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Category Management Indirect Procurement

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Cypress, TX
Posted:
October 20, 2023

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INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Contract Managment Supplier Relationship

Management

Stakeholder Management Strategic Soucing & Spend

Management

Procure to Pay Cycle (From

PR to PO)

EXPERIENCE

Buyer - Indirect Procurement, Global Supply Chain Schneider Electric

Gurgaon, India

June' 2021 - May' 2022

Categories I managed as part of my Role were:

Real Estate - which includes working on Contracts or Purchase Requistions/Orders related to Building Rental & Facility Management, Office Material etc,

HR-Professional Services - which includes working on Contracts or Purchase Requistions/Orders related to Training, Consulting, Recruitment

, Legal- Insurance etc and

Marketing Communication - which includesworking on Contracts or Purchase Requistions/Orders related to Corporate Business Gifts & Merchandise for events/occassions, Agency Contracts etc. Key Areas of Responsibility as a S2P Professional Includes: Category Management -Design and implement category strategies that deliver financial and other performance targets such as service, quality, innovation and sustainability while meeting or exceeding internal stakeholder expectations.

Undertake rigorous business requirements analysis and align category strategies to SE business objectives.

Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders and governance global team; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements, compliance and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.

Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking techniques & be the catalyst of change management using ERP such as Ariba, Coupa and Oracle. Developing in depth global sourcing strategies, managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities using program management skills including RFx(RFI/RFP/RFQ), spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation-Auction/Reverse Auction, negotiations, and supplier consolidation, payment term improvement etc. Well versed with Microft Suite like - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook SUMMARY

Career spanning over 10+ years with a

proven track record in Strategic Sourcing

(S2P), Spend Management, development of

Category Sourcing plans, Contract

Management and other similar activities,

within Group Procurement across

It Involved helping Organisation achieve its

goals by placing supply contracts for goods

and services that deliver highly competitive

prices, including excellent terms and

conditions.

Was responsible for the provision of a world

class procurement service that delivers

competitive advantage to the business

across clients based out of varied

geographical locations such as UK, Ireland,

APAC.

Known as self-starter, team builder who

pitches solution with strategic thinking,

operational detailing and uniting people. An

influential communicator, dynamic,

energetic and curious while wearing

multiple hats to take full ownership of

results.

* A new immigrant to USA, legally

authorised to work in the States on a L2

Visa. Hence would need NO sponsorship

from the future Employer to work in the US.

EDUCATION

Post Graduate Diploma In Financial

Planning (PGDFP)

International College of Financial Planning

Delhi,India

National Stock Exchange( NSE)'s

certification in Financial Markets in

Financial markets beginners’

module & MCX Certification

NCFM

Delhi, India

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KINNY ANAND

Seasoned Strategic Sourcing Professional Contract Management Supplier Relationship Management Stakeholder Management Spend Management Category Management S2P/S2C (entire Sourcing Lifecycle, ) P2P(From Purchase requistion to Purchase Order)

+1-469-***-**** ad0isp@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinny-anand-a3424070/

Dallas,Texas, USA

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EXPERIENCE

Buyer, Group Procurement Operations Centre

(GPOC)

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC

Gurgaon, India

Stakeholder engagement plan covering all users who spend in the category or Region.Category strategy in place & agreed with stakeholders covering sourcing plans, category governance & risks Knowledge of key suppliers in global supply base(approved supplier list)& the risks in the category.

Ownership & support of LoB cost transformation plans and driving through cost reduction

Responsible for relationship with key stakeholders and suppliers linked to LoB, working back through category for category owned supplier Work closely with internal business partners to understand their requirements, mapping these to the BT strategy and driving the "One-BT" agenda.

