With over 15 years’ industry experience combined with globally recognized MCIPS qualification, I champion my employer’s procurement strategy. I am now ready to move to next level in my career, by taking on the responsibility of Procurement manager position.What I do:• Assist to align organization's procurement strategy with business overall objectives and its corporate strategy. • Develop, oversee and drive category strategy, negotiating commercial terms and concurrently reducing costs.• Collaborate with suppliers to achieve external effectiveness by gaining access to suppliers' pool of expertise in the category. • Develop team's capability and coach them on continuous basis. How I do it:• My 8 years with global beverage giant "Coca-Cola" has exposed me to world class procurement systems and tools. I have worked with some of Coke global procurement leaders which has provided me a great opportunity to learn strategy formulation and skill of negotiation. This exposure combined with knowledge gained during MCIPS has made me an accomplished procurement professional and delivered tangible business outcomes e.g directly improving bottom line growth. I have achieved Procurement internal effectiveness by:• Sharing knowledge with the team gained during MCIPS qualification.• Employing new tools and techniques. Leveraging use of technology in procurement. • Assisting in developing robust procurement governance systems i.e Procurement code of conduct, policies and procedures.I have achieved Procurement external effectiveness by:• Using spend analysis tools• Championing the Category excellence a. Defining category cost structures (cost unbundling)b. Identifying the underlying cost drivers at macro and micro level.c. Strategic sourcingd. Collaborative optimization tools, expressive bidding, award scenario planning• Supplier excellencea. Four primary dimensions: strategic value, economic value, performance and risk management.
Listed skills include Erp, Continuous Improvement, Analysis, Fmcg, and 25 others.