Jan 2010 – Sep 2015 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore Area, India

• Lead for eSourcing of Property and Commercial Services
• Transition of the eAuction process from London to Tesco Bangalore, which included onsite study and analysis of the ‘as is’ process, documentation and Knowledge transfer to Bangalore, training and Hand-holding and stabilizing of the process (2010 and 2011)
• Work closely with business teams and finance leaders to understand their purchasing needs and align them with best suppliers to drive savings and controllership improvement’s while focusing on total cost ownership (TCO)
• Provide guidance to local employees on procurement principles, policies and processes and maintain procurement ethics in accordance with Tesco’s policies and procedures
• Team Handling and Direct client interfacing
• Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review Process performance, future opportunities and /or challenges
• Conducting eRFx and Auctions using the Neogrid Platform for deriving / discovering the best prices
• Responsible for Team building and Knowledge transfer
• Recommend improvements/enhancements in the eSourcing application
• Running Ethical Trade Risk Assessment
• Collation of Market Intelligence related to specific commodity
• Analyzing the historic spend data and identifying opportunities

Oct 2007 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Area, India

• Creating Purchase Orders
• Sourcing parts from different suppliers
• Drive Negotiations to achieve goals on Price savings, Movement of suppliers to better Terms (Payment Terms), running eSourcing Events, moving supplier to Catalog or Contract
• Upskill Team Buyers on Negotiations (Price, Payment Term) directly contributing towards Working capital and Savings
• Replenish Indirect/Direct inventory based on pre-established min/max levels
• Participating in Business meetings with suppliers and Global commodity Managers
• Vendor Relation-Follow the complete procurement process from the time of demand creation to vendor payment processing
• Past due and open order reports
• Inventory Management
• Invoice Resolution
• Identifying suppliers with best lead times and Net Terms
• Work on improving the site OTTR (On time to Request), WALT (Weighted average lead time) and WAPT (Weighted average payment terms)
• Analyzing the historic spend data and identifying opportunities.
• Defective Material Returns
• Work with suppliers to reduce the Lead time of materials
• Six Sigma - Green Belt Certified
• Project: Air Fare Expense to optimize the cycle time for travel expense reports to achieve significant Dollar impact

Apr 2004 – Mar 2007 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Area, India

• Motor Car quotations
• Motor Car Insurance Policies (Sales and Renewals)
• Policy Maintenance (Customer Service)
• Ensuring compliance and quality parameters as per SLA’s are met
• Mentoring of new recruits with a view to sharing the best practices