PROCUREMENT MANAGER, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Reliance Retail Limited- May 2022-May 2023
- Identifying, validating & enrolling right and compatible vendors
- Vendor on-boarding and process familiarization
- Directing and implementation of key procurement strategies/ contingency plans and ensuring that strategies and plans are aligned with organizational objectives
- Working with business leaders who have identified a business need or requirement to identify, source, contract, and procure the needed goods/ services from qualified suppliers
- Implementing processes, policies, and procedures to support the purchasing process
- Contracting & vendor Life cycle management
- Analyzing contracts for effectiveness, identifying areas of weakness and implementing improvements to increase margins
- Performance management through defined KPI, SLAs and structured review
- Structured Governance including closure of open issues of vendor and company
- Analysis, Dashboards and reports submission to internal team
- Standardization & streamlining of all business activities
SENIOR EXECUTIVE - COMMERCIAL, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Asian Paints Limited - September 2014-April 2022
- Preparing inquiry documents (technical & commercial) & floating inquiries to the suitable vendors; following up to get quotations on-time to avoid delay
- Compiling bid packages and issuing Request for Quotation (RFQ); receiving bids and preparing commercial bid summary to arrive at a purchasing strategy
- Receiving & reviewing technical specifications, bill of quantity, drawings provided by project; checking & discussing with stakeholders to determine suitable vendors
- Performing negotiations of contracts/rates for goods & services; engaging with prospective vendors to determine terms and availability
- Mediating between vendors, markets, and the accounts payable manager to quickly resolve incorrect invoicing
- Receiving & reviewing technical specifications, bill of quantity, drawings provided by project; checking & discussing with stakeholders to determine suitable vendors
- Formulating & issuing Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the selected vendors, price & technical specifications
- Devising strategies, policies & forecast to meet procurement needs
- Heading Brand Team for activities such as launches, activation, events & so on
- Monitoring costs, highlighting exceptions & initiating plans for cost savings
- Mapping the periodic business plans & strategies, in coordination with macro plans of organization; planning & scheduling individual / team assignments to achieve preset goals
- Working on timely purchase order raising and vendors invoice processing; ensuring that there are no open items in vendor account
- Administering the efficient receipt, storage & dispatch of a wide range of goods from the warehouse & vendors
- Optimizing space usage within the warehouse & regularly analyzing process flow and space requirement; devising & executing SOPs for the warehouse
- Supervising the transportation of goods into and out of the warehouse, and keeping a track of transportation rates on all shipments
- Collaborating with supervisors to improve staff performance
- Working with all stakeholders for on time dispatches and formulation of MIS
- Ensuring compliance to all Health, Safety and Environmental standards
- Consistently assessing processes to identify areas of improvement
- Drafting regular reports and statistics for Senior Management
- Scheduling the repair/maintenance of all warehouse equipment; managing accurate execution of delivery procedures, and closely supervising all warehouse activities
- Communicating relevant data to stakeholders regarding center/ facility updates, costing, savings & relevant lead data with to respect to the customers
- Assisting Sales/ Field Team by preparing proposals on sales and inventory, and rendering administrative/ back-end support to Field Team for the achievement of the set targets
- Formulating strategies for establishing greater awareness about the warehouse/centers and its products
EXECUTIVE, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Himalaya Drug Company- November 2011-August 2014
- Sales Reports Preparation
- Client Accounting & reconciliation
- Vendor Payment
- Administrative Tasks
- Inventory management
- Purchase/ work order creation
