Manan Ahuja

Assistant Director - EY Supply Chain Services | Ex - SoftwareOne

New Delhi, Delhi, India

About

Digital Supply Chain,End to end Global procurement (across different categories IT software and hardware, professional services, travel and meetings.Mentoring, ensuring SLA adherence, achieving customer satisfaction, Quality checks. Working in process of Sales Support wherein handling Global and Enterprise Customers. Always self-driven to take initiative with a competitive drive to get things done with emphasis on working with and through people. Vendor Development & Analysis – Global and Local. Global Sourcing of materials at best price with reliable source Keen to negotiate for the prices or discount in quotations. Search for available / new vendors, RFQ’s follow up, negotiation and raising PO’s to project requirements, working on pricing parts of RFPs.Spend Analysis and contract management.

Experience

  • Assistant Director- Global Procurement at EY
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • SoftwareONE (10 yrs)
    • Team Leader S2P Global Accounts
      Aug 2018 - Mar 2025 · 6 yrs 8 mos

      Strategic sourcing, vendor analysis, cost optimisation, software assessment management, EULA, project management, spend analysis, annual IT budgeting, RFP’s and RFI’s, contract management, risk analysis, product development, stakeholder management and team management.

    • Senior Procurement Specialist
      Jan 2017 - Jul 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Procurement Specialist
      Apr 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Sales Executive at The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
    Aug 2014 - Mar 2015 · 8 mos

    Handling cooperate clients . Working on their RFP’s, RFI’s. Negotiations of the contracts. Handling their travel, events, conferences and meetings.