Global ownership & support of assigned contracts across multiple lines of business for BT Ireland. Had worked on approx. 28 Contracts for new set up and renewals across multiple Categories like- Business CPE – Structured Cabling, L&D, Power & Cooling, Network- Data Centre Services, Marketing & Advertising, Financial Services - Insurance, Property & FM- DC Housing, Engineering Field services, Resource- IT Services, Software – OS Mapping etc. managing a spend of approx 4 Million Pounds. Negotiate appropriate commercial and contractual arrangements with suppliers and for all products and services within role, including loading information onto appropriate systems.

Conduct ITT’s, RFP’S, RFQ’S/RFI’S via Oracle platform for supplier adjudication and for receiving competitive quotation/ pricing Manage the supply base to ensure delivery against contractual and commercial commitments and In Contract supplier performance and ensure business benefit is realised.

PR Intercept for BT Conferencing category for all the conferencing equipment’s (audio, video), Prepare weekly Deck for high value PR’s and savings achieved.

Update/Publish savings on POST (Procurement Opportunities and Savings Tracker)

APAC Billing Analyst - Contract Delivery Shared

Services

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Gurgaon, India

Contract Delivery Shared Service delivers critical business functions for BT’s large and complex tier 4 & 5 contracts. It includes commercial functions like billing etc and operational functions like project managing service requests etc .

Handle back office (and in most cases speaking to the end customer or the Service Manager) processing tasks like reconciliations, commercial management and transaction processing in an efficient and accurate fashion for CDSS customers.

Did end to end billing for WIPRO contract which includes Forecasting, Invoice creation and preparing MPLS reports

Responsible for updating the SOP as per the new updates. Follow through tasks and take ownership to ensure they are completed to the required standards. Follow a standard operating model and governance

Escalate queries to team manager as appropriate and ensure the hand- offs are completed in a timely fashion

Delivering excellent customer service without compromising business needs

Analyse and interpret financial statistics and other such data and produce relevant MIS reports.

Have worked on the MIS Reporting part for various contacts like – COATS, Cameron, Novartis, European Central Bank, PriceWaterhouse Coopers in the past

Adhere to stated policies and procedures related to quality management EDUCATION

Bachelors in Arts (BA)

Motilal Nehru College, Delhi University

Awarded BA Programme Degree

High School - St Marks Sr

Sec.School

Central Board of Secondary Education,

Delhi

Delhi, India

AWARDS

Awarded the Star performer In

Procurement in June 2018

Received 02nd Runner up award

in Table tennis Tournament held

in Dec’ 2018 in BT

Presented with Star of the

Quarter award for the period

Jan-March 2010 in Fidelity.

Recognised as ‘Best Team in AMC

operations’ at Fidelity during the

summer summit conference held

in Mumbai in May 2010.

EXTRA CURRICULAR

ACTIVIES

Photography

Exploring Food

Joints/Restaurants and trying

out different cuisines

Listening to Music

Watching Movies

LANGUAGES

English

Native

Hindi

Native

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EXPERIENCE

Senior Customer Service Associate - Banking,

Reconciliations & Controls – Distributions and Asset Management Company (AMC) Operations

Fidelity Investments

Gurgaon, India

To be able to perform timely dividend processing for onshore, offshore and FNW product groups.

To investigate any abnormal / unexpected activity in the relevant distribution ledger

To update and maintain the distribution accounts / ledgers through JD Edwards

To create correcting journals for reconciliation purposes To assist in the process of fund mergers / new providers / fund launches To generate and check client documentation

To gain regulatory knowledge and ensure knowledge is maintained To support the team in the absence of the team lead – handling critical tasks (escalations, reporting) to ensure the smooth functioning of the team

To be able to cross train team members and answer procedural questions VOLUNTEERING

Active Member of Editorial team –

made contributions towards the

quarterly magazine- ‘FIL-SHARE’.

* Supported FIL India Community

Care Initiative.

Fidelity International

Gurugram, India

Active member of BT's CSR Team

and made donations and help raise

funds for charities supporting

causes and NGO's

British Telecommunications

Gurugram, India



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