Minal Khilnani, Purchasing Manager

Minal Khilnani

Purchasing Manager

G4S Security Services

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronic & Communication
Experience
8 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 9 Months

Purchasing Manager at G4S Security Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2013 to August 2015

Key Responsibilities:
 Handling annual spend of 70 MAED
 Divisional purchasing for Cash in Transit, Manpower guarding, facilities management, Events team and Electronic Security Solutions business
 Direct Purchasing of materials, equipment and services
 Indirect Purchasing of goods, materials and services related to IT hardware and software, Capital, equipment, Administration, Telephony, Courier, Marketing & Media
 Strategic Planning, budgeting of Annual Purchase in line with the Finance compliances
 Promoting maximum collaboration between internal and external stake holders
 Strategic Focus on key deliverables like cost, quality, service, risk and delivery
 Manage departmental P&L and oversee dead stock reductions
 Short term and Long term Contracts negotiation and agreements to obtain ROI
 Risk assessment, analysis and mitigation
 Encouraging best procurement practices in line with the Company’s Policies
 PO approvals, payment allocations to suppliers in line with the DoA and assisting Accounts manage the cash flow
 Engaging with Tendering team for Commercial Bids and Compliances fulfillment
 Supplier evaluations, audits and SRM
 Forecasting levels of demand for goods and services
 Scheduling, Supply Planning, Inventory Costs analysis, Stock Rotation, Inventory Efficiency, Stock Structure, Ageing/Obsolete Stock reduction and accurate data analysis and reporting to the Finance and Group Company
 Perform recruiting tasks, train, develop and lead the team performance

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Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronic & Communication
  • at Usha Mittal Institute of Technology for Wome
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

Negotiation
Multicultural Team Management
Technical Communication
Tools & Process Devopment
Purchase Contracts
Negotiation
Purchase Contracts
Communication
Team management

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Marathi
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