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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

-Lead the Capital Equipment and Services Category for the North American Region for a global CPG client of annual spend ~ $300MM-Responsible for project pipeline, savings scorecard, and spend strategy reporting for Monthly & Quarterly category updates, diversity spend reporting, and adherence to established best practices for Source to Contract activities across 5 plus business units-Assisted vendors for onboarding and renewals of punch-out catalogs for ease in procure-to-pay activities. Created awareness on discounts to be availed by contracted vendors at a plant level-Formulated global category strategy for Engineering Service Providers alongside engineering and procurement leadership across regions -Spearheaded go-to-market strategy to identify suppliers providing energy efficiency as a service for aging plant equipment-Created live dashboard to monitor the quality of RFI responses for suppliers across multiple regions as part of pharma client’s change management project

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Got-To-Market Strategy for Marketing Collateral to improve client's procurement maturityPrint Communications - 7% cost reduction through digital communication and vendor consolidationCorporate Commercial Items- Curated an alternate market basket of eco-friendly corporate promotional products to boost client's sustainability goal

Bangalore

-Demand Creation for products through specification writing on military, transportation, healthcare, residential, educational, and hospitality projects based on EN and ANSI standards for door and door hardware in the EMEIA region-Worked on business expansion to the Polish market by competing with existing firm’s specification on the project to ensure higher fire and security standards through Allegion’s products and adherence to local guidelines-Brand Champion for Allegion’s widely sold brand adhering to EN standards for residential and commercial projects in UAE, UK, US, Saudi, Qatar, Turkey, Kuwait, and Poland-Conferred 1st in the Global Spec Writers Tools Training for in-house developed project management tool for specification writing in 2019, Dubai. Actively contributed towards its UX and functionality improvement based on interaction with architects and clients as part of the Overture Launch Conference, Dubai -Managed and coordinated with stakeholders internally (product management and sales teams) and externally ( civil engineers, architects, and project managers) to ensure client requirements and customization requests are met on projects

Bengaluru Area, India

-Conducted market research and supplier benchmarking for an in-house developed mobile application, created to meet the growing demand for alternate and sustainable construction materials in Bengaluru -Curated automated messages as part of UI improvement of the mobile application along with working on content for printed brochures and corporate communications-Streamlined procure to pay process between supplier and buyer by mapping availability, prices, lead times, and quality through e-auctions-Assisted on supplier onboarding process through site visits, document verification, and product quality testing

Bangalore

Adoption of Sustainable Construction Practices in Bengaluru through Waste Water Treatment, Rainwater Harvesting and Green Building Techniques in the Department for Earth Sciences (CEaS)-Studied efficiency and impact to sustainability goals of the in-house developed,installed and maintained wastewater treatment facility-Evaluated adoption of traditional and modern rainwater harvesting methods elaborated at Sir M Visvesvaraya Rain Water Harvesting Theme Park and guidelines laid down by KSCST, Bengaluru-Explored popular green building practices advocated by Bengaluru based sustainable construction startup

Surathkal

Seismic Force Evaluation Of Masonry Buildings and Introduction to ATC 40 in the Department of Civil Engineering-Performance evaluation of traditional and region-specific construction methods in medium to severe earthquake-prone zones

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Civil Engineering, 9.24

General Studies