Gurugram, Haryana, India
An MBA Graduate from New Delhi Institute of Management in Operations Supply Chain and Human resource Currently working with Intercontinental Hotel Group as Specialist Procurement, previously worked with American Express as Analyst- Procurement.
- Lead sourcing and procurement initiatives across multiple categories supporting global business needs. - Responsible for identifying and understanding business needs and recommending appropriate services. - Manage complete contract lifecycle including drafting, review, negotiation, risk assessment, and execution. - Conduct RFIs/RFPs/RFQs for various categories i.e. Technology, Real Estate, HR, Professional Services etc. on GEP tool, driving efficiency and compliance in e-sourcing events. - Partnered with IT, Legal, and Finance teams to standardize procurement documentation and approval workflows. - Build strong supplier relationships to align vendor performance with business goals, KPIs, and SLAs. - Overseeing new vendor onboarding over various tools and assisting in process. - Mentor and coach new team members on procurement policies, compliance, and tools.
• Working on RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs. • Providing end to end solution by proactive and reactive action. • Understanding Buisness Requirement, present them suitable service, follow up with them and maintain relationship. • Taking decisive actions for finalizing the purchase orders by comparing and analysing quotes. • Interaction with OEM's, publishers, distributors and resellers worldwide for quotation, negotiation and purchase. • Search for available / new vendors, RFQ’s follow up, negotiation and raising PO’s to project requirements, working on Pricing parts of RFPs. • Manage requests from the Buisness/Customer's received via Smartbuy. • Managing RFP’s on Ariba Sourcing and knowledge of Contracts Workspace, Conga, and Service Now. • In-depth understanding of supply chain concepts and familiarity with vendor contracts.
• Primarily responsible for creating purchase orders, working on purchase requisition, RFx. Develop comparatives in RFQ / RFP documents. • Acting as a single point of contact for sales team and suppliers. • Resolve any issue between customer and suppliers for any mismatch in renewals Management of existing vendors to ensure a cost effective supply of items, negotiating price and suppliers contracts. • Organize all procurement activities relating from Purchase Request to Purchase Order in Microsoft Navision ERP. Identify available suppliers for each requisitioned item • Resolve payments related queries of vendor with accounts team. • Correspond with vendors regarding prices, product availability and on time delivery of items to meet the required standards. • Manage backorders and work towards clearing backlogs on time. • Efficiently handled cost effective procurement & achieved significant savings through effective evaluation of vendors and developing cost-effective alternatives for various operations. • Review vendor performance if a new vendor needs to be on boarded. • Coordinating with vendors globally to follow up on Purchase Orders and ensure timely delivery. • To maintain effective records of all Purchase Order and Supplier confirmation. • Responsible for measuring the performance of the suppliers and carriers by using metrics and distribute them to leadership team on weekly and quarterly basis. • Develops periodic performance reports in the area of Supply Chain and distributes them to stakeholders. • Supporting clients in selecting Forwarders and suppliers and ensure on time delivery from the Forwarders by regular follow-ups and communication via mail / Skype • Responsible for finding new suppliers and carriers for measurement, proactive updates to suppliers, carriers and leadership team to ensure smooth running of the process