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Responsible for overall buying of Corporate Sourcing, Transportation Contract, Rake Handling Contract and CHA Contracts IT, Admin, HR and Corp. Communication.Handling Logistics Contracting. Responsible for contracting Outbound freight, Rake Handling, Warehousing and Monthly Ocean Freight across Company. Overseeing the Procurement of Long Terms Contracts for CHA, Transportation, IT, Admin, HR and Logistics requirement.Perform Purchase to pay activities of Products, Services, Capex and Open Capital item.Drives the process of identifying the exact requirement of procurement, identification of vendors.Verifying PR with required approval as per Purchase approval guidelines.Issue inquiries (RFQ) to various suppliers, evaluate received quotation.Ensure proper negotiation with Supplier’s abilities in interacting with suppliers for efficient negotiations On Price, Technical requirements, Terms & Condition, Incoterms & Delivery schedule. Analyzing quotations and Preparation of comparison statement to finalize L1 vendor. Successful in achieving a Cost reduction for Corporate Purchases, Logistic Services, CHA services and Freight Forwarder through Annual Rate Contract, Revers Auction, Developing new vendors and Renegotiation.

Responsible for Entire Global, Domestic and Local Purchase related Activity at Plant Level.Expertise in bulk procuring / project items (Capital & Non-capital equipment)Receiving Purchase Requisition from various RequestorVerifying PR with all required approval as per Purchase approval guidelinesAbilities in interacting with suppliers for efficient negotiations on price, delivery schedule and other terms & conditionsShort listing and selection of vendors through a methodical registration process in light of their statutory and contractual obligations, partnership with OEMs, delivery reliability, quality.Prepared/maintained comparison statement to finalize L1 vendor.Issuing Purchase Order to Local & Import Supplier to get the POs confirmed within timeline.Planning and scheduling material delivery as per the bill of material (BOM) Handling CHA, Import and Export related documents.Preparing Custom clearance letter for CHA related to Import consignmentPreparing the Vendor payment advice for Finance Working closely with suppliers to improve supply operations, reduce cost and timely delivery

Project Details: SAP System generated PO data miss match. Played the role of Project leader where I found SAP PO created data is miss match with Manually maintain PO tracker data . In house project.Job Profile:➾ Receiving Purchase Requisition from various Requestor➾ Verifying PR with all required approval as per Purchase approval guidelines➾ Issuing Purchase Order to Local & Import Supplier to get the POs confirmed within the TAT➾ Creating the OLA as per buyer’s request.

Job Profile:➾ Involved in end to end management of supply chain functions encompassing requirement gathering, preparing purchase order, materials management and generating purchase requisition in ERP system.➾ Maintained minimum inventory by feeding requirement of users Just In-Time➾ Managed Logistic and commercial operations of Supply chain management ➾ Ensured advance intimation to vendor pertaining to material requirements➾ Followed up with vendors for maintaining material delivery schedules at warehouse➾ Major contribution for the logistics

Major Achievements: Received Star Performance award / India Project Star Award for IT shared for the Year-2012.  Received Spot Achievement award for the Year 2013 for handling all IT and General purchases in an exceptional and professional manner including new project within fixed deadlines and accruing savings of 50% for India & APAC to the company by utilizing competently negotiations skills.Job Profile:➾ Responsible for fulfilling the KPI for own area (Purchase) ➾ Receiving Purchase Requisition from various department (IT, HR, Engineering, Embedded lab, Admin).➾ Majorly Procurement of hardware and software products like Servers, Network devices, Storage, Tape libraries, Laptops / Desktops.➾ Software and License: - Like Microsoft, SAP, Linux, Symantec, Firewall MacAfee, VMware etc.➾ Service procurement :- Annual service agreements (AMC ) with various service providers for building management systems, VAS & Mobility service providers, All leading lease line service providers , ERP service providers, Application and networking service providers EMC, Cisco servers, PRI & EPABX service providers.➾ Assist the end user on special projects focused on cost reduction initiatives and process improvement➾ Verifying PR with required approval as per Purchase approval guidelines➾ Co-ordinate the overall operation of Company purchasing function to ensure goods, works and services are provided at the most competitive rates. ➾ Negotiated with vendor on commercial aspects. ➾ Prepared/maintained comparison statement to finalize L1 vendor.➾ Creation of various kind of Purchase order in system. ➾ Travel related to sourcing activities, Office administration and Event management, vendor management. ➾ Development of new vendors in India & APAC. ➾ Responsible for P2P process➾ Monitoring supplier performance and developing it through Supplier Rating and Supplier Audits Program.

Major Achievements: Appointed as SAP Core team member  Support for implementation and training to Purchase Dept for SAP MM moduleJob Profile:➾ Receiving Purchase Requisition from various departments (IT, HR, Engineering, and Admin).➾ Verifying PR with required approval as per Purchase approval guidelines➾ Co-ordinate the overall operation of Company purchasing function to ensure goods, works and services are provided at the most competitive rates. ➾ Generated purchase requisition in ERP systems. ➾ Negotiated with vendor on commercial aspects. ➾ Prepared/maintained comparison statement to finalize L1 vendor.➾ Purchase Orders Generation➾ Followed up on material with vendors➾ Support for implementation and training to Purchase Dept for SAP MM module

Job Profile:➾ Receiving Purchase Requisition from across Five Location Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai.➾ Majorly in to IT Procurement: Procurement of hardware and software products like Servers, Network devices, Laptops / Desktops etc. Procurement of software and License like Microsoft, SAP, Linux, Symantec, Firewall MacAfee, VMware etc. Annual service agreements (AMC) with various service providers which included leading lease line service providers. ➾ Facility management like Transport Management, Canteen management, Event Management ➾ Verifying PR with required approval as per Purchase approval guidelines.➾ Negotiation, Liaising & Coordination ERP Systems➾ Supplier / Vendor Management➾ Purchase Orders Generation ➾ Preparing and maintaining contract agreements of vendors. Review of their performance on the given SLA and TAT.