Jun 2018 – Oct 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Lead the Novartis Global Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur, which houses over 1000+ FTE’s providing business services regionally and globally. The domains included Finance Operations, HR Operations, Real Estate services, IT, Procurement, Legal and Sales & Marketing services reach over 25 countries.

May 2018 – Oct 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos

• Lead Regional Procurement for the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa region of Novartis, which covers 25+ countries and over US$600 Million of Indirect spend. The role covered all procurement services (Strategic and Tactical) and processes across these markets.

Nov 2017 – May 2018 · 6 mos

Nov 2013 – Nov 2017 · 4 yrs

Mar 2010 – Nov 2013 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Jul 2009 – Mar 2010 · 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• Responsible for the Marketing, Print, Documentation and HR category on a regional basis. Geographies under direct accountability where all Emerging Markets for Barclays which includes 14 countries in Asia, Middle East and Africa. The job entail implementing the Category Management structure within Emerging markets and drive Global Sourcing targets with the Local Sourcing teams.

Jul 2005 – Jul 2009 · 4 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Responsible for planning, strategizing & negotiating of all Categories of Nortel Indirect Procurement, within the region. The portfolio consists of all internal business services and goods like: Information Technology, Travel, Real Estate, Telecom, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Information Development & Legal.

Jul 2005 – Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Managed the Print and Office Category on a Global basis where the job entails the creation of a complete category startegy in terms of what is to be bought, when to be bought, how to be bought and from where to be bought. Responsible for getting in the right vendors in place as per strategy decided.

Jul 2000 – Jul 2005 · 5 yrs · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• Was Responsible for procurement of all non-production goods and services required by the organization. It included a very big basket of goods like IT, IT-related, Fixed assets and other strategic equipments and spares.
• All services required within the organization or at customer site were also bought by my team.

Sep 1997 – Nov 1997 · 2 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• Worked for Vehicle Quality Function.