A goal-driven individual offering nearly 14 years in Strategic Sourcing, Global procurement, Vendor Management & SAP Materials Management. Cultivated solid business relationships with different suppliers that enabled the organization in receiving deferred payment terms from them; Leading a team of 4 members. Proficient in ensuring premium quality supply, reducing total system costs, optimizing sourcing globally, regionally and locally while building talent and capabilities; establishing and breaking new ground in developing partnerships within the Business Units (BU?s); developing joint strategies for successful and cost effective delivery models. Evaluated the performance of vendors based on various criterions, quality improvement, timely delivery, credit terms & so on; upgrading vendors as per quality and other manufacturing standards. Used SAP MM for maintaining activities related to procurement and inventory management