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Bangalore

• Manage & influence an annual spend of $ 150M across commodities such as – Servers, Storage, Networking hardware Voice & Telephony and IT Management Services. • Drive Cost savings based on Commodity Strategy and business goals. • Manage, Monitor and influence Team performance and help the team to improve their skills through continual training. • Design & Develop Supply Chain Strategy that supports and meets Internal / External client objective in line with Business goals. • Select suppliers based on bidding processes and negotiate large/complex contracts, price negotiations and develop alternative sourcing strategies to meet critical project needs. • Continually evaluate risk and Maintain end to end business control posture of procurement operations to be compliant with Corporate/ SOX Audit requirements. • Handhold all business stakeholders and constantly communicate with clients to understand their needs and keep them updated on commodity sourcing strategy. • Monitor Supplier spend and fine tune the procurement Strategy as and when required to achieve year on year Cost take out objectives in line with targets.

Bangalore

• Manage & influence an annual spend of $ 50M across commodities like Networking HW, Software and Network Management Services • Drive Cost savings based on Commodity Strategy and achieve business goals• Design & Develop Supply Chain Strategy that supports and meets Internal / external client objective• Maintain end to end business control posture of procurement operations in line with Governance policies and meet Corporate/ SOX Audit requirements• Constantly communicate with clients to understand their needs and keep them updated on commodity sourcing strategy • Monitor Supplier spend and fine tune the procurement Strategy as and when required.• Evaluate supplier risk and plan to mitigate

Bangalore

• Manage & influence an annual spend of $ 20M across Electronic Components and other IT commodities. • Design & Develop Supply Chain Strategy that supports and meets company objectives. • Manage large volume of components, price negotiations and develop alternative sourcing options to meet critical production needs. • Work closely with order management team based on forecasted production volumes and Plan for required material per production need. • Project monthly vendor payables based on planned material and ensure Vendors are paid in time. • Keep Track of changes to Bill of Material and update Planning sheet as and when required. • Manage, Monitor and influence Team performance through established metrics/score card and help the team to improve their skills through workshops and Training programs. • Participate in regular Quality audits (TL 9000, ISO 9001) and plug audit findings around material Planning, Procurement and Vendor Management.

Bangalore

• Plan post-sales support strategy based on customer requirements and determine deliverables, deploy resources, monitor to meet client expectations across all verticals of services. • Understand customer requirements on various support requirements and convert them into deliverable and prepare proposals. • Engage field team / Service Vendors and manage service delivery, Escalation Management. • Manage Third Party Service Providers on multiple services. • Support sales with required warranty data and highlight Services sales opportunities and enhance Services Business value preposition. • Generate weekly Services Revenue report, analyze and submit the report to Management. • Prepare weekly Services Business Pipeline report. • Work with International Customer - Plan, Develop and deploy service engagements.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Service readiness planning and procurement of all commodities related to consumer PCs and Laptops• Demand Analysis, Forecasting, Procurement and Order Management. Warehousing, Material movement and logistics. • Achieving 95% regional and National hit rate. Achieving 95% Part fill rate within 2 business days. • Day to today Inventory monitoring and replenishment. • Planning and procurement for new product introduced (NPI Planning). • Movement of All Capital equipment and machinery from China to Chennai (For upcoming Factory at Chennai). • Planning and procurement of Computer and Server Hardware for Manufacturing at HP India facility (Supplier Owned Inventory Hub)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Planning and Procurement of spares related to Mobile Phones, Network equipment and all other material required for Service Center Operations. • Overall operations management related to Reverse Logistics Center (Product Repair Center). • Inventory Management and Control. Complete Supply Chain Management including warehousing, distribution and logistics. • Imports and Customs related activities.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Service readiness planning for high end Servers, Workstations (Intel, Alpha and Tandem) and Networking equipment• Material Planning, Procurement and Order Management• Vendor development and Management• Studying product install base at customer site and making support plan to meet committed SLA• Mission Critical Support (MCS) planning to meet committed call resolution• Procurement and deployment of Third Party Services• Feedback to Business Development team on product supportability and possible support commitments• Meeting Service requirements of Managed Services

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked in this organization and held various positions during this period and contributed towards Product design, Production and Quality control functions in developing and manufacturing Industrial Automation products.

Diploma, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Distance Mba