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Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Managing global teams and working with C-Suite leadership on engagements spanning Procurement Strategy & Execution, Cost Framework Standardization, Procurement Transformation, Bottom-line Savings Improvement, Category Management, Process Design, Supplier Relationship Management, Risk & Compliance Management for clients across various industries, such as Technology, Retail, and Construction & Real Estate. - Technology client: Successfully completed SRM maturity assessment and enabled the client to identify their right requirements for a future state SRM platform. - Apparel Client: Successfully delivered Strategic Sourcing Savings of $3.6M against a spend of 50 MM within a short span of 6 months. - Footwear Client: Developed a standardized costing framework factoring Material, Labor, Overhead and Profit components for shoe manufacturing. - Construction and Real Estate Client: Streamlined procurement operations and implemented reporting capabilities for a major U.S. real estate company with a $3 billion portfolio of properties, enabling data-driven decision-making and cost control. Achieved 6-8% savings on the addressable spend within the first 10 months of engagement.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led Consulting engagements to deliver procurement transformation, growth strategy, cost reduction, thought leadership, supplier diversity, and supply chain risk mitigation for multiple Fortune 500 clients. - Canadian Pharmaceutical company: Led this account with a team of 8 resources managing a cumulative spend of half a billion dollars over 4 years to drive savings of over 12%. Concluded program closure, facilitating the transfer of roles and responsibilities to the internal team, and provided comprehensive training and knowledge transfer to facilitate the integration of the new staff. - Global Life Sciences company: Managed two projects for this account, involving sourcing, risk mitigation, and PMO setup. Achieved results above target, client delight, and business opportunities. - Multinational Retail corporation: Managed the overall account with a team of 12 members and delivered $35-45 MM in annual savings on a 10x spend. - Automotive Aftermarket client: Directed negotiations for packaging category amidst inflationary pressures.• Comprehend client expectations and strategize to achieve desired outcomes using knowledge and experience across a wide array of services and technologies offered by GEP, such as strategic sourcing, technology, process management, change management, procurement transformation, etc.• Supported business development activities in Canadian region, and recruitment process. • Provided mentorship, coaching and strategic feedback to managers and consultants to improve their skills and achieve client appreciation.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led teams of consultants to drive Strategic Sourcing and Category Management initiatives with multi-million dollars in external spend• Created and executed Supplier Relationship Management models for client driving improved supplier performance, collaboration and innovation• Developed and implemented structured negotiations with key suppliers• Led strategic supplier quality improvement programs from current state assessment and gap analysis to future state design and implementation

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Developed Category Strategies and led Strategic Sourcing projects in the areas of :- Logistics- HR & Professional Services (including Insurance, Recruitment, Temporary Labor)- Marketing- Information Technology (IT)• Conducted a Network Optimization assessment for a Chemical company to minimize inbound and outbound logistics along with warehousing costs• Led Procurement Transformation project for a Canadian Pharmaceutical client across 3 dimensions:- Process Development- Org Design- Technology Landscape assessment and implementation• Expertise in the following areas related to Procurement:- Spend Analysis- Market Research- Competitive Analysis- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Assessment- Strategy Development- Request for Proposal Development- Negotiation Planning and Execution- Procurement Technology Setup and Execution- Supplier Evaluation- Contracting and Implementation- Savings Delivery• Worked with Global and North America based Fortune 500 clients across industries including Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Develop a new market offering for spend analysis and strategic sourcing• Spend Analysis and Category Management to identify sourcing strategies for various clients• Develop an automated model for assessing cost saving opportunities in procurement process

Bangalore, India

• Develop critical web application components for a North American Insurance Brokerage Firm for automating their Business Process• Design User Interface for web applications• Testing, debugging, diagnosing and correcting errors and faults in an applications programming language within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure programs and applications perform to specification

Pgdim, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: 2nd Prize Winner in Business Plan competition, organized by NITIE on the occasion of Productivity Day. Post.

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Computer Science

B. Tech in Computers Science from M.G. University