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Foster City, California, Us

- Responsible for managing $70M spend in the categories of Real Estate and Facilities Services- Executed multiple sourcing projects involving outsourced services, software solutions and hardware purchasing and achieved a total savings of $15+M over past 3 years- Successfully negotiated complex commercial deals (multimillion dollars spanning across multiple regions) and built strategic vendor relationships to drive operational efficiency, risk mitigation and cost reduction- Built strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key decision makers to enable implementation of transformative sourcing programs

New York , Ny, Us

- Collaborated with regional facility teams (for North America East) to develop and execute sourcing plans for establishing critical facility operations services at four new data center sites.- Implemented a global program for Fire System audits to drive programmatic design changes for fire protection systems and code compliance. Identified potential suppliers, managed end-to-end bidding process, facilitated supplier selection and negotiated $300k of savings based on TCO modelling.- Launched a catalog based purchasing process for standardizing Golf Cart purchasing. Forecasted golf cart demands for next 3 years, consolidated supplier base and established purchasing agreement leading to 7% cost reduction.- Steered Executive Business Reviews for multiple vendors by preparing extensive questionnaires, conducting 360 degree surveys and analyzing survey data to evaluate vendor performance.- Engaged client to understand data center construction project pipeline and prepared comprehensive procurement plans for new build and retrofit projects.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Implemented sourcing program for Contingent Labor services, worth $12M of annual spend, which strengthened risk compliance, implemented performance management and reduced labor rates by 5%. o Developed a cost breakdown model to benchmark base labor wages and costs associated to insurance, pre-employments checks, benefits and profit margins.o Consolidated property-wise staffing volume and rationalized vendor engagement for each sub-category to achieve an average 5% reduction in billing rates for all vendors.Negotiated a marketing engagement, worth $500 thousand, with an integrated marketing services firm to manage the brand strategy and marketing campaign for re-branding of Monte Carlo Resorto Managed a multi-level RFP cycle which included bid solicitation, Q&A sessions, agency presentations etc.o Developed evaluation criteria, scoring matrix and financial metrics in order to facilitate bid analysis and decision making for all stakeholders involved.o Negotiated proposed program fee by 22% by incorporating a project based fee structure instead of a man-hour based model.

Solon, Ohio, Us

Delivered a consulting project for Permatex involving market research on consumer behavior in order to develop a marketing plan which will help Permatex gain more market share in the automotive aftermarket. Key tasks performed:• Conducted nationwide interviews with over 200 automotive servicing businesses.• Consolidated and analysed survey data to understand consumer behavior and market trends.• Recommended marketing plans that addressed promotional strategies, customer education and OEM partnerships

Worked with the Sales departments to identify and review the pipeline of projects intended for acquisition. Assessed man hour requirements, drafted project schedules and collaborated with equipment vendors to obtain primary quotes. o Reduced procurement costs for screens by 15% by performing cost-benefit analysis and standardizing the purchase to a single type of screen in bulk from a single supplier.

London, England, Gb

Engaged with clients to understand project requirements and coordinated with the technical team and vendors to deliver engineering and procurement related services to Oil and Gas clients in Middle East and North Africa.• Prepared and delivered technical specifications and RFQ’s to vendors for equipment requisition of an $800 million project undertaken by Qatar Petroleum. • Led a project named “ADCO-Bab Gas Lift” and undertook responsibilities for client engagement, requirement analysis, RFP/RFQ documentation, vendor selection and contract administration.• Consolidated vendor data and integrated a database system which automated the process of cable sizing calculation, thereby streamlining the cable procurement process.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

• Increased business operations efficiency by implementing an application that managed and automated the offshore travel information of TCS associates.

•Created and implemented a database management system as a part of the team which was responsible for conducting a skill level assessment survey of the employees and recording the survey in a central database.

Mba, International Business

Mba, Sustainable Development

B.E. (Hons.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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