Priya Nambiar

Manager - IT, Procurement and Vendor Relations at Al Reyami Technologies

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• September 2008 to January 2017

WORK EXPERIENCE

Al Reyami Technologies, Dubai, UAE Since Sep 2008
Succession Path:
Manager - Procurement & IT, Since Oct 2015
Vendor Relations Manager, Jan 2012 to Sep 2015
Channel Manager - IT Infrastructure, Sep 2008 to Dec 2011

Manager - Procurement & IT, Since Oct 2015

Key Responsibilities: Discovering profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships. Finalizing purchase details of orders and deliveries. Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness. Collaborating with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company. Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients

Significant Highlights:
 Strategized and administered purchase in conformance to the specific project requirement within the pre-defined time, cost and quality.
 Entrusted with the accountability to make forecast and allocate the order to the different supplier. Updated overall procurement status for expediting of procurement functions.
 Took follow ups regarding issue of the purchase order, delivery of material and acceptance of material, to release of payment to the suppliers.
 Re-evaluated existing contracts and reported key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
 Oversaw alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients. Anticipated unfavourable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
 Successfully implemented vendor development and registration policy and ensured adequate vendor development to ascertain effective procurement of various materials with minimum delivery time.
 Strategized, organized, controlled and evaluated IT and electronic data operations. Managed information technology and computer systems of Al Reyami Group with a team.
 Designed, developed, implemented and coordinated systems, policies and procedures. Efficiently managed licensing of the hardware and the software's.
 Rendered assistance in identifying problematic areas and implementing strategic solutions in time.
 Entrusted with the accountability to audit systems and assessed their outcomes for the entire ARG.
 Distinction of successfully acting in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy.

Vendor Relations Manager, Jan 2012 to Sep 2015

Key Responsibilities: Evaluated potential suppliers using developed and agreed criteria to support alignment and understanding of the expectations and requirements of engagement. Monitored and reported on the performance of selected vendors to ensure delivery in line with contractual obligations and performance metrics. Managed the interaction between vendors and internal program delivery leaders to provide adequate visibility of interdependent initiatives and programs.

Significant Highlights:
 Headed the activities of challenging project team members to arrive at more effective, efficient, and creative solutions. Kept track of new vendor capabilities and built innovative client-vendor relationships.
 Actively led highly complex and multi-faceted investigations to determine vendors’ value to broad as well as far-reaching projects.
 Holds merit of managing the ongoing vendor relationship and establishing vendor priorities and direction. Measured the overall benefits of the relationship in terms of value created and/or costs reduced.
 Interpreted the contractual terms, including pricing, service level agreements, performance metrics, and performance incentives and penalties, for moderate to highly complex vendor arrangements.
 Tracked new vendor capabilities and innovative client-vendor relationships. Instrumental in enforcing service level agreements by invoking performance penalties or incentives stipulated in the vendor contract.

Channel Manager - Security Solutions MENA Region at RAS INFOTECH LIMITED (Dubai)

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• February 2008 to August 2008

Significant Highlights:
 Identified and approached key or strategic partners and sets short- and long-term channel strategies. Recommended product or service enhancements to improve customer satisfaction and sales potential.
 Formulated strategies for operational management and development to meet agreed organisational performance plans within agreed budgets and timescales.

Manager Email and Web solutions at Verbanet Technologies LLC (Dubai)

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• October 2006 to December 2007

Team Operations Manager at Microland

• India - Bengaluru
• January 2006 to October 2006