Pushkar Marathe — Business Development Manager

The world operates on Demand and Supply, and I am one of its many facilitators. I am a Senior Buyer at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Over the past eight years, I have had exposure to several aspects of supply chain management, right from basic exercises of data analysis in Excel as an Intern, to facilitating high-value global projects in tandem with my excellent colleagues. What excites me about this field, you ask? In which other profession are you going to be paid to shop for someone else?! Calling it “shopping” is an oversimplification. My work ensures that the products we buy or services we avail are in accordance to all legal rules and align with high standards of Compliance, all while minimising any risks for the company. All that, while ensuring that we are paying a fair price, for the right product, at its optimal quantity, at the right time. Yes, there are many balls that we need to juggle, if you’re wondering. I am an Industrial Engineering graduate utilising my management skills to boost productivity in Strategic Procurement. I have exposure to fit-out project procurement, end-to-end purchasing processes, supplier relationship management, and digital supply chain. Thank you for visiting my profile. I hope you got what you wanted - and in case you didn’t, I am a message away. After all, I’ve become better at fulfilling requirements due to my role, you see…

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain Management professional with expertise in procurement and project management.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 8 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Project Management
Content Strategy
Training

Career Highlights

Fastest promotion to Senior Buyer at Siemens.
Successfully managed procurement during Covid-19 pandemic.
Led large-scale interior fit-out projects.

Work Experience

Siemens Digital Industries Software

Senior Buyer (2 yrs 3 mos)

Buyer (4 yrs 11 mos)

Intern (1 yr)

Studium

Consultant - Content Writer (1 yr)

Abhivriddhi - Student Training & Development Committee, VIT Pune

HR Panelist (0 mo)

Speaker (0 mo)

Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology

University Representative (9 mos)

Magazine Secretary (1 yr)

GE

OMLP EID Intern (2 mos)

Grocare India

Web Content Writer (1 mo)

Bhojanshala.in- The Online Meal Store

Sales And Marketing Intern (1 mo)

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Technology at Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology

CII-SCMPro (Supply Chain Management Professional) at Confederation of Indian Industry

Pushkar Marathe

Business Development Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India8 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Fastest promotion to Senior Buyer at Siemens.
Successfully managed procurement during Covid-19 pandemic.
Led large-scale interior fit-out projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain Management professional with expertise in procurement and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

ProcurementSupply Chain ManagementProject ManagementContent StrategyTraining

Other Skills

Supplier Relationship ManagementSupplier ManagementData AnalysisProcess ImprovementContent WritingCreative Content CreationInterview PreparationGroup DiscussionsMarketingLeadershipPublic SpeakingDesign ThinkingReport WritingContent ManagementContent Marketing

About

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Siemens digital industries software

3 roles

Senior Buyer

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Fastest promotion to Senior Buyer with 6 years of experience within my procurement team.

ProcurementSupplier Relationship ManagementProject ManagementSupply Chain Management

Buyer

Feb 2019 – Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Promoted to full-time role of Buyer. I am the only candidate chosen from among 6 other interns for a permanent position within Siemens.
In 2019, my first year as a Buyer was a journey with a steep learning curve. I may have had the right approach or attitude towards work as an Intern, but learning about the Procurement landscape, identifying and delivering upon KPIs, and understanding the needs of my users was my first priority. I started out by assisting my Senior Buyer on his purchases during this transition.
In 2020, I was tasked with independently handling the requirements for our Pune office premises, which had 2500 employees at the time. March 2020 proved to be a gamechanger: with India in a lockdown, I was both, a first-hand witness and a first-person responder to the changing requirements within the Covid-19 pandemic. With supply constraints the world over, Procurement priorities had to shift to cater to the smooth operations of our company. I will never forget sourcing for Oxygen Concentrators, PPEs and the whole shift towards renting of laptops to abate the impact of delayed hardware orders.
In 2021, I was then tasked with my first large scale interior fit-out project, where I worked with the Manager for India & Pakistan Procurement to drive finalization of packages across 6 major commodities. This was at a time where the corporate world was still reeling from the effect of large delivery timelines, project management delays, cost escalations and availability issues. We managed to bring value to our internal customers regardless and were lauded for our efforts.
Finally, from 2021 onwards, I was the front-end for Capex purchases where I would liaise as the India Procurement counterpart on Global projects. While my Manager still led the project strategy, my exposure was now broadened to include Global project constraints.

