Nitesh Pandey

Procurement professional, with 9+ years of experience effective and forward thinking, bringing forth valuable industry experience and skills to achieve real results. Adept in developing key relationship with strategic partners and committed to working to ensure a company continually moves in the right direction. Bringing forth the ability to effectively overseas all process related to procurement and SCM.

Aragen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad

Dy. Manager Procurement (SCM), October 2021 – Present

• Responsible for strategizing sourcing (7 steps of strategic sourcing) of goods and services, handling day to day opex procurement, (Average 250+ PRs converted into POs with approx. value of 2.5 Cr on MOM).
• Negotiate new contracts or re-negotiate existing contracts with suppliers to meet company savings/standard costing objectives.
• Responsible for constructing supplier agreements, handling end to end one-time services, contract, subscription, licenses renewal AMC/CMC/ARC for value of 30+ Cr. annually, along with reviewing, auditing of rate masters to ensure payments are happening as per contract and avoid control lapse.
• Responsible for submission of proposal as per project specification with accurate price forecasting, purchase prices and conditions to enable proper budgeting and cash forecasting.
• Assessing supplier performance by vendor score card in terms of price, availability, delivery adherence, accurate documentation and service and taking required action, if needed.
• Develops and fosters successful, long-term business relationships and ongoing process improvements with key suppliers.
• Coordination with cross-functional teams for smooth end-to-end procurement process.
• Regular review and follow-up to ensure that Open GRNs, Overdue Advances, GRIR & SE Invoice booking to ensure timely release of payments to the suppliers.
• Coordination with logistics and ensuring timely delivery of import, along with maintaining Exim Data.

R-Biopharma Neugen Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad,

Manager Project & Procurement. Nov 2020-October 2021

• Completed and successfully delivered project procurement value of approx. 5 Cr. annually.
• Global souring fromend to end,including import documentation.
• Ensure financial controls processes are enforced in accordance with best practices and governance requirements.
• Assessing and reviewing the supplier relationship and managing the ongoing relationship to deliver value to the business.
• Heading function with two procurement professional grooming them for future roles and responsibility for skills.