Exporter and Supply chain Specialist of fresh Agriculture products.The role encompasses planning and executing end to end Supply chain network. This includes marketing in international markets (participating/ visiting exhibitions etc), pitching for business while simultaneously gathering information on due diligence for probable customers, forecasting/ planning orders. Planning of product supply requirement, resource management, labor allocation, supply chain logistics and importantly money management and compliance.

Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager for 13+ years.Sourcing/PR to PO/ encompasing experience in Stakeholder Relationship Management.Strategic Sourcing/ Procurement; Categories – IT (Software/ Services/ Hardware), Non-IT (Marketing & Distribution, Facilities & Administration, HR & Training) Secondment to the United Kingdom on a 3 month onsite work experience and stakeholder management activity. Specialising in End to End procurement Process/ Product life-cycle using necessary tools and techniques.- Leading Procurement of Services/ Materials/ Software for business areas IT, HR & Shared Services, Professional Services.- Project Planning, Negotiation plan, Opportunity Assessment reports, Recommendation reports while ensuring project timelines are met.- Benchmarking the existing rates for client and provide recommendations.- Conduct Market Research and identify potential suppliers/ market trends.- Indentifying and Involving necessary stakeholders at the right time.- Preparing RFI/ RFP, Supplier short-listing, Risk Assessments and managing event on Archer. - Analyze responses in RFP, preparation of comparatives.- Formulate scorecard for Sourcing project. Assist stakeholders to complete the scoring process and present the final findings to management.- Negotiate proposals with suppliers for best terms and commercials by liaising with various internal stakeholders (legal, business, Risk, Finance, etc) and ensuring Supplier and Business goals are met while keeping in sync with organisational policies and protocols.- Category Management including spend analysis, contract pipeline, sourcing strategy formulation etc.- Complying to Sourcing Best practices as well as adhering to compliance norms and meeting stakeholder expectations.