ProcurementSupplier Relationship ManagementProject ManagementSupply Chain Management

Intern

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

My major projects included:
1. Spend and Payment Terms analysis for 8 countries across Asia Pacific zone.
2. Business Process Improvement for tracking and closing all open Purchase Requisitions not converted into a Purchase Order.
3. Fit-out Project Procurement - conducting e-RFQs, e-Biddings/Auctions.
Maintenance of supplier prequalification documentation.
Coordination across 5 major packages (Furniture and Chairs, Audio-Visuals, Carpet, Networking, UPS).

Data AnalysisProcurement

Studium

Consultant - Content Writer

May 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr · Pune District, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

I am deeply thankful to Shubham Purandare, Founder and CEO of STUDIUM, who gave my content writing services an avenue. This engagement also came in at a very volatile time in my life, and having income on the side was the biggest support to my already precarious situation.
During the course of this freelance engagement with STUDIUM, I got a chance to observe the lifecycle of accreditation management, and got a glimpse of how seemingly complex processes could be simplified with a foundational framework that gave the process a clear structure.
As a part of my work, I created scripts for videos and webinars. I edited PPTs, reworded the website, published sections about the Clients and the Advisors on the website, wrote Instagram captions thrice a week, generated LinkedIn content for posts twice a week, published a month-long series on educational stalwarts in India, published 5 LinkedIn Newsletters, and created 100+ documented pieces of content in the one year I spent with them.
I made a diverse variety of video scripts, posts and long-form content in varying content domains.

Content WritingContent StrategyCreative Content Creation

Abhivriddhi - student training & development committee, vit pune

3 roles

HR Panelist

Mar 2022 – Mar 2022 · 0 mo · Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Invited as an HR panelist in the session organized for "Mock Group Discussion & Personal Interviews". Moderated 1 group discussion and provided a detailed feedback. Conducted personal interviews for approx. 6-7 students.

Interview PreparationGroup DiscussionsTraining

HR Panelist

Dec 2020 – Dec 2020 · 0 mo · Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Invited as an HR panelist in the session organized for "Mock Group Discussion & Personal Interviews". Moderated 2 group discussions and provided a detailed feedback. Conducted personal interviews for approx. 8-10 students.

Interview PreparationGroup DiscussionsTraining

Speaker

Sep 2019 – Sep 2019 · 0 mo · Pune

Invited as a Speaker for "Resume Building Session" in September 2019, and was recognized as a Student Development Trainer. Approx. number of attendees: 100.

TrainingMarketing

Vishwakarma institute of technology

2 roles

University Representative

Aug 2017 – May 2018 · 9 mos · Pune Area, India

Part of the Student Council Core Team - Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune, the University Representative is among the top posts in the Council that looks after student welfare and representation at the Pune University (SPPU) level.

Magazine Secretary

Jun 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr · Pune District, Maharashtra, India · On-site

I led a fantastic team of 25 young, enthusiastic contributors in bringing two editions of VIT's college magazine alive. We were the first edition to come up with a digital version of the magazine, and also eventually submitted one fully-designed, 106-page magazine for hardcopy printing. It didn't see the light of day due to internal management decisions at our college, but this remains one of the most challenging yet the most rewarding pursuits during my time at VIT Pune.

Ge

OMLP EID Intern

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

This internship at GE India's Chakan plant in Pune offered a role in line with Industrial Engineering, where I worked on the Setup Time Reduction for a machine, proposing half an hour worth of time savings per shift.

Grocare india

Web Content Writer

Jun 2016 – Jul 2016 · 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Grocare India is an alternative medicine pharmaceutical company. My work here as a Content Writer on their medicines was appreciated because my engineering background only added value to the content being generated.

Bhojanshala.in- the online meal store

Sales And Marketing Intern

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

My first role in a startup introduced me to a dynamic workplace where I learnt about the basics of sales and marketing, prepared relevant questionnaires, conducted surveys, and analyzed data on Excel. Basic marketing strategies, tie-ups with corporate retailers, and feedback on consumer experience was also part of my domain.