ANCHAL GOLCHHA, CPPP, MBA, Eng.

Contact Number : 001 647-***-**** / Alernate Number :+91-950*******

Email : acqw7w@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn : https://in.linkedin.com/pub/anchal-golchha/19/287/731

Visa : Canada PR

IELTS : 7.5

Please accept this letter and accompanying résumé in consideration for a challenging role with your organization of high repute.

I am an MBA professional with 3 years of experience in IT, Mining & Manufacturing Industry Procurement and Strategic sourcing domain. Post handling a spend portfolio of INR 300MN with Vedanta Resource Limited as Associate Manager-Procurement, I am now working with Cognizant Technology Solutions for Strategic Procurement, Spend Analytics, RFP/RFIs, Category Management and Vendor Valuation. I come with an extensive experience in Purchase, Negotiation, Contracts Management and vendor management. In my present role as Team Leader, I have been the functional consultant for several procurement tools and managed their end to end implementation. With a work permit, I am actively looking for Procurement/Sourcing roles in Canada.

I have successfully exhibited excellence in handling cost-effective procurement and achieved significant savings through detailed evaluation of vendors. Possess excellent skills in consensus building, organization and price negotiation, tendering and estimating long term and profitable contracts management.

I have adequate professional strengths in streamlining “Source to Procure to Pay” processes globally; proven acumen to develop effective Procurement Strategies and Policies to achieve optimum cost of goods and services within the required time, budget and quality standards.

I possess demonstrated ability to interact effectively with diverse groups; also have hands on exposure of working collaboratively within teams as well as perform individually in line with the policies and guidelines of the company. I am confident that my skills, experience, and expertise would be an asset to your organization.

Additional accomplishments are summarized in the enclosed resume. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Sincerely,

Anchal Golchha

ANCHAL GOLCHHA, CPPP, MBA, Eng.

Contact Number : 001 647-***-**** / Alernate Number :+91-950*******

Email : acqw7w@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn : https://in.linkedin.com/pub/anchal-golchha/19/287/731

Visa : Canada PR

IELTS : 7.5

Career Summary

More than 3 Years of experience in Procurement and Strategic sourcing domain managing Supplier relationship and management, Spend analysis, Contract management, Procure to Pay life cycle, Risk analysis and Strategy planning.

Hands on experience in handling RFI, RFP, E-Sourcing and Complex Negotiations

Rich experience in Strategic Sourcing and advanced IT Tools in PSCM domain like SAP MM, Spend Analytics, eSourcing/ eProcurement, Advanced Excel etc.

Expertise in handling categories like Mining spares, Service contracts, FMS, physical security, etc.

Supported in functional implementation and adoption of spend management and contract management tools across Cognizant locations

Academics

Master of Business Administration (MBA – Finance) IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University (2012) (7.35/10)

Bachelors of Engineering (Information Technology) Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, India (2010) (73.16%)

Core Skills

Contract Negotiation MS Excel Procurement Strategies

ERP Implementation Vendor Management Strategic Buying

Global Sourcing Price Negotiations E-procurement

Supplier Performance Purchase Orders RFP / RFQ / RFI

Professional Experience

Cognizant Technology Solutions, India Team Leader (Procurement) April 2013 - Till date

As a part of the Procurement CoE Team undertook:

Strategic Sourcing & Planning

Worked on more than 50 Global RFPs and Supplier trainings for different categories like Admin, Facility Management Service/Supply, Physical Security, F&B, Stationary, Water.

Accounted for $100mn spend spread across different categories

Conducting negotiations and E-Auction within IBM Emptoris tool thereby inducing high savings

Performing due diligence and establishing ratings based on Qualitative & Quantitative analysis

Automated Contract Management by implementing contract management tool which presently holds more than 500 active contracts

E-Sourcing Tool Implementation: Supported in implementation and adoption of Emptoris tool across department.

Vendor Management

Mining for new vendors in the market and mapping our requirements with their offerings

On-boarding new vendors, maintain existing vendor relations and consolidating vendor base

Developing partnerships with local & foreign suppliers; managing cost, delivery and quality norms

Supplier Performance Evaluation

Streamlined complete process of Supplier performance evaluation in 6 months

Created evaluation parameters based on Supplier category and inputs from stakeholders

Evaluated more than 500 suppliers in a year and designed action plans for poor rated vendors

Spend Analytics

Managing and driving multiple SCM Analytics projects across the globe with total spend of $2.2bn

Remapped complete data of 3 years(2012-2014) with more than 30,00000 line items by leveraging standards such as UNSPSC code and Cognizant Internal Taxonomy to eliminate data inconsistencies

Extract/cleanse/normalize/categorize/report spend data to drive sourcing opportunities

Publishing various reports on yearly/quarterly/monthly and weekly operational trends

Pentaho: Supported implementation of the in-house spend analytics tool through index file creations, Category mapping, fulfilling requirements, User Acceptance Testing, etc.

Sesa Goa Ltd. (Vedanta Resources PLC), India Associate Manager, Procurement May 2012 – March 2013

As a part of the Sourcing Team undertook:

Category Management: Iron Ore Beneficiation Plants for IOG (Spend- INR 300 Million)

Responsible for Procurement of Spares, Consumables and Service Contracts for all mineral processing plants

Tender documentation, solicitation of offers, Commercial/Technical Valuation, Conducting E-Auctioning, Negotiation, Issuing Contracts and Ensuring Timely Delivery of Material

Consolidate the requirements across all the Company’s units and conduct reverse auctions to procure the same using Emptoris e-sourcing solution in order to gain cost advantage.

Assessing the performance of vendors based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, etc.

Manage supplier relationships as they relate to operational activities, issues, and optimize the value in the vendor/business unit relationship.

Ensure that contracts meet all the regulations and internal customer’s needs.

Analyzing the Purchase trend for defined categories and preparation of PR Analysis Report.

Forecasting future requirements for hassle free production

Improvising requisition tracking system for proper PR allocations

Conducting of internal Analysis: Spend Analysis, conducting supplier satisfaction surveys and savings calculation

Additional Information

Summer Internship: Credit Appraisal for Diamond Jewelry Industry, Bank of India

Member of Institute of Supply Management, USA (Pursuing CPSM/SCMP)

MSME Certified: By Ministry of Human Resource Development, India

CPPP certified, Governance global practice, The World Bank (USA)

Holding Permanent Resident Visa for Canada

Others

Study Abroad Scholarship-Australia

Student Exchange Program-Malaysia

Placement Representative at IBS Hyderabad

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