Syed Afroze

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 18 years of experience in procurement.
Expert in cost reduction and vendor management.
Strong leadership in strategic sourcing initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Procurement Leader with expertise in Facility Management and Telecommunications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Vendor ManagementCost Reduction

Other Skills

Supplier Relationship ManagementStakeholder ManagementFinancial AnalysisStrategic NegotiationsSourcingProcurementSupply ChainTelecommunicationsStrategic SourcingSupplier ManagementPurchasingNegotiationSourcing & ProcurementSupply ManagementManagement

About

Senior Sourcing Professional with over 18+ years of extensive experience in Procurement Activities (Vendor Development & Management, Cost Reduction strategies, Contracts Negotiations & Management, People Management etc.,) Specialized in IT, Facility Management, Professional services, Insurance, external resourcing, real estate & telecommunication procurement.. In addition to my experience and personal qualities, What I bring to the table are: Passion for sourcing which makes me wake up every day wanting to get the best for the business through my team and supplier network. Superior professional and personal networking skills coupled with great listening skills. Challenging current state & asking “why” is second nature to me and lands me great projects to work at.

Experience

25 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Ey

2 roles

Procurement Leader - India and MENA Region (Middle East and North Africa)

Promoted

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

Associate Director - Procurement

Sep 2018 – Sep 2023 · 5 yrs

Amazon

Global Category Manager

Apr 2015 – Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Wipro

Senior Sourcing Manager

Aug 2012 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

As Senior Category Manager
Drove category strategy for facilities (Soft Services, Engineering Services, Security, Admin and Hospitality)
Managed a high performance team of 10 individuals & deliver astounding business results in terms of Savings(Benefits),
Supplier reduction, Audit readiness, Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) & Supplier Relationship Management(SRM)
Drove the commodity to a largely leveraged spend with clear demonstration of 80:20 spend categorization
Supported strategic negotiations and financial analysis for addressable spend
Managed Low value spend effectively
Managed stakeholder relationship and helped increase customer satisfaction score by +15% YOY
Managed supplier relationship

Supplier Relationship ManagementStakeholder ManagementFinancial AnalysisStrategic NegotiationsVendor ManagementCost Reduction

Nokia india private limited

Sourcing Manager

Jan 2008 – Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Nokia India Pvt Ltd is the Indian arm of Nokia Corporation
Nokia India has a manufacturing setup in Chennai & is the largest volume factory of Nokia in the world. Nokia India has a Research & Development setup in Bangalore which is significant for Nokia Corporation in many ways
I have IT & Professional Services as my focus areas managing an annual spend of ~Euro 25M.