Manager Procurement & Sourcing

Aditya Govind Awasthi

Mobile: +91-981-***-****, Gurgaon, India

Email: **********@*****.***

Procurement / Sourcing / Vendor Management / Spend Management

P2P, e-Sourcing, Purchase, Negotiation, Delivery, Cost control, Contract Management, Risk Analysis

Procurement professional with 13 years of experience in indirect Procue to Pay function. Leading enterprise IT strategic sourcing and focused on change initiatives with respect to commercial and deliveries of IT projects & IT Infrastructure. Experience in various roles across Procurement functions with wide exposure in implementing P2P process in e-sourcing platform SAP-EC MM, Coupa

Core Competencies

Global Procurement Operations Management & Delivery

Supplier Evaluation & Development

Spend Analysis, Contract Management & Cost control

RFI, RFP, RFQ

ERP Expertise (SAP ECC 6.0 - MM, Oracle PS e-Procurement, ARIBA Contract LCM, COUPA e- Sourcing)

Professional Experience

Manager IT Procurement December 2015 – October 2020

Concentrix Daksh Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Acquired IBM Daksh)

Managing IT Procurement operations for Concentrix India. (IT Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Contract Management, Vendor management, e-Sourcing/ P2P Support).\

(IT Hardware, Active & Passive Components, Server, Storage & Licenses, Audio Visual projects & Web conferencing services, SW & HW AMC, IT security applications & Integration & Automation).

Contract negotiations and closure with OEMs, Channel Partners, Disti etc.

Responsible for maintaining and developing the relationship between Supplier, Partner and the organization.

Responsible for delivery & continuity of supply of IT requirements (Hardware, Software, AMC, Services, Peripherals, New Projects, Data Cabling, Server & Storage etc.).

Key responsibility to develop and successfully execute new ideas in Concentrix in-house I.T Procurement process aligned to India strategies & policies to derive tangible and measurable benefits.

Responsible for Contract Management with IT suppliers/Partners e.g. MSA/SOW/NTSA/NDA.

Conduct market analysis and industry best practice for benchmarking to ensure organization’s Procurement costs remain competitive.

Assistant Manager Procurement November 2014 – July 2015

Compass Group

Handled Procurement operations emphasized on uninterrupted flow of HW/SW/AMC etc. with focus on timely delivery and payment. Maintaining strong stakeholder relationship to achieve great understanding on IT commodity, environment and develop strategies in line with business needs to attain expected result.

Aligned with CXOs in charge of Lead for SAP ECC – MM implementation and Procurement functions as functional channel between SAP and Organization.

Senior Procurement Specialist October 2011 – May 2014

AON Corporation (Known as AON Hewitt)

Responsible for in-house global I.T Procurement (Hardware/Software/Services/AMC) across the organization. (PR (RFI, RFQ, RFP) – PO – Delivery – Invoicing - Payment)

Initiated centralized purchasing processes to prevent ‘Maverick’ spend.

Co-ordination with global suppliers to get the better pricing, services, delivery and understanding over product discount/up gradation/EOL etc.

Developed expertise & strategies in re-negotiation through cultivating relationships & market research.

To categorize the IT spend in order to analyze the product wise areas of improvement.

Compiled summary of various unused inventories and SCRAP it to future projects resulting a saving of $250000 (approx.) per month.

Responsible for smooth vendor management, vendor registration (OEM, Partner & Distributor), monthly provisioning, invoice processing, creating GRN, timely payment.

Business Analyst – Sourcing November 2010 – October 2011

Clifford Chance LLP (known as OSC in India)

Managed Contract for IT (HW/SW/Services/AMC) & non IT (Infrastructure) commodity

Keep an eye on all the contract database and co-ordinate with respective departments for renewal/execution/closure.

Review the contracts to analyze negotiation, draft/change in the document.

Provide contract summaries and ensuring contract execution in accordance with company policy.

Hold contract management meetings with Contract Owners and Supplier contract manager.

Creates, manages and updates online databases containing contract documents, amendments/modifications/change orders.

Procurement Consultant June 2009 – February 2010

Ameriprise Financial

Managed Contract Management lifecycle platform in to ARIBA ERP individually post implementation. Analyze, review, and update Contracts/Agreements to prepare in ERP. Analyze contracts including License Agreements, IT Procurement Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Software and Data License Agreements, Vendor Services Agreements, Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Purchase and License Agreements and maintain them in to ERP. Provide professional, timely, and prompt responses to the delivery Managers so they can support the Client/Business partner while new selection/negotiation.

Purchase Executive October 2005 – January 2009

Electronic Arts INC.

Handled Purchase functions for IT & non IT products & services

Creating Purchase Orders by reviewing contracts with the use of the applications

Interaction with the internal stakeholders for PO validation

Manage day to day procurement processes – PR to PO conversion, asset creation.

Maintain track of delivery material/service, assist AP in resolution of issues related to vendor payments.

ERP Proficiencies

SAP ECC – Material Management, SRM – Implementation and Functional

Oracle – PeopleSoft (e – procurement, purchasing, Vendors)

COUPA – Sourcing, Functional

ARIBA – e-Bidding, Contract Management

Education

Graduate: Bachelor of Arts (English Language and Indian History).

Diploma: Computers/Information Technology Hardware and Software Management

Post Grad: MBA – Supply Chain Management & Logistics (Completion Dec 2021)

Rewards

Star Performer: Concentrix

Golden Award Winner: AON Corporation

Superior Performance Award Winner: Clifford Chance LLP

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