Keshav Kumar

Seeking a challenging and growth-oriented position in a progressive company, where i can contribute to the organization success with my Procurement, Purchase, Vendor Management expertise & through my innovative ideas and desire to achieve excellence.

Procurement Manager - Times Internet Limited (The Times of India Group)

(2016-11 - 2023-08)

• Managing PAN India indirect Capex and Opex procurement requirements & developing the sourcing plans for various commodities such as IT, Marketing, HR, Business Operations etc.
• Liasoning with internal stakeholders, negotiating HR & Admin, Fleet car rental, shuttles requirements like Manpower agreement, Facilities Management, Training activities etc.
• Managing corporate events like Banquet, residential, meeting, conferences for ET B2B vertical at PAN India as well as overseas 5-star properties.
• Develop negotiation strategies related to pricing and other commercial terms on sourcing deals.
• Develop and negotiate contracts with existing and new suppliers.
• Responsible for media buying and brand promotions on digital as well as on non-digital platforms.
• Managing and approving media buying, ATL, BTL, Digital, TV Radio News Paper Advertisement & Branding requirements.
• Develop commodity specific analytics in support of developing sourcing, pricing benchmarks and negotiation strategies.
• Construct and manage RFPs, RFQs to drive supplier selection processes.
• Liasoning with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
• Strategic sourcing, category fleet sourcing, spend analytics and benchmarking e-auction forward and reverse negotiation and managing maintenance and repair for office operation, civil, interior & fit out services.
• Disposal of IT and Non-IT Material at PAN India keeping in view respective state government norms & compliances.

Senior Administration Officer - AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.

(2014-08 - 2016-11)

• Responsible for procurement of opex & capex services, equipments at PAN India Level as per procurement policy guidelines and as per approval matrix.
• Responsible for fleet sourcing and managing 200+fleet size for project office across PAN India.
• Responsible for strategic sourcing, PAN India contract management, negotiation and renewal.
• Develop negotiation strategy related to Purchases and lead negotiation to arrive at business agreements with vendors.
• Responsible for floating RFP, RFQ to vendors.
• Sound experience in purchase requisition to purchase order process.
• Responsible for fixed asset disposal, transfer and acquisition of regional offices and site offices.
• Drive vendor contracts, addendums and Annual Maintenance Contracts with respect to applicable compliances.
• Ensure vendor’s timely payment by coordinating with finance department and ensure short & long-term service and cost objectives meet.

National Service Centre Administrator - Stryker India Pvt. Ltd.

(2013-05 - 2014-01)

• Global procurement of IT & Non-IT equipments from 3rd party vendors as well as from OEM vendors.
• End to end vendor management, developing new vendors, negotiation, procurement, sourcing and registration and follow up with finance to ensure their timely payment.
• Responsible for indirect purchase.
• Coordinated with legal department and take inputs before contract closure.
• Responsible for preparation of RFQ, C-SAT, task done as per SLA and in given TAT.
• Responsible for managing admin activities like vendor management, facility management, office administration, warehouse management & purchase activities, housekeeping department, event management, Inventory management.
• Responsible for release of purchase order and executing purchase as per requirements.
• Managed account receivable for PAN India customers.
• Coordination with accounts team for vendors & suppliers invoicing and their timely payment.
• To coordinate with the vendors and get the expected delivery date from vendor.
• Responsible for MIS, dashboard report, work order report and master database report for PAN India customers.
• Maintained database to track AMC, CMC & warranty of equipments.

Senior Client Service Executive - Saviance Technology Pvt. Ltd.

(2011-02 - 2013-05)

• Procurement of Non-IT equipments, general inventory/goods used in daily office functionality.
• Contract negotiation and database management.
• Responsible for AMC and CMC of equipments/services.
• Vendor management includes sourcing, registration and negotiation.
• Coordination with accounts department for invoicing, bill payments of vendors.
• Coordinated and build constant flow of communication internal as well as external customers and vendors.

Executive - Alka Precision Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

(2008-11 - 2011-01)

• Responsible for complete admin activities.
• Coordinate with the vendors and get the expected delivery date from vendor.
• Vendor management, data management, analyzing cost.
• Maintaining database to track AMC, CMC & warranty of equipments.
• Generation and updation of MIS on daily basis.
• Reconciliation of monthly payments and month end closing.

Associate - GENPACT (formerly known GE Capital International Services)

(2007-02 - 2008-10)

• Vendor management & sourcing.
• Vendor registration.
• Follow up with finance to ensure vendor’s timely payment.
• Coordinate with finance dept. for advance approval.
• Active participation in client interaction.
• Maintain daily MIS and reporting.

Bachelor of Business Administration - Maharishi Dayanand University (2003 - 2006)

Certificate Program - The Art of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Business - S P Jain School of Global Management