Umesh Radha Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tn, In

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai Area, India

Roles and Responsibilities:• Leading a team of 3 Category Managers administratively and managing the Indirect Procurement for both onshore and offshore location.• Proactively build, develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the business• Played a vital role in managing all procurement activities for uplifting the new facility for NSM Services in DLF, Chennai.• I utilize a strategic sourcing process to consolidate decentralized programs to maximize/leverage buying power across divisions in the indirect categories such as: Human Resources (including employee benefits and services), Facility, training, employee programs, IT & Telecom (Laptop, Desktop, Workstation (Both Purchase & Leasing) Servers, Hardware, Leased Line, LAN, Software Purchase & Rentals, MPLS, IT Helpdesk, Cloud Storage, IT Capex, etc.). and marketing products among others.• Drive, supervise and manage the Sourcing & Procurement Services such as Spend Analytics, Market Research, end to end RFX Management, Supplier Due Diligence, RFX Listing, Supplier performance Management, and Contract Management. • Partner with internal clients to develop Sourcing strategy, objectives, and category plans, and manage contract negotiations with incumbent and potential new suppliers.• Delivered an average range of 5% to 10% savings across assigned Indirect Procurement categories • Overall realized savings through negotiation till date is USD 2.4M and cost avoidance is USD 180k • Ensure invoices are received in system and resolve discrepancies on an on call basis.• Collaborating with the legal team during complex contract negotiations until contract is fully executed• Ensuring compliance in all areas of procurement activity• Frequent visits to US for transition and supplier meetings

Chennai

Mumbai Area, India

Accountabilities:• Solicit bids, leads auctions (Google Synertrade), negotiates with suppliers, make recommendations• Sourcing IT and Non-IT projects for Google APAC and EMEA Region• Conduct complex / adhoc supplier profiling and financial risk assessment• Manage & build rapport with key client stakeholders, proactively address customer issues and enhance relationships

Chennai Area, India

Accountabilities:• Evaluating the sourcing deals, contracts, delivery and quality for a complete procurement cycle, ensuring the commercial and cost saving benefits and ensuring on-time delivery with the suppliers• Identifies opportunities for operational excellence and cost saving in the areas of subcontracting jobs• Performing spend analysis on each commodity to find the gaps in achieving cost savings and vendor management• Commodity expertise in HR, Training, Recruitment, Quality, Marketing, Admin, IT, Physical Security etc. Strong experience in performing AMC for all facility related equipment’s• Sole responsible of PAN India Stationary, Transport, Physical Security, Courier & Hot beverages, Office Stationery, Facility Procurement, AMC for UPS, DG, Chillers etc

Chennai Area, India

Accomplishments Catch and Capture - HPs biggest cost saving project. Management nominated me as a PDM/PLM work stream leads. At HP received star performance awards twice for the best employee from client.Accountabilities:• Managing the supply chain activities (SCM) for Laser Jet Image and Printing Group of HP Printer from New Product Introduction through End of Service Life• Maintained the integrity of Master Data in SAP, setting up the service parts in SAP & legacy system, BOM and Kitset up management, Planning and Forecasting for Product and Part data• Supply chain integration includes the Overall Source Development, Planning, Purchasing, Contractual agreement, Document Management and Life cycle data management• Operation strategic decision on ECO, Part Roll Implementation, Inventory Stock Disposition, Rework and Scrap rejection strategy on Old and New Roll out part• Monitoring and controlling the process with Global (America, Europe and APJ Region)—Strategic PLM, Core NPI Team, Planner, Buyer, PDM Team, Tech Marketing and Resource Planning Engineer• Active member in Master Data Team which includes Solving of all kinds of Master Data Issues in various tools like SAP, POWER, PIPE• Responsible for Part Rolls in IPG-Tower for LaserJet Hardware Product Lines• Approving new supplier part price in to the systemProject Handled - Catch and CaptureReduce warranty cost determining basic root cause analysis off ailed parts by collecting these failed service parts with supporting data at controlled costs to their questing engineers through division. It is a dynamic process where failed parts will be collected from field to IPG R&D / Labs for failure analysis. The defectives will be returned back to warehouse through SAP. The entire process is been handled systematically.

Chennai Area, India

Accountabilities:• Leading a team of 10 buyers and managing overall the procurement team• Quote comparison and price negotiation• Knowledge in coding sheet and handling Perot Systems P-Card process• Drafted the process documents for new projects• Organize and implement training programs to improve the skills of team members• Part of team recruitment process• Guiding internal stakeholders how to submit requisition in ERP• Delivery an tracking the purchase order and maintained 100% TAT and quality

Executive Certification In Supply Chain And Logistics Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Education record

Project Management Body Of Knowledge, Completed 35 Hours Of Training