Assistant Director DSS - ITT Procurement Americas
Capgemini
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Detailed in the resume.
Details in the Resume.
Some Responsibilities in this role include:
• Collaboration with internal business units to analyze business, technical & cost requirements and considerations.
• Develop procurement portfolio, category strategies, sourcing & supplier negotiation plans.
• Track and communicate internally supplier spend, savings, performance and issues.
• Counsel internal business units on procurement policies and processes and can manage partnering relationships.
• Lead and take overall “end to end” accountability for supplier e-sourcing activities (eRFPs, eRFQs, eAuctions).
• Lead and take overall “end to end” accountability for supplier commercial and contract negotiations.
Whilst being a part of the Global Procurement team at the Global Resource Center at KPMG International, my job responsibilities mainly (advisory) included (but not limited to) the following:
• Reviewing, Verifying, Processing, Renewing, and implementing all Scope of work (SOW) documents in close coordination with internal customers, suppliers/vendors and member firms.
• Receiving, negotiating and implementing requests for renewals, terminations and amendments to the Master Framework Agreements and Agreements.
• Contract Management, record verification/up gradation and using the contract management system (SAP).
• Ensure that purchasing policies are followed and maintain all relevant purchasing documentation.
• Supplier/Client Meetings and follow up on actions and report preparation for reporting purpose.
• Ensuring that all relevant Purchase Orders (POs) are created on time while proactively identifying risks and providing mitigation plans to the respective category managers and team members.
• Provide timely and effective communication of issues to category managers with high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Being vigilant and ensuring that all contracts/cases are compliant with the corporate and compliance policies.
• Creating win-win scenarios by providing high quality/value with respect to the established service levels and managing stakeholders in business efficient manner.
As Manager Procurement & Contracts, my responsibilities include, Strategic Sourcing and end to end Procurement related activities for Commercial Procurement Domain including Marketing Operations, Sales & Distribution, Brands, Mobile Financial Services, CSR & PR, Research & BI, etc. Major responsibilities are as follows:
• Managing all activities related to commercial procurement like identifying and developing vendors, reporting to the group, negotiating commercial terms to achieve optimum price levels and definite delivery schedules.
• Lead the development, management and implementation of comprehensive sourcing strategies in alignment with the strategic initiatives and targets of Vimpelcom and Mobilink.
• Manage relationships with critical suppliers providing secure and cost effective sources for business critical products and services.
• Coordinate with all Internal Customers for the establishment and monitoring of SLA’s for the better efficiency and smooth procurement process.
• Benchmark best practices across the company internally and externally for all products and services to create an efficient supply chain function.
• Mentoring, managing and leading a team of professionals for smooth functioning of the organization along with Identifying areas for improvement to ascertain the training needs of the team.
• Prepare the quarterly and yearly procurement plan on the basis of quarterly and yearly budget and business strategy and plans shared by end users.
• Representing Pakistan as Category Manager for Commercial procurement.
Business Intelligence and Research, including health and safety risk analysis of products, mapping of waste market in Pakistan, Collection and manipulation of data for strategic business analysis and Marketing/lobbying for waste management solution.
• Strategic Planning and research work: The core activities in this area include economic, industry, and supply market studies; development of material buying strategies; development of supply base and
partnering plans; product research and value analysis work; operating and information systems analysis;
and on-line (Internet) trading analysis.
• Indirect Sourcing, this includes Investigate opportunities, manage Relationships with potential business partners, Lobby Projects, Negotiations, Promote and Advocate Opportunity studies, and follow-up and facilitation.
• Development and Management of contracts and agreements vis a vis organizational requirements and
internal customer’s satisfaction, Liaise with internal stakeholders/Supplier/Legal dept, Negotiating terms and conditions, Communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Project Development, Identify, Develop (opportunities and feasibility studies) projects to modify/develop infrastructure to exploit new AF/waste streams, Develop projects to improve AFR
quality and Development projects to improve the efficiency of AFR.
• Develop and Sell waste management services to potential waste producers.
Creating and implementing strategies for the allocated spend to improve the efficiency of the assigned domain by studying historical data and forecasting future requirements.
•Enhance the preferred supplier list of the assigned business to ensure availability of production critical material and maintain uninterrupted supply.
•Track, Monitor and Report savings related to these categories to all relevant stake holders.
•Risk Management/Mitigation and development of contingency plans to ensure sustainable supply of products and services.
•Management of business requirements in collaboration with Operational and Tactical buyers.
•Develop and Manage contractual agreements with critical suppliers.
•Develop, Deliver and Integrate innovative materials and processes from external suppliers.
•Lead negotiations with suppliers through competitive bidding tools (ARIBA).
As the assistant manager procurement & contracts (Specialist-I), I am responsible for end to end procurement related activities for the commercial domain which includes Marketing & S&D. Some of the key responsibilities are as follows:
•Procure materials and services on the best available terms i.e. quality, price and lead time.
•Rationalize the supplier base of the business to ascertain competitive and fair prices for all purchases in the Commercial domain.
•Monitoring purchasing activities: These includes a wide variety of activities such as reviewing requisitions, analyzing specifications, investigating suppliers, analyzing capabilities, studying costs and prices, analyzing bids, negotiating and selecting suppliers, monitoring the business volumes being given to suppliers, etc.
