Services offered
Procurement professional with 5+ years of experience in handling strategic sourcing and procurement transformation projects. I blend research, data, and cost accounting to challenge and influence suppliers during negotiations.
Category management experience:
- Direct Spend Categories: Wheat Flour, Food Chemicals, Energy, Frozen Vegetables, Plastic, Metal, and Paper Products
- Indirect Spend Categories: MRO (Maintenance, Repairs & Operations supplies and services), Equipment Leasing, and Facilities Management Services
Procurement Skills:
- Negotiation, Project Management, Vendor & Client Relationship Management, Influencing & Change Management
Experience
Ellison Europe
Strategic Buyer (Procurement), Wrexham, UK Apr 2022 – Present
- Undertaking strategic projects to help optimize spend and reduce costs:
- Spend analysis, consolidate tail spend, run strategic sourcing projects to benchmark costs and vendor development of strategic suppliers
- Challenging price increases, negotiating prices and MOQs. Measuring supplier performance and managing supplier contracts
- Co-ordinating and executing all activities that constitute Procure to Pay (P2P):
- Raising Purchase orders, following and communicating with suppliers to ensure timely completion of manufacture and shipping of orders, coordinating with Finance to release the payment as per payment terms
GEP
Senior Procurement Consultant, Mumbai, India Jul 2016 – Jul 2019
Procurement Buyer, Michigan, USA Nov 2014 – Jun 2016
Procurement Consultant for Kellogg’s. Executing strategic sourcing projects and assisting the Kellogg category manager with framing the category portfolio strategy.
- Executed strategic sourcing projects/tendering/RFI, RFP, and RFQs encompassing activities such as:
- Collating sourcing requirements, conducting supplier scans, designing RFIs/RFPs, benchmarking supplier costs, preparing negotiation scripts, negotiating prices, and managing contracts
- Category Management that included:
- Performing spend analysis, identifying spend optimization opportunities, and framing the category strategy
- Handling supplier relationships, contract negotiations, vendor management, and overseeing supplier transitions
Education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA Aug 2012 - May 2014 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
GPA: 3.86/4.00, Carlson Scholar Award (Highest Academic Honors)
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