Vikash Sharma Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

-Ownership and Leadership of new Vendor Management and Procurement function for the CFP group

New York, Ny, Us

-Owning the creation and development of new contracts and supplier relationships, with a key focus on driving external/internal partnerships, negotiation strategy, cost efficiency, and business value.-Managing all commercial aspects of the relationship from sourcing, budget management, stakeholder reporting/forecasting, and optimising cost/risk wherever possible-Efficiently and effectively owning vendor governance meetings and business value reviews (BVR’s) to ensure optimal relationship value-Vendor Governance, Procurement, Relationship Management, Contract Negotiation, RFX, Project Management, Contract Management, Process Improvement

New York, Ny, Us

-Initial transformation programme of Vendor Management function, helping to scale and drive maturity, awareness, and business success. Independent Contractor SME.

London, London, Gb

-Leadership and Management of Global IT Asset Management function comprising of a team of 7-owning the end to end IT Asset Lifecycle-Global Process Owner for IT Asset Management-ensuring governance and driving best practice-Implementation of SAM programme to deliver bespoke and accurate managementinformation, compliance, and drive improvements.-Setup of best practice ITAM function during merger and period of heavygrowth/investment.-Coaching and mentoring of members within my peer group.-Proactive collaboration with stakeholders and customers, in order to promote andeducate ITAM within the business, and creating new working relationships/flows toachieve optimum value.

London, Gb

-Amsterdam based project at ING. Delivery of IBM SAM audit exercise, working with entities and senior management globally to capture IBM software licensing compliance position and streamlining processes for the future. -Other ITAM consultancy projects delivered to clients including SAM maturity assessments, licensing audits on behalf of software vendors, and SAM baseline positions.-Onus on business development to expand customer base and creative nous employed to bring new services to market.

London, London, Gb

-Manage entire Software and Market Data commercial process from liaising with senior management in order to ascertain requirements, negotiation with vendors, contract review, acquisition, and contract/license management.-Management information reporting for internal stakeholders showcasing key monthly achievements/plans, detailed core vendor license positions, and global hardware asset status.-Own SNOW license manager from both a technical and administrative point of view. Re-harvesting of unutilised licenses, carrying out vendor audits, inputting and logging of all software contracts/licenses, and back-end technical support for the platform.-Market Data commercial management. Utilising MDSL's Market Data Management tool.

London, Greater London, Gb

-Led the transformation of contract management process and policy

Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Gb

-Technical management of new SAM cloud service (SNOW) from design, implementation and then ongoing support.-Use of strong software licensing knowledge in order to accurately report positions to customers.-Pre-sales calls with potential customers in order to grow business for SAM technical solutions.