Ramesh N. Rao is a Director, IT Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management at Consumers Energy. He possess expertise in vendor management, outsourcing, program management, management, strategy and 15 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Ramesh helped me with a tricky part of our outsource engagement. We were having a difficult time with a partner who was not able to meet our expectations. We wanted to clearly give feedback that the performance was not acceptable and needed improvement, but not damage the relationship. Ramesh helped me set appropriate expectations and manage our partner through this." and "Ramesh is one of the most experienced sourcing professional I have met in my 10 years of association with outsourcing professionals. He brings with him a deep understanding of buyer and supplier community, sourcing process and rigor associated with it. Ramesh has an eye for detail and can carry on a conversation related to any topic with a viewpoint to reach a converging point. I would highly seek to work again with him in future as he is not only a good professional but a very humble… Show more"