Jigar Mehta Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Responsible for overseeing day-to-day Souring operations within the IFF ProcurementCenter of Excellence. Managed global procurement projects, streamlining processes, and implementingcost reduction initiatives to help achieve productivity benefits. Performed capacity utilization to engage resources and effectively delegate workload. Handled teams supporting both Direct and Indirect procurement, Vendor Master and Logistics. Spearheaded and played a pivotal role in multiple projects… Show more Responsible for overseeing day-to-day Souring operations within the IFF ProcurementCenter of Excellence. Managed global procurement projects, streamlining processes, and implementingcost reduction initiatives to help achieve productivity benefits. Performed capacity utilization to engage resources and effectively delegate workload. Handled teams supporting both Direct and Indirect procurement, Vendor Master and Logistics. Spearheaded and played a pivotal role in multiple projects related to M&A activities.❖ Managed highly skilled team of 20 employees, improving overall productivity by 15% through effective coaching and performance management.❖ Implemented a contract management system, resulting in improved contract compliance and a 15% reduction in contract disputes.❖ Collaborated with Category Leaders and Managers to define and execute short-term and long-term strategy in alignment with Procurement and Company goals.❖ Conducted performance reviews, career planning, managed & develop individuals on the team in line with their Professional goals.❖ Responsible to manage vendor relationships, KPIs & SLAs through centralized process and report the same to the senior leadership.❖ Maintained accurate records of all procurement activities, ensuring compliance with audit requirements and improving overall data integrity.❖ Coordinated with various internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams such as Audit, Finance, HR and Facility & Real Estate to improve process efficiencies wherever required.❖ Perform or assist in the internal / vendor audit and coordinated with multiple stakeholders to work on remediation plans and documentation to close the finding in GRC tool. Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Supervised team of Procure-to-pay professionals responsible for supporting IT, Marketing Communication and Professional Services commodities within Global Shared Service Centre. Coordinated with operations on service issues to ensure that the root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions are robust.❖ Responsible to lead and manage Supplier Relationship Activities and contract services across different plants/sites in North America Region.❖ Led a procurement team to… Show more Supervised team of Procure-to-pay professionals responsible for supporting IT, Marketing Communication and Professional Services commodities within Global Shared Service Centre. Coordinated with operations on service issues to ensure that the root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions are robust.❖ Responsible to lead and manage Supplier Relationship Activities and contract services across different plants/sites in North America Region.❖ Led a procurement team to streamline procurement processes setting performance objectives and implementing training programs that resulted in a 20% increase in team productivity.❖ Handled Buyer support team supporting P2P Cycle including Requisitioning, Purchasing, Invoice processing, Vendor Management & Contract life cycle management.❖ Connected with the Category buyers and Site leaders on regular basis to review the performance of the team, receive feedback and develop an action plan on areas of improvements.❖ Proficient in Market Analysis, Spend Analysis, RFx events, and Vendor Profiling.❖ Supported senior procurement managers with data analysis for strategic decision-making.❖ Crafted RFP documents, managed supplier RFIs, evaluated responses, and facilitated supplier negotiations and selection as necessary.❖ Organized an exercise of value stream mapping of each process step and defining the TAT for Requisition to PO process. Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Responsible for providing buying, transactional, analytic support by processing wide Range of Indirect Commodity work requests.❖ Worked as buyer support for Spot Purchases, which involves handling requisitions from manufacturing sites, sourcing the supplier as per company strategy, receiving quotations from suppliers, negotiating with suppliers.❖ Supported activities related to bid events - Prepare, issue and manage RFP/Q’s/ bid events and analyse prices quoted by… Show more Responsible for providing buying, transactional, analytic support by processing wide Range of Indirect Commodity work requests.❖ Worked as buyer support for Spot Purchases, which involves handling requisitions from manufacturing sites, sourcing the supplier as per company strategy, receiving quotations from suppliers, negotiating with suppliers.❖ Supported activities related to bid events - Prepare, issue and manage RFP/Q’s/ bid events and analyse prices quoted by suppliers, search for alternate suppliers if needed and look for options to reduce cost.❖ Managed activities like PO creation, prepare, review and monitor WPA contracts and agreements. Prepare SOW documents and creation of Amendments to update the changes on the contract.❖ Responsible to manage the Client’s ‘Tail Spend’ for commodities like MRO, Equipment, Environmental and Contract Services across different plants/sites.❖ Acted as first point of contact for sourcing managers, buyers, US sites & suppliers.❖ Liaised between business/sites, buyers and suppliers in resolving payment disputes and standardizing processes to avoid payment delays.❖ Skilled in order processing, vendor negotiations, savings tracking, compliance and material management. Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Supported voice and e-mail queries from High End Business Unit accounts from UK region.❖ Accomplished First Time Resolution (FTR) with complete customer experience score of 97.5% for fiscal year of 2006 – 07.❖ Resolved client issues related to delivery and post-delivery warranty support for Dell products and retained their business while ensuring customer satisfaction.