Ajith Thomas Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ie

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Negotiated and sourced products from 40+ top brands and distributors, including industry leaders like Mars, Nestle, Nivea, Unilever, Reckitt, and Procter & Gamble, achieving $10 million in annual sales.• Accomplished 30% YOY growth in the Household category sales by handling 2000+ SKUs in their content enrichment, promotions activation, quality, and price strategy/benchmarking.• Successfully moved 40+ suppliers to better payment terms with a Working Capital impact of $250,000 via transitioning from Invoice to SOA-level payment terms (30 days to 60 days)• Secured $1.5M in Ad monetization revenue by negotiating with brands for new product launches and visibility campaigns, driving brand penetration and awareness in UAE & KSA.• Boosted SLA from 70% to 95% by streamlining procurement tasks like purchase orders, warehouse bookings, vendor issue resolution, and contract negotiations, ensuring timely purchases and supplier evaluation.• Generating multiple fidelity reports which help in the comprehensive analysis of growth/de-growth, brand performance, conversions, and assortment gaps of assigned product subtypes to have corrective measures planned.• Increasing efficiency of demand forecasting by considering different outliers such as daily run rate, and days of cover and analyzing ways to clear slow-moving SKUs to avoid expiry/liquidation situations• Developed Joint business plans (JBP) & LTA’s with key retailers by negotiating in C-Level meetings annually to improve the profitability of the business by evaluating and negotiating contract clauses resulting in a win-win situation for all stakeholders

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bengaluru, Karnataka.

• Accomplished in creating sourcing events worth $105 million projected spend using various e-Auction strategies• Enabled 3 Global Commodity Managers in APAC, EMEA, and the US to cut mechanical spare parts costs by 27% through strategic auctions and negotiation tactics.• Trained 150 suppliers globally on RFx, and auction processes, boosting supplier participation rates in events by 17%.• Conducting category sourcing activities such as RFI, RFP, and RFQ in tools like SAP (Ariba) module and Compass (Ivalua) module• Assisted in preparing and issuing various tender documentation, including Requests for Tenders, Invitations to Negotiate, Prequalification Questionnaires, e-Tenders, and Requests for Quotes. • Generating multiple analysis reports on the savings % and other relevant information can help in awarding spend resulting in contracts for prospective suppliers.• Project lead to liaise with external consultants to suggest enhancements and bugs in the tech during ERP migration of database and processes (From SAP Ariba to Compass Ivalua)

Master'S Degree, Management (Strategy)

DCU Business School is ranked in the top 95 Business Schools in Europe in the 2022 Financial Times Ranking, one of only three Irish.

B-Com Honors + Risk Management (Cima) Uk

Pursued B-com (Honors) + Risk Mangement + CIMA(UK) for 3 years in one of the leading educational institution in Bangalore, India

High, Secondary School Administration/Principalship