Jithin Chandran Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Austin, Texas, United States

Account spend management, creating & executing long-term sourcing strategy, managing 200 suppliers in multiple service categories, contract management, client & supplier relationship management, leading supplier Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), conducting RFx processes, achieving cost savings & other client KPI’s, managing supplier performance.

Austin, TX

• Created & implemented category procurement strategies, conducted RFx processes, spend analysis, cost optimization, contract negotiations, developed performance metrics, continuous improvement initiatives, tracked.
• Managed Global food services category and led a global team of eight (8) Regional Supply Managers for strategic projects.
• Tracked and accomplished KPIs – Cost Savings, Working Capital Benefit (WCB), Supplier Diversity and Sustainability. Managed spend & contracts of $150M over 4 years from global projects – contributed $25M in cost.
• Strategized & implemented a coherent food services strategy across all Dell facilities in USA, encompassing annual spend of $25M. Led a cross-functional team of seven (7), conducted an RFP and achieved cost savings of.
• Created & negotiated more than 160 Master Service Agreements and scope of work (SOWs).
• Implemented a new furniture/workspace fit-outs standard, for Global Real Estate consolidation process, across all Dell facilities in the USA and saved $3M.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area

• Used Lean methodology to automate the process template for capacity planning review, which led to 33% reduction in man-hours per capacity planner per month.
• Analyzed capacity planning within the S&OP framework to create standards and process maps for capacity planners.
• Standardized pallet sizes across different product lines to reduce ordering time by 15% and optimize pallet inventory by 27%.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Project Manager for construction of four turnkey substations and data centers, for government utility client, worth $90M. Led a team of 12 people at project sites and a cross-functional team of 6 at HQ.
• Developed and executed project strategy that included; project planning, process improvement initiatives, data analysis, supply chain management, procurement, supplier negotiations, risk management, reporting inventory.
• Worked with equipment manufacturers to manage costs, lead time, inventory and logistics for supply as per Bill of Material (BOM).
• Hands-on experience with SAP ERP systems for creating purchase orders and performing project cost analysis.
• Recognized for highest contribution to company’s annual payments receivable target ($27M of a total of $95M) in FY14.
• Managed supply, inventory, warehousing and logistics of all project equipment worth $67M from 55 suppliers globally.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Project Manager for construction of 765/400kV substation and data center, for government utility client, worth $50M.
• Created project strategy, managed project execution schedule, equipment supply, logistics and material inventory. Provided monthly reporting of equipment inventory levels, led a project team at site and.
• Managed the logistics & delivery schedule to achieve on-time supply & installation of 765/400kV power transformer that led to a profit of $1.6M.
• Created a plan to expedite the supply, transportation, testing and installation of critical fire-safety system at project site 30 days ahead of schedule that led to on-time completion of the project and $5M profit.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Assistant Project Manager for a $21M substation construction project. Coordinated with design and sourcing teams for design planning, logistics management and on-time equipment supply.
• Responsible for project status updates, reporting, data analysis, competitor analysis, KPI tracking and records management.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations And Technology Management

Activities and Societies: • Appointed as Teaching Assistant for Operations Management course for year 2015-16. •Awarded the Erdman Centre.

Master Of Science - Ms, Project Management

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Electrical Engineering, 8.12/10

Activities and Societies: • Member of the Branch Football team • Executive Head- Gray Matter