 Directed strategic and operational efforts for a team of 48 employees, enhancing overall productivity and cohesion. Oversaw all critical business drivers including Sales, Procurement, Warehousing, Operations, IT, and HR functions, ensuring seamless integration and efficiency. Held full profit and loss responsibility, successfully delivering on the annual business plan and exceeding financial targets. Partnered with the Managing Director and department Heads to set and review annual… Show more  Directed strategic and operational efforts for a team of 48 employees, enhancing overall productivity and cohesion. Oversaw all critical business drivers including Sales, Procurement, Warehousing, Operations, IT, and HR functions, ensuring seamless integration and efficiency. Held full profit and loss responsibility, successfully delivering on the annual business plan and exceeding financial targets. Partnered with the Managing Director and department Heads to set and review annual sales targets and incentives, driving consistent progress and achievement. As a key stakeholder, manage, motivate, and develop the Sales and Procurement team for the BU by setting clear objectives, effective coaching, evaluation, and feedback on performance. Show less

Leading a high-performing team of 5, while managing pan India procurement for purchase of ATMs, UPS, Batteries, IT (Infra, software, hardware), POS terminals, cash services, ATM spares, warehousing & logistics services, branding& marketing services, AMC contracts for ATMs and admin. Handling planning & budgeting for annualized budgets to the tune of INR 300 Cr. Owning accountability for identifying, appointing & managing vendors, handling contracts while strategizing initiatives to improve… Show more Leading a high-performing team of 5, while managing pan India procurement for purchase of ATMs, UPS, Batteries, IT (Infra, software, hardware), POS terminals, cash services, ATM spares, warehousing & logistics services, branding& marketing services, AMC contracts for ATMs and admin. Handling planning & budgeting for annualized budgets to the tune of INR 300 Cr. Owning accountability for identifying, appointing & managing vendors, handling contracts while strategizing initiatives to improve cost & efficiency. Supplier Risk and life cycle management. Evaluated software propositions by the OEM to roll out the software upgrade on all the ATMs based on RBI mandate.o Worked closely with the Technology team to identify the most feasible & cost effective option and negotiated on the bundle cost for the software. The entire strategy resulted in savings to the tune of INR 4 Cr Diversified risk & optimized cost for UPS & Battery AMC by identifying a highly competent vendor with Pan India presence & capability. Developed & initiated RFP, RFQ and award of business documentation for strategic vendors through SAP Ariba. Identified, negotiated, and appointed vendors to address the challenges of delayed electricity payments and lack of transparency for the same across sites in South India.o Delivered substantial savings of Rs 36 per site per month for 7000 sites (Approx. Rs 31 L) and enabled monthly reconciliation of electricity bills for the entire portfolio of ATMs. Show less

AVP (Vendor & Contract Management)Lead a team of 8 to handle pan India Vendor & Contract Management accountability for ATM BU, with ownership of strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, service provider performance, business case presentations and supplier contract management for annualised budget of Rs 400 crores. Initiated monthly meetings & evaluation of the vendors to improve engagement & performance, successfully addressing issues & concerns and… Show more AVP (Vendor & Contract Management)Lead a team of 8 to handle pan India Vendor & Contract Management accountability for ATM BU, with ownership of strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, service provider performance, business case presentations and supplier contract management for annualised budget of Rs 400 crores. Initiated monthly meetings & evaluation of the vendors to improve engagement & performance, successfully addressing issues & concerns and delivering uptime improvement from 85% to 90% in a record span of 7 months.o Also, resulted in reducing the penalties, improving the average no of call logged, and increasing the transactions. Realigned the cash replenishment agencies (vendors)as per the geographic presence resulted in reductions of overall TAT Implemented complete lifecycle of SAP MM module for penalty management. Deep dived into business allocation data and analysed cost & spend analysis to effectively realign the business allocation to the major vendors according to the preferred area of operation in consultation with the Operations.o Successfully reduced the operational cost for the vendors and improved the TAT post renegotiation with vendors. o Delivered savings to the tune of INR 4.4 Cr per annum Show less

