Raj Gangadharan, Team Lead-IT Procurement

Raj Gangadharan

Team Lead-IT Procurement

Alghanim International

Lieu
Koweït - Al Koweït
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Computer Applications
Expérience
23 years, 0 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :23 years, 0 Mois

Team Lead-IT Procurement à Alghanim International
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • Je travaille ici depuis avril 2018

• Develop category strategies, supported by market and industry analyses
• Establish and maintain beneficial supplier relationships, and facilitate periodic Business Reviews with key suppliers and business partners
• Lead each sourcing project: facilitate team meetings; manage and document the RFx process
• Prepare analyses of spend data, category supplier bases, and cost models
• Identify, head and oversee complex sourcing IT projects consisting of software, hardware and maintenance
• Provide optimum terms and conditions, estimate and resolve execution barriers on time
• Identify needs, reduce unwanted product and service demand
• Ensure to accomplish IT procurement business goals and objectives
• Define and head key complicated projects to implement procurement strategies

Systems Analyst – Network Operation Center à Zain Telecommunications Kuwait
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • mai 2016 à mars 2018

• Responsible for handling complete postpaid billing cycle
• Serve as primary procurement lead for relationships with carrier suppliers
• Coordinate with internal resources regarding bandwidth, capacity, design, and network requirements
• Handling Ericsson EMM and EMA system
• VAS (Value Added Service) systems support
• Support payment gateways (NCR Cash Machines, Kiosks, Web, Zain App, K-Net)
• Support Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems
• Prepares RFx documents, communication plans, and contract awards

Senior Officer Application Support à Kuwait Finance Investment Company
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • mai 2015 à mai 2016

• Supporting DirectFN™ brokerage & trading applications (AT/DT/TWS/OMS)
• Monitor and maintain IBM WebSphere, MQ, FIX protocol & Apache Tomcat
• Responsible for testing new product releases before moving to UAT or production environment
• Maintaining day today back up in Oracle and MS SQL Databases (Linux and Windows)
• Execution of administrative tasks and duties like managing the servers, handling the logs
• Work with business clients and other stakeholders to define requirements for Procurement transaction
• IP Camera Hikvision NVR technology/VS Player (Monitoring & Backup)
• Cisco IP phone/VS logger remote client (Monitoring & Backup)

IT MIS Support à Kout Food Group (Al Homaizi)
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • mars 2001 à février 2015

• Support FMIS™ (in-house ERP Software)
• Maintain and support MIS activities
• Provide technical support to ensure that hardware and software systems are fully functional
• Handling IT Store & Asset Inventory Control
• Maintaining records of supplier contracts, agreements, goods ordered received
• Manages the IT Support framework & acts as first point of contact for IT support issues
• Maintain an itemized menu change report for Marketing & Finance departments
• Scheduling/Publishing & Downloading Digital Menu Board contents
• Making recommendations & advising senior management on all purchasing issues

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Computer Applications
  • à Ambedkar University
  • mars 2008
Diplôme supérieur, MCSA
  • à Microsoft
  • août 1998

Windows Server 2003

Diplôme, Visual Basic
  • à NIIT
  • avril 1998
Diplôme, Buisiness Proffessional Programmer
  • à Dept. of Electronics Govt. of India
  • novembre 1996
Diplôme, Data Preparation Assistant
  • à Diploma from NCVT Govt. of India
  • janvier 1989
Diplôme, Building Technology
  • à Vocational Higher Secondary – Govt. of India
  • avril 1988
Etudes secondaires ou équivalent, Senior Secondary Examination
  • à Govt. High School Kerala, India
  • décembre 1985

Specialties & Skills

IT Technical Support
IT Management
Help Desk Management
Technical Support
Windows/UNIX/SAP/msoffice/

Langues

Anglais
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Hindi
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Arabe
Débutant
Malayala
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