aJay is a tertiary qualified and hands-on business manager with 21 years of international experience in business and commercial roles. He has helped large multi-national organizations transform their business and reduce costs by driving internal cost reduction initiatives and by closely managing outsource partners. aJay’s key skills include strong business acumen, and specialist subject matter expertise in areas of Category Management; Strategic Sourcing / Procurement; Contract, Vendor and Relationship Management; Bid Management; and IT SDLC. aJay has exposure to varied industry sectors including work in IT consultancy (MBT now Mahindra-Satyam, Birlasoft), telecommunications (Vodafone), infrastructure & logistics (Railcorp, NSW), Banking & Finance (ANZ) and insurance (Suncorp).A strong cross-cultural communicator with high degree of stakeholder and change management skills, aJay applies his learnings from previous roles and latest trends & benchmarks to deliver great results in procurement initiatives. Specialties: Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Contracts Management, Vendor Management, Bid/Proposal Management, and Negotiations.