Lead a team of 4 people and spearheaded local & global procurement of ATM, UPS, AC, electronic components, ATM spares, POS terminals, bought-out components, facility management & office infra and cash vans with annual procurement of INR 550 Cr. Oversaw procurement to pay for multiple group companies and reported to the Head of Operations for the strategic role. Lauded by the Leadership for a highly innovative strategy involving appointment of additional logistic vendors for movement across… Show more Lead a team of 4 people and spearheaded local & global procurement of ATM, UPS, AC, electronic components, ATM spares, POS terminals, bought-out components, facility management & office infra and cash vans with annual procurement of INR 550 Cr. Oversaw procurement to pay for multiple group companies and reported to the Head of Operations for the strategic role. Lauded by the Leadership for a highly innovative strategy involving appointment of additional logistic vendors for movement across India and renegotiating existing contracts to successfully deliver cost savings of INR 5.5 Cr Identified alternate vendors and revisited the design of the cash van, proposed changes to the Ops Head & the Management and gained buy-ino Overall, the cost of Van Fabrication was reduced from INR 1.4 L to INR 0.94 L with saving of INR 46,000 per unit. The total saving for 1700 vehicles was INR 7.8 Cr Eliminated shortages of supplies, contributed to cost savings and developing alternate vendors in India & globally. Successfully implemented complete lifecycle of SAP MM module as a core member for entire SCM Negotiated commercials for ATM spares, from alternate vendors from China/Taiwan delivering annual cost saving of INR 5 Cr and an unprecedented reduction in TAT. Procured all assets & finalized the civil & electrical contracts for 7-storey new head office & 18 offices across pan India. Show less

Part of the core team involved in setting up processes, defining SOPs and establishing systems at the onset of the organization at Mumbai circle. Subsequently, given the charge of planning & procurement of capital equipment like shelters, fabricated towers, DG Sets, ACs, Battery, Racks, Cables, packaging material & Imports, Logistics cost for Mumbai region. Involved closely with annual budgets - Capex and Opex cost Received award from CEO for effective handing of the supply chain… Show more Part of the core team involved in setting up processes, defining SOPs and establishing systems at the onset of the organization at Mumbai circle. Subsequently, given the charge of planning & procurement of capital equipment like shelters, fabricated towers, DG Sets, ACs, Battery, Racks, Cables, packaging material & Imports, Logistics cost for Mumbai region. Involved closely with annual budgets - Capex and Opex cost Received award from CEO for effective handing of the supply chain operations for 3G rollout in a record period of 4 monthso Directed the entire upgrade of equipment at telecom sites, aligning the vendor base with the timelines and ensuring seamless planning & execution of logistics & material availability, thereby ensuring deliveries as per the agreed TAT Successfully implemented the OME-SME-SMS process resulting in annual saving of INR 4.8 crore Conceptualized & led the outsourcing of the vendor invoice processing, translating in reduction of invoices processing time from earlier TAT of 25 days to 15 days Renegotiated and rationalized DG rental vendors resulting in annual saving of INR 4 Cr Played a stellar role in identifying & finalizing highly competent vendors for site maintenance & uptime to maintain uptime of > 99.5% Show less

• Received award for highest savings achieved in procurement with saving of more than 12.5 Cr annually.• Achieved saving of INR 3.45 Cr by substituting enameled cu strips to enameled aluminum strips for 250KVA+ UPS transformers.• To initiate & finalize rates through negotiations, reverse auctions for all the mechanical and electrical commodities.• Perform continual market analysis, trend analysis for procurement of key raw material (Cu and aluminum), sheet metal, machined components… Show more • Received award for highest savings achieved in procurement with saving of more than 12.5 Cr annually.• Achieved saving of INR 3.45 Cr by substituting enameled cu strips to enameled aluminum strips for 250KVA+ UPS transformers.• To initiate & finalize rates through negotiations, reverse auctions for all the mechanical and electrical commodities.• Perform continual market analysis, trend analysis for procurement of key raw material (Cu and aluminum), sheet metal, machined components and tools.• Implemented SAP Ariba for reverse auction and resulted in saving of INR 2.6 Cr for copper components Show less

• Procurement of the raw material like copper, AL, sheet metal, machined & bought out components, fabrication of MS/SS sheets. • Responsible for cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives.• Floating RFQs, prepare comparative statement & forward final recommendations to the management for approval.• Achieved 10% cost reduction by sourcing and developing new source for copper supply.• Outsourced complete busbar/Jumper manufacturing activity which was produced in-house with… Show more • Procurement of the raw material like copper, AL, sheet metal, machined & bought out components, fabrication of MS/SS sheets. • Responsible for cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives.• Floating RFQs, prepare comparative statement & forward final recommendations to the management for approval.• Achieved 10% cost reduction by sourcing and developing new source for copper supply.• Outsourced complete busbar/Jumper manufacturing activity which was produced in-house with a cost reduction of 8%. Show less

• Procurement of the raw material like copper & sheet metal, castings, forging, machined components, fabrication of MS/SS sheets, bought out components, packaging material & monitoring stocks at sub-contractors. • Spend analysis, identify cost reduction opportunities and implement action plans.• Obtained materials at the lowest total cost while assuring quality and delivery was not compromised.

• Responsible for the procurement of steel, castings, pipes, flanges, dampers, valves and machine components and implementing costs cutting measures through strategic planning and negotiations.