Part of Global Indirect Materials & Services procurement team. Handling global employee benefits and global payroll categories along with indirect professional services in APAC.

 Head the sourcing and procurement function under the Central Projects Team Greenfield & Brownfield project procurement at Brazil, India & Croatia International sourcing, supplier prequalification, PO processing, legal contract documentations SAP-TOTVS ERP system implementation at Brazil site Setting up sourcing/procurement SOP’s. Includes onsite deporting to Brazil for aligning with lawyers (Marcos Martin), consultants (ARC), auditors (KPMG) and setting up SOP’s and sourcing documentations. Playing a bridge between various teams like projects, commercial, finance, operations and legal

Managing procurement of indirect categories for MSD IndiaKey Deliverables include: Logistics & Warehouses contract formulations with contractors and 3PL’s Facilities services indirect sourcing and contract formulations. Human resources. Manpower/recruitment contract negotiations. Financial, professional and legal services Information Technology including software, hardware, licensing. New technology sourcing and Implementation. Commercial print management Contract execution and SLA performance measurement.Highlights:• Consolidated primary freight for warehouses across India rationalizing the supplier base and contributed savings• Negotiated and setup a doctors contact centre, thus providing tele-calling facility to the physicians and provided educative information• Driven the consolidation of AMC for Aircons across 17 CFA locations of MSD• Implemented energy saving project by replacing lighting at pan India offices by LED’s thus reducing monthly energy consumption by 60%

Role:• Carried out purchase of all the CAPEX, MRO and utilities for all business units of Henkel, India• Handled negotiations for all the procurement projects under technical supplies for Henkel, India• Initiated dialogues with core suppliers for leveraging further benefits and arriving at win-win situations, such as extension of credit period to 90 days by consolidating more business to core vendors.• Recovered NWC by conducting negotiations on extended payment terms with core suppliers• Contributed towards maintaining SRM & SBM by streamlining the vendor database & led a team of 3 members• Involved in dotted line reporting to Category Team Manager at APAC, Shanghai and implemented global strategies in Henkel, India• Took part in monthly regional calls such as best practice sharing, IMS indices reporting, synchronized strategic sourcing, global conference for technical supply, etc with other countries• Executed consolidation projects such as MRO, PPE, civil contract, fabrication contracts, AMC of DGs, etc.• Involved in the implementation of SAP / Proweb for IMS Henkel IndiaHighlights:• Essayed a key role in o Working closely with expert team in APAC, Shanghai for initiating global purchase strategies in Henkel, Indiao Introducing e-auction in IMS Henkel, India for the first time and completing 3 projects successfullyo Executing two regional projects under Technical supplies to project and supply chain teams across Henkel, India BU’s along with Category Team Manager (Technical supplies) APAC• Accredited for:o Winning 1st prize across 9 countries in APAC for conceptualizing e-sourcing guidebook as a cross country team projecto Being the part of the elite group of 4 to receive the first online training on CAPEX Purchase through expert team from HO in Europeo Visiting Shanghai for attending regional IMS workshop among 9 other countries and representing IMS India on global platform for the 1st time

Role:• Conducted analysis of annual CAPEX requirement / budget of various divisions of company• Considered the technical aspects of each CAPEX project with the end user and formulated the requirement/specification sheet• Executed strategic sourcing and procurement activities of the capital equipment/CAPEX from both local as well as international market• Interacted with logistics team to track shipments, nominate freight forwarders and ensure deliveries in TAT• Worked closely with finance team to ensure timely payments of international and domestic suppliers• Kept a track record of cash flow and MIS for ordered CAPEX within the team• Handled High Seas Purchase, L/C’s, EPCG (Export Promotion Capital Goods) Licensing, and other duty benefit schemesHighlights:• Demonstrated excellence in initiating procurement of mechanical, electrical and electronic spares by consolidating them for 4 divisions of Godrej, worth INR 5 Crores and earned 20% savings in 2008• Instrumental in bringing down purchase cycle time reduction and standardization of terms & conditions under PMO projects, a part of Boston Consultancy Group initiatives & completed project of MRO (Maintenance Repair Operations) items consolidation• Successfully developed suppliers for critical equipment/machine requirements by effective sourcing and scouting on internet, through contacts and exhibition visits• Interfaced with finance team to prepare and process applications for L/C, Advance TT, Post TT, Usance draft • Distinction of being recognized for making innovative software for vendor database management in team• Met superintendent / excise inspector from DGFT and received installation certificates cleared for capital equipment on several occasions.• Handling import procurement and well conversant with High Seas Purchase, handling L/C’s, EPCG (Export Promotion Capital Goods) Licensing, and other duty benefit schemes

Was involved in materials management and analysis of spend data for giants like DuPont, Honeywell, Siemens, Electrabel.

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