Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Apr 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · India

• Review, draft and negotiate Master Service Agreements, Statement of Work, Change Orders, Amendments, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and similar contracts.
• Experience on handling multiple categories – Telecom, IT Software services, Hardware, etc.,
• Liaise with the Category Management, Internal legal department, and Vendors to get the contracts published once the Supplier is identified for award of business.
• Contract management in Ariba by creating Contract Workplace with Deal Summary Sheet.
• Working closely with the legal department on renewal of expiring contracts, new contracts, and contractors hiring/renewal.
• Follow up on Ariba approval status by reviewing approval dashboard and generate pipeline report from Ariba.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders (Business team, Legal department, internal, external stakeholders, and finance) to provide updates related to specific requests.
• Negotiate price and proactively identifies and analyses cost savings opportunities.

Aug 2019 – Feb 2020 · 6 mos

• Draft, evaluate, negotiate, and execute contracts.
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships by serving as a single point of contact for contractual matters.
• Aligning with suppliers and internal stakeholders, collecting category data, performing analysis, creating spending and savings reports in a timely and professional manner.
• Provide contract-related issue resolution, both internally and externally.
• Monitor and complete contract close-out, extension, or renewal, as appropriate.
• Communicate contract-related information to all stakeholders

Jan 2017 – Apr 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• End-to-end contract management including contract authoring, red-lining, negotiations, and approvals.
• Drive contractual standards and serve as a single point of contact to the business and intermediary with the vendor on client engagement on contract terms.
• Ensure success against all contractual commitments at a category level (strategic and tactical).
• Liaise with the Category Management, Internal legal department and Vendors to get the contracts published once the Supplier is identified for award of business.
• Resolve any existing contract conflicts.
• Serve as a liaison between internal and external parties during contract development and negotiation stages.
• Provide SME/ in-depth knowledge of a contracting strategy within a large corporation and be able to drive and identify additional opportunities with client.
• Ensure SLAs around the contracting process like Turnaround time for contract, contract accuracy, etc.
• Maintain contract templates and manage the contract approval flow of executed sourcing activities.

Jul 2016 – Jan 2017 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for the procurement of various commodities required supporting the manufacture and delivery of Office and Lab supplies (Books, Computers, Electronics, Papers, Stationery)
• Coordination, control, and approval of purchasing activities. Receiving, reviewing, and initiating purchase requisitions for compliance in accordance with the corporate procurement policy
• Working on Framework agreements with the suppliers
• Create, amend, and delete of purchase orders and contracts in the Local ERP system (Nspira)
• Responsible of Logistics and delivery of goods located across Bangalore on time with correct stock levels

Mar 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Responsible for the procurement of a set of commodities required to support the manufacture and shipment of shopping products (Retail, Computers, Electronics, Household goods, Textile etc).
• Ensure daily and weekly monitoring of supply; raise alerts when inventory falls below agreed buffer levels and work replenishment actions
• Create, amend, and delete purchase orders and contracts
• Participate in supplier management activity (Supplier performance scorecards etc.)
• Coordination, control, and approval of purchasing activities. Receiving, reviewing, and initiating purchase requisitions for compliance in accordance with the corporate procurement policy and practices. P.O. and SRM contracts creation.

Feb 2013 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

• Review of Purchase requisitions coming from Production team and identifying the source of supply
• Analysis of PR, stock maintenance and processing issues
• Updating the PR information in line with the approved standard purchasing strategies
• Creation of Purchase orders considering correct payment, delivery, lead times and submitting to supplier
• Follow up with vendors on the status of deliveries
• Responsible for buffer stock maintenance in the Warehouse
• Resolve invoice discrepancies and making sure payment is done on time to suppliers