Mar 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Responsible for overseeing the Commercial/Procurement function at Meesho, including:
• Capex & Opex management
• SaaS procurement
• AWS/GCP services procurement
• IT Hardware & End-user Devices procurement
• HR- Recruitment agencies & tools procurement
• Marketing - TV, Social Media
• Admin procurement
• Contract Negotiations

Dec 2019 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Noida

• Core Responsibilities: Global Procurement, Hardware, Software (SAAS,
• Security, etc.), License Renewal & Subscription, Supply Chain Management,
• Contract Management (ELA,ULA,MSA,SLA),Internal & External Audit
• Management.
• Accountable for procurement operations for affiliates and business units,
• approximately $300M spend annually.
• Provide strategic consulting and analytic perspective to management
• and key business stakeholders on procurement methodologies and risks
• Maintained regular written and in-person communications with the
• organization's department heads and end users and guaranteed timely
• dissemination of status updates.
• Responsible for Order Placement Timing, Supply / Demand Alignment,
• Material Replenishment and Supplier Performance.
• Sourcing the most affordable Application, Tools & Licensing for the
• companies process.
• Provided leadership and guidance to procurement team members,
• fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• improvement.Responsible for Import & Export of goods through Air, Sea &
• Surface mode.
• Risk analysis on global shipment and planing the shipment method
• FOB/Ex-Works/Prepaid.

Jun 2013 – Dec 2019 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Core Responsibilities: Global Procurement, Import & Export activity,
• Vendor Management, Customs Handling.
• Managed overall direction, coordination and evaluation of
• procurement.
• Managed a team of 15 employees at corporate level and operations
• level of the business.
• Reviewed current processes for procurement and make
• recommendations where appropriate.
• Managed to ship Servers across EMEA,APAC, Latin America.
• Managed to use the local CHA & Fright Forwarding companies to Ship,
• Customs Clearance & Deliver the goods onetime across the globe.
• Responsible for managing the purchase department, $4M inventory,
• reporting directly to CEO and CFO.
• Reduced inventory values from over 15% to less than 7% of sales.
• Responsible for planning and coordination of all operational activities
• including management of service levels, new request and problem
• escalation
• Trained managers and associates

Dec 2008 – Mar 2013 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Core Responsibilities: IT Asset Management, Project Transition &
• Implementation.
• Managed Complete IT Infrastructure of Wipro BPO Technologies
• Chennai across the 3 Development Centres in Chennai.
• Coordinated with Central procurement team to procure the required
• hardware & software.
• Built the infrastructure for new project by deploying the resources and
• arranging the hardware & Software.
• Managed IT & Asset inventory team members in 3 different Wipro BPO
• locations
• Managed the inventory of Hardware & Software as per STPI & SEZ norms
• Liaised with PMO & Business Transaction team for upcoming projects to
• plan procurement
• Responsible for arranging the Hardware deployment of new & existing
• project
• Ensured Service norms committed to the Customer are met
• Managed the Inventory worth 50Million USD and 25000 + Assets

Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 · 11 mos · Chennai