciliation.
- AP – Invoice processing and PR generating.
- Issue of GRN to vendor.
- Follow up with vendors related to quotations and PO terms.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure successful product launches.
- Processed payments using point-of-sale systems.
- Trained new associates on
- operations, policies, and procedures.
Education
MBA -
Bharat Institute of Technology and Management Sonipat ( Dcrust university Sonipat)
01.2013
B. Com -
Delhi University
01.2011
Class XII -
C.B.S. E
01.2007
Class X -
C.B.S. E
01.2005
Skills
- Zycus e-Procurement tools
- Coupa
- SAP Ariba
- SAP
- NetSuite
- G-Suite
- Tableau
- MS Office
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS Power Point
- MS Outlook
- Skype
- Lync
- PeopleSoft
- V-LOOKUP
- H-LOOKUP
- Data validation
- Sum
- Sum if
- Count
- Countif
- Concatenate
- Pivot table
- Dashboard reporting
Awards Appreciations
- 4 Appreciation received from client.
- Xtra miller award.
- Premier team award.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Hobbies and Interests
- Cricket
- Soccer
- Travelling
Professional Academic Qualification
- MBA, 65%, 05/01/13, Bharat Institute of Technology and Management Sonipat (Dcrust university Sonipat)
- B. Com, 50%, 05/01/11, Delhi University
- Class XII, 70%, 05/01/07, C.B.S.E
- Class X, 63%, 05/01/05, C.B.S.E
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Shri S.S. RAWAT
- Date of Birth: 06/23/90
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Buyer Specialist
Airbus India Private Limited (RGBSI)
02.2024 - Current
Senior Engineer- Procurement
DotSolved India Pvt., Ltd.
09.2021 - 06.2023
Sourcing Specialist
Guardian Life Insurance
04.2017 - 03.2021
Associate
Aon Hewitt-Procurement
04.2014 - 03.2017
MBA -
Bharat Institute of Technology and Management Sonipat ( Dcrust university Sonipat)
B. Com -
Delhi University
Class XII -
C.B.S. E
Class X -
C.B.S. E