Sameer Shaikh Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Leading team of (25 members) globally for S2C and P2P initiatives process
• Managing and executing end-to-end strategic sourcing projects; category management & process improvement initiatives; supplier management; and contract management globally
• Serving as an SME for IT Software – (New Software, SAAS Subscription and Recurring software renewal), Services and Hardware and Facilities Management
• Achieved $25+ M in savings out of $250M spend.
• Successfully achieved materialized into revenue-generating initiatives for client.
• Extensively identified and managed supplier base across the globe for various indirect & direct categories.

Mumbai Area, India

• Deliver actionable insights to indirect sourcing operations leaders and global buyers on tail spend consolidation opportunities and root causes of non-compliance and tail creep
• Maintain KPI/Metric definitions for clear understanding of data sources and benchmarks. Update, design and develop models/dashboards/scorecards in Spotfire/ Tableau/Excel
• Review and ensure clean data from different systems/ Data sources (SAP, Ariba, Coupa)
• Innovate & provide expertise /insights in developing/ implementing the new capabilities
• Understand the nature of request, statement of work and provide Tail Spend Bidding support by managing & executing bids.
• Launch tenders within the company sourcing policy and compare rate cards, quotations and conduct negotiations with suppliers with continuous alignment with stakeholders.

Mumbai Area, India

• Contributed towards implementation and deployment of new e sourcing Ariba module for Accenture’s client. This new service was expended across geographies and categories to contribute delivering savings in more.
• Managed tail spend as subject matter expert for low dollar sourcing activities from $0-$250K Accenture's client
• Understood the SOW (Statement of Work) and develop competitive pricing strategy and negotiated on commercial terms, incoterms, and pricing with vendors.
• Conducted benchmarking and analysis to identify the top amenable spend and categories that lead to potential savings opportunities for different indirect
• Conducted analysis basis on apple-to-apple comparison to ensure all terms of SOW are met and same has been negotiate which led to accurate savings.
• Develop productive relationships with stakeholders from all levels and managed all escalation and solved it accordingly

Mumbai Area, India

• Prepared RFPs (Request for Proposal) and RFIs (Request for Information), Price Breakdown Worksheets (PBW) & other relevant documents.
• Organizing and supporting e-RFX and e-Auctions tools and developed analytical reports/models to facilitate supplier negotiations & enable supplier selection.
• Ensured client satisfaction through problem-solving and account management skills
• Leading strategic sourcing initiatives both as a lead contact as well as part of a team.
• Efficiently carrying out supply market, commodity research and analysed client spend and making key recommendations.

Mumbai Area, India

• Supported consultant and buyers by adding new suppliers to preferred list and supplier market research.
• Initiated and consolidated RFI and RFP response
• Created Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly reporting dash boarding

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Developing business leads and setting up first level call for business

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Material Management

MBA in Material Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Commerce

Bachelors in Commerce