
Anoop
PROCUREMENT LEAD
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About
Procurement leader with 7+ years driving strategic sourcing, vendor management, and category ownership across $180M+ career spend. Currently manages $30M annual IT procurement at Nagarro with SaaS/Cloud expertise ($17M spend) and AI-enabled procurement transformation. Delivered $12.6M in cost savings (7% average) through category rationalization, enterprise negotiations, and automation.
Expert in AI-powered tools (Claude, SAP Joule, Copilot), vendor ecosystem management (50+ vendors), and procurement governance. Strong cross-functional leader with Finance, Legal, IT stakeholders. 100% policy compliance and audit readiness maintained.
Experience
Procurement Manager at Nagarro Software Pvt. Ltd. (2019-11 – Present)
Owned end-to-end procurement for SaaS/Software ($10M) and Cloud Services ($7M) across global business units (APAC, EMEA, ROW), supporting 2,000+ employees across 15+ countries
- Negotiated and renewed $15M+ in enterprise software agreements; secured 12-18% YoY cost reductions through competitive bidding, demand consolidation, and contract optimization
- Designed vendor scorecards measuring performance across 7 KPIs; conducted quarterly reviews with 20+ strategic vendors driving 25% overall performance improvement
- Established procurement governance framework ensuring 100% policy compliance, audit readiness, and TPRM across 50+ vendors; performed supplier risk assessments and compliance checks
- Delivered $2.1M annual cost savings (7% average) through strategic initiatives: consolidated SaaS vendors (25→12), eliminated $190K duplicate subscriptions, negotiated volume discounts
- Built AI-powered procurement agents using Claude, SAP Joule, and Copilot for automated contract review (60% time reduction), intelligent spend analysis, and RFx content generation
- Implemented automated procurement workflows reducing manual effort by 40% for PO creation, invoice matching, and vendor communication; developed spend dashboards for real-time visibility
- Partnered across Finance, Legal, IT, Operations teams on budgeting, cost allocation, SLA monitoring, and vendor dispute resolution; maintained 99% order accuracy and on-time delivery
Procurement Officer at Securifi Embedded Systems Pvt. Ltd. (2019-07 – 2019-11)
Managed vendor relationships for IT and professional services (30+ vendors); achieved 15% cost reduction through competitive sourcing and implemented performance management reducing issues by 50%
Education
Master of Computer Applications in MCA – National Institute of Technology, Warangal (2019)
Bachelor of Computer Applications in BCA – Kanpur University (2015)