•Follow-up and Expediting: This involves various types of supplier liaison work, such as reviewing the status of orders, writing letters, telephoning and faxing suppliers, and occasionally visiting suppliers’ premises.
•Close liaison and clear communication with internal parties/stake holders in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
•Research work: The core activities in this area include economic, industry, and supply market analysis; Life cycle costing analysis.
•Ensure 100% compliance to Mobilink procurement policies and procedures.
•Savings (Negotiations based or Cost based) in the total cost of ownership model for any purchase.
•Managing a team of junior purchasers to ensure compliance to procedures and adherence to SLAs.
Some of the job responsibilities as Procurement Executive at Telenor Pakistan are as follows:
•Looking after all procurement related activities from Commercial Division (Marketing & S&D).
•Looking after all procurement related activities from Security & Services department.
•Looking after all procurement related activities relating to Telenor corporate events, conferences & trips.
•Negotiation with vendors in order to achieve mutual consent and creating a Win-Win scenario.
•Making Purchase orders for all the relevant departments mentioned above.
•Ensuring timely completion of all purchasing activities within the agreed SLA’s.
•Bringing on board new vendors & contract management with existing vendors.
In addition to the job responsibilities as a Logistics Officer the following mentioned tasks were also assigned to me after being promoted to Logistics Executive:
•To develop and bring onboard new vendors for scratch cards & Sim Cards.
•Develop a backup vendor for distribution.
•Weekly / monthly inventory reconciliation with S&D forecasting module.
Some of my job responsibilities as Logistics Officer at Telenor Pakistan were, Blackberry / Edge card inventory handling, standardising formats/layouts and issuance, To maintain buffer stock of 10% of over all products in Contingency Warehouse, Local Pairing of Mobile Numbers according to the forecasts of sales, To meet the packaging demands of S&D, Development, Implementation and achieving SLA with user departments, Distribution KPIs related to stock order processing, their timely and correct deliveries to the destination, Compliance to internal controls and record keeping, SIM/SC stock movement to different warehouses, Development of Contingency warehouse, Maintaining the minimum level of output from Local IJP Machine, Develop a backup vendor for IJP, To Maintaining inventory & RSTK sheet, To maintain daily MTD (Month to Date) Sheet, Weekly / monthly inventory reconciliation with WMS, Maintaining QC of packed SIMs, Received Shipment verification, Getting Payments of TCS processed through TP, Ensuring timely stock in, SIM/SC stock movement to different warehouses, Co-ordination with IT for new development in STS, Coordination with S&D Regional Executives for Stock orders, Complete the documentation of Issuance, Stock entry in the provisioning sheets (Manually), Identification of sims for weekly provisioning request, Follow up with P&P (Repairing & Restickering) (CMT Task), Handling the Complains of S&D representatives, Daily reconciliation of issuance STS with WMS, Monthly reconciliation of issuance with TCS, Quarterly physical audits of all warehouses, Maintain the data bank of all the loaded data files in STS, Provide the feedback regarding the successful or un-successful uploading of data files provided by P&P for the re-stickering process, Maintain the minimum threshold of Inventory, Coordination with P&P for Provisioning Confirmation of requests forwarded to IT, Resolving Delivery queries, Handling Franchise complaints, To maintain a buffer of packaging stock in the packaging facility.
I worked for Cardiff University in Pakistan. My job responsibilities included managing Cardiff University business in Pakistan, Promoting Cardiff University in Pakistan, arranging seminars in different institutes and universities to promote Cardiff, I Worked on exchange programs between Cardiff University and Pakistani institutes and universities, and other marketing, promotion, educational and consultation activities concerning Cardiff University.
POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATION: Incentives for Diversification and the Structure of Conglomerate Firm (SEPTEMBER 2007) Drafted a detailed research paper on role of incentives behind the process of diversification. Studied why organizations opted for diversification in the past, why do companies still do it and how these perspectives have changed with time and what are the driving forces behind these processes. Also studied successful and unsuccessful scenarios and conducted primary research on conglomerates from Pakistan and Middle East. OTHER PROJECTS: Activity Sampling and Causal Relationships: (DEC 2005) Studied businesses from two different industries, studied their strengths and weaknesses, then cross compared them with each other and in the end provided useful recommendations so as to improve the over all process. Research Report on Supply Chain Management: (MAY 2006) A comparison of, Conserves Modernes Chtaura (Food Processing) & Seagate (Electronics), application of flexible & Customer focused business strategies to their supply chains. Research Report on Selection Process: (DEC. 2005) Drafted an academic research paper on different issues companies face in their selection and recruitment process. The Paper also recommended few key initiatives which the company could adopt to improve its existing recruitment and selection process. Research on Motivation & Performance: (NOV. 2005) Researched on how managers can improve performance and motivate employees in a work environment. Suggested improvement using different motivational theories and then provided effective links between performance and motivation.
Major courses: Artificial intelligence, Computer Networks, Software Quality Assurance, Software Project Management, Web Engineering, Distributed Computing, Technical Writing. Major Languages: Visual C#.NET , Java, PL/SQL, HTML, VC++, JavaScript ,JSP, ASP, ASP .NET MS SQL Server, MS Access.