Procurement specialist

A Recent Graduate available Parishi Shah +1-732-***-****

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KEY SKILLS

• Strong Communication skills • Leadership skills • Procurement/Negotiation skills

• Project Management skills • Problem Solving skills • Time-Management skills/ Ability to Prioritize PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BorgWarner Morse Systems (Automotive Tier-1 firm) Ithaca, NY Purchasing Co-op Jan, 2019 – Jul, 2019

Managed multiple procurement projects of high-profile clients parallelly handling Procure-to-Pay; Sourcing processes along with leading an ERP implementation project of IVALUA from Ithaca’s Purchasing Unit.

• ERP Project- Completed 50% of project lifecycle by gathering requirements from the team, sharing feedbacks after testing scripts and training other purchasing team members for the new ERP system.

• Purchasing Projects with High-profile clients – Identified new suppliers and potential suppliers for the respective projects from the Approved Supplier List (ASL), attained 25% cost reductions by Negotiating prices and other specifications forming suitable contracts, Conducting RFI/RFQ/RFP on the ERP systems and creating BOMs for each project, Conducting technical reviews for discussing technical drawings and design specifications with the engineering teams and suppliers, Maintained supplier management relationships sharing balance score cards for supplier evaluation and improved supplier service quality by 75%.

• Cost Reduction Project – Achieved supplier smart target worth $4,500,000 for 2019 with focus on sharing detailed cost elements from Purchasing databases maintaining meeting minutes for documenting Best Practices. Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd. (Telecommunications firm) Gujarat, India Supply Chain Management Executive Sept, 2016 – Dec, 2017 Managed domestic and international/global internal markets from e-Sourcing team by multi-tasking with various Sourcing projects on a daily basis along with leading ERP implementation project of SAP ARIBA with a team for the whole company.

• ERP Project – Launched Phase-1 out of 3 phases of the ERP implementation project of SAP ARIBA by gathering requirements from the team and other global procurement internal stakeholders, testing scripts and sharing feedbacks, training all the global/domestic internal stakeholders with the new ERP system providing required customer service.

• E-Sourcing Projects – Conducted RFI/RFP/RFP & Auctions for both domestic and International internal markets, preserving effective communications and relationships between the internal and external suppliers/vendors, providing reports for all at the end for better tracking, reporting and forecasting, Maintained weekly, monthly & quarterly KPI performance metrics for detailed monthly presentations of the statistics. Tutelminds TechnoConsultants Pvt. Ltd. (Startup firm) Mumbai, India Management Intern Apr, 2015 – Sept, 2015

Succeeded in managing multiple procurement projects developing a new supplier database for the company and maintaining extensive supplier relationships for variety of products and performing Procure-to-Pay Sourcing processes for each project.

• Managed variety of projects by spending 95% of the time negotiating with the suppliers for the pricing and other specifications, collecting & checking samples, preparing competitive quotes sheets for each project with the collaboration of Marketing & Sales team, Finance & Legal team, and Warehousing & Inventory management teams.

• Outsourcing Project – Supervised an Outsourcing vendor for a new product manufacturing ensuring quick follow up throughout, for new batch of samples and negotiating on agreements/contracts with the technical specifications and delivery of shipments.

EDUCATION

Northeastern University • Cumulative GPA 3.48/4.00 Boston, MA Masters of Science (MSc) in Project Management (A Recent Graduate) May, 2020 NMIMS University • Cumulative GPA 3.08/4.00 Mumbai, India

-Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Technology Management Aug, 2016 Specializing in Operations & Project Management

-Bachelors in Technology in Computer Science Engineering (5 years integrated course gaining B-Tech + MBA -Tech degree) TECHNICAL SKILLS, AND INTERESTS

Technical Skills: Microsoft Office Suite: Excel (V-Look up, Pivot Tables) Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Ms Project, SAP ARIBA. Interests: Learning new ERP systems, Exploring & mastering supply chain of different industries (I am a quick learner).

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