Gaurav Kumar Email & Phone Number

1. Manage annual spend of EUR 100M+ for a Banking Client primarily in IT Category2. Analyze spend and identify Savings opportunities3. Lead Sourcing projects end-to-end including developing Market Insights, Running RFX, Supplier Onboarding, Risk Assessment, and Supplier Onboarding4. Stakeholder management5. Supplier relationship management6. Support the Category Manager in identifying new spend and developing Savings pipeline7. Negotiate and execute legal agreements, e.g., MSA, SaaS agreements, NDAs, etc.

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Gurgaon, India

Procure and Manage IT Assets• Sourcing, Vendor Development, Vendor Relationship Management, Vendor Risk Assessment• Supplier Negotiation and Cost Savings delivery• Maintain Compliance and Audit Readiness• Negotiating Service Contracts and SOW• Manage IT Assets, maintaining FAR and SAR• Budgeting, Cost Analysis, Forecasting etc

Hyderabad Area, India

IT Sourcing, Vendor Development, Vendor ManagementProcurement Management - from Requisition to Invoice PaymentIT Asset ManagementMaintain Compliance and Audit Readiness

Gurgaon, India

Led a team of 12 Procurement Executives and steered various aspects of team management including mentoring & motivating team members, training and escalation management.Conducted monthly performance appraisals and weekly one to one interaction with team members.Established team objectives and developed team members to assume greater responsibilities.Controlled team attrition, enhanced team CSAT & Six Sigma scores and reduced team reject percentage.Conducted Outlier's Management Plan (OMP) and Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).

Led a team of 12 Sales Executives for major International Telecom Service Provider, Orange.Monitored team sales & quality scores, managed live auditing of calls and generated daily sales report.Mentored & motivated team members and imparted training to the newly recruited personnel.