AJAY KUMAR

* Talented professional with ** years of progressive accomplishment leading procurement & adminstrative operations

* Extensive cross-functional expertise in global procurement, souring products, inventory and vendor management.

* Proven ability to train, evaluate, motivate and lead large and successful teams of employees.

* Ability to work independently and under pressure

* Ability to meet project deadlines and saving commitments

Silver Ridge Telco Solutions India Private Limited

October 2014 to present Manager - Administrative Operations

Company Profile:

Silver Ridge with its focus placed on hardware and software solutions has expanded its portfolio of services to include local and wide area networking, networking maintenance and support, Web Designing, Mobile App Development, Help Desk Management, Facility Management and Outsourcing of IT.

Key Responsibilities Handled

* Provides administrative support by answering phones and email inquiries

* Interviewed and hired candidates

* Maintains integrity and daily operations of company social media sites

* Organized employee meetings and gatherings

* Overall responsibility for driving continuous development and improvement measures

* Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, and collaboratively work with and/or lead cross-functional teams

* Interpret and understand faculty contracts

* Review, and/or approve check requests, vendor billing

* Manage and categorized the Vendors as per the product line.

* Implement procurement strategy and policies.

* Forecast procurement needs.

* Develop and review purchase requests and ensure authorization as necessary to facilitate the timely purchase of new products.

* Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products and service

* Negotiate pricing, purchase goods, and ensure delivery in a timely manner.

* Studying sales records and inventory levels

* Coordinate with suppliers and placing orders

* Controlling departmental budgets

* Help to lower the cost and secure agreements.

* Manage and categorized the Vendors as per the product line.

*Implemented vendor consolidation through introducing vendor evaluation/scoring system.

* Managing supplier performance (monthly, quarterly, half yearly, annual).

Glam Rock International JLT ( UAE )

May 2014 to August 2014 Manager Procurement and Inventory

Company Profile: Glam Rock watches, the hotly sought after timepieces which have garnered a huge following around the world by celebraties and the fashion set, address a demanding clientele who has no geographic and cultural boundaries.

Key Responsibilities Handled

* Manage and categorized the Vendors as per the product line.

* Managed team strength of 7+ employees

* Purchasing with local and foreign supplier

* Follow up on timely deliveries within correct time management

* Analysis of orders we have from our client

* Analysis of the forecasting of sales in terms of numbers and styling, best sellers and analyzing the existing stock on hand

* Defining a course of action to meet best the production, assembly and delivery requirements

* Ensure physical inventory under their responsibility matches what we have in our system

*Work closer with Job order coordinator in HK to ensure he coordinates properly the assembly needed for complete

* Job order updated with accurate ETS and aware of any ETS change

* Components delivered in a rational way more or less at the same time

* Responsible of the costing updates of all our products, Liasing and helping the * Production Mgr identify the bset suppliers for our needs

* Work closer with Commercial Coordinator on slow moving items to be added to the discontinued and discount list

* Ensure all components in house are being identified to eventually be assembled to produce complete watches to be proposed to the various channels of discounts sales we

* Producing ageing reports to the CEO and communicate ideas of assembly to company so that we can create new models of our discounted sales with left over components

Zones Inc.

March 2005 to April 2014 Team Lead – Purchasing Expeditor

Company Profile: Zones is a single source for the support, acquisition, deployment and lifecycle management of IT solutions.

Key Responsibilities Handled

* Ensure all components in house are being identified to eventually be assembled to produce complete watches to be proposed to the various channels of discounts sales we

* Managing team strength of 24 employees

* Relationship management and effective communication with internal and external stake holders

* Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures.

* Creating, managing and analysing performance data and other information.

* Encouraging, identifying and developing best practice strategy.

* Track vendor’s performance and progress as well as identify actions to correct vendor performance as needed

* Developing sourcing strategies and innovation in delivering large complex international projects

* Lead role in component and material procurement to include supplier selection, price benchmarking and price negotiation for productions and deployment works

* Responsible for the preparation and process purchase orders and documents in accordance with company policies and procedures.

* Monitor and co-ordinate deliveries of items between suppliers to ensure that all items are delivered to site/store on time.

* Negotiate for best purchasing package (in terms of quality, price, term, delivery and service) with suppliers and sub-contractors assigned

* Responsible for expediting deliveries from international suppliers for our Fortune client

* Resolve root cause for PO issues

* Keep track on priority orders like overnight & 2nd day delivery orders

* Make sure each and every orders verify with supplier and update system with updated information

* Keeping track of inventory

* Trained to new hires with the company policy, portfolio, development, model and process

* Sustaining and improving team’s performance

* Auditing of transaction on regular basis

* Enhancing engagement within the team members

CMS Computers Limited

November 2003 to March 2005 Helpdesk Manager

Key Responsibilities Handled

* Maintaining Dashboards, Creating Templates of different reports as per Client

* Branch infrastructure, process's setting & adherence / new additional infrastruture planning

* Logistic support to all remote locations

* Plan site stock for FMS & AMC Contracts in multiple location (as per agreement)

* Purchase all IT hardware from suppliers

* Team building & Skill Enhancement

* Cost Control

* Track the records of all outside repair materials

* Maintain database – AMC / Warranty / Billing / Expenses / Escalations & Customer contract matrices.

* Performed other duties as assigned

* To make necessary arrangement in Employee Welfare Events e.g. traditional day, Induction programs, Birthday Celebrations, Leadership Offsite & Annual day.

Achievements and Awards:

* Awarded Zones Achiever's Club -2013

* Awarded Zones Winner's Circle - 2011

* Awarded Zones Achiever's Club -2010

* Awarded Zones team member of the Quarter numbers

* Awarded Zones 5 Start Service numbers of time

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Academic Qualification: -

* MBA in Operations from NIMC (National Institute of Management Solutions – 2009

* GDBA (Graduate Diploma in Business Adninistration) – 2004

Professional Certificates:-

* Six Sigma Green Belt Certified from IACT, Noida, (Utter Pradesh (India) – 2014

* Diploma in E-Commerce and Web Design Technology from STG, Delhi - 2001

Date of Birth: 28 May 1978

Phone: +91-956*-***-***

E-mail: ac9j62@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To work in an organization which would offer me a competitive work environment, challenging and research oriented career, to produce results in a short span and maintaining a result oriented approach to challenges; thus help me to grow, both on intellectual and personal front.

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Ajay Kumar

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