MBA with 12+ years experience in Contracts & Vendor Mgmt (Procurement)

Nikhil Sunil Zad

Flat No *** / A* Wing, Amit Astonia Classic, Undri, Pune 411060 • Mobile# +91-937******* / 913******* ******.***@*****.*** • https://inkedin.com/in/nikhil-zad-25ba3b119 Contract Management Vendor Management Procurement SAP HANA Implementation Risk Management Project Management Coordination RFI / RFQ & RFP’s Legal Assist An MBA in Finance qualified, with an overall experience of 12+ years. I am a driven professional who can lead and drive functions within an organization. I have previously worked with Big organisations such as Tata Communications, Red Hat, Amdocs, Wipro etc. Over the past 12 years, I have gained end to end intelligence by working in and out, front and back, upper and deep levels of various functions. I have drafted and led high functioning contracts that have driven projects of all kinds, with controlling, brought governance and benefited commercial wise and critical successes to the organization business lines. As an experienced professional, I seek to understand and link the contractual tasks/requirement of my firm to the constant need for supplier/vendor, procurement excellence of my business lines. By collaborating with various teams across the organization of experts who understand the big picture, we are able to identify obligations, risk, bindings, mitigation, estimations, P&L, support, focus for all opportunities & Contracts which are live or proposed as well as internal process optimizations. CORE COMPETENCIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Contract Management: Contract/SOW Drafting, Change Orders/Amendments Drafting, Review, Legal Vetting, Technical and Commercial Obligations, Fixing SLA’s, Monitoring SLA’s, Contract Negotiations etc.

• Vendor Management / Procurement: Finalising/Selection of Vendor, Setting up Vendor Profiles, Back to Back terms with Vendors, Cost Management, Budgeting, Cost Savings, Automation Focused Initiatives, Scope for RPA, Renewals, Negotiations on renewals/rates etc

• Project Management: Execution of SAP Implementation Project as a digitalisation initiative of my current organisation TCTS. Played role of Core Team Member for successful implementation of SAP HANA SD Module. Lead this project for setting up SD Module functionality of SAP for Contracts, Projects, Invoicing, Posting etc.

• Risk Management: Tracking down risks & obligations of current project/processes and flagging risks, working on mitigation plan of any potential or upcoming risk/threat. Scheduling meetings with different stakeholders, updating tracker/mitigation plan and publishing the same.

• Leading Contracts & Vendor’s Invoicing: Thorough checking of invoices for both customers and vendors. Tracking on PO and collections of issued invoices. Resolving any dispute arised.

• Coordination: Goal Setting and completion of staff annual appraisals. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tata Communications Transformation Services Ltd (TCTS) Assistant Manager – Contracts Management

September 2016 – Till Date

• Responsible for 20 Million USD (140 Crores INR) Revenue worth end to end Contract Management for NAM region.

• Drafting Terms & Conditions Document for all RFX’s responses in from of Proposal to be submitted as final part of a bid.

• Understanding the RFI’s/RFX’s, customer’s requirement and finding out contractual related bindings or threats to our organization.

• Working on competitive commercial drafting, fixing CIS, arranging approvals for set/flexible margins.

• Contract drafting negotiations with customer for finalizing contractual clauses, obligations, pricing, deadlines of deliverables, project plan, resource model/list and various other terms.

• Creating invoices on monthly basis as per agreed contract values. Pre-invoices (proforma) are raised first and once approved by customer then final invoice is raised in SAP. Also submitting the invoices in SAP Ariba and Fieldglass system of the customer.

• Brought efficiency and controls in Delivery by tracking and monitoring contract changes, deliverables, correspondence and risks, SLA’s, maintaining associated documentation, and other duties as may be assigned. This is conducted in SAP PS module as well as offline.

• Procurement activities of working on Material planning, supplier selection, sending RFQ’s, Pricing Negotiations, sending RFP’s out, Internal Cost Allocation, PO management, Invoicing, Payments etc. Achievement# “Worked as CTM for Project Sapphire a Digitalization Initiative of TCTS. Successfully implemented SAP S4HANA (SD Module) and was rewarded for outstanding contribution by CFO of TCTS.”

## Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services for current employer. Red Hat Inc

Analyst

September 2013 – September 2016 (3 Years)

• Sales Support, RFI-RFQ’s, Bid, Legal Co-ordination, Sales Incentives, Order Management System, Contract Drafting, Processing, QBR, Post-Sales support etc

• And almost 70% activities of current job in Tata Communications. Tata Communications Limited

Associate

Feb 2010 – August 2013 (3 Years and 6 months)

• Sales Support, RFI-RFQ’s, Bid, Commercials, Reporting, Order Management System, COF Drafting, Processing, Monthly Inventory, Financial Deck, Post-Sales support etc

• And almost 50% activities similar to current job in Tata Communications. Amdocs

Associate

Feb 2009 – Feb 2010 (1 Year)

• Sales Support, Commercials, Reporting, Order Management System, COF Drafting, Processing, Monthly Inventory, Financial Deck, Post-Sales support etc

• And almost 30% activities similar to current job in Tata Communications. Wipro

Associate

Oct 2007 – Jan 2009 (1 Year and 4 months)

• Revenue Assurance, Billing, Reporting, Order Management System, Post-Sales support etc

• And almost 20% activities similar to current job in Tata Communications. PERSONAL PROFILE

Name: NIKHIL SUNIL ZAD

Date of Birth: 10-04-1986

Father’s name: SUNIL D ZAD

Sex: Male

Marital Status: Married (now Father of 2yr old Son) Languages Known: English, Hindi and Marathi

Permanent Address: 127, RAVIWAR PETH, Pune – 411002 EDUCATION

• MBA (Finance) from Sikkim Manipal University.

• Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com) from Pune University with 52.66%

• H.S.C Passed with 59.17% from RCM Jr. College, Pune.

• S.S.C Passed with 62.66% from The Andhra High School, Pune

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