Experience

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  National dairy development board

  Jan 1994 - Dec 1996

  Purchase officer
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  Norsk hydro

  Jan 1997 - Apr 2001

  Purchase cum stores officer
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  Reliance communications

  May 2001 - Sept 2006

  Procurement specialist
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  Ge healthcare

  Oct 2006 - Mar 2007

  Indirect buyer

  • Provide assistance in accessories, supplies and service requirements. • Driving initiatives and purchasing requirements for India and SEA using Oracle ERP MM module. • Responsible for providing operational support on all accessories and service buys across 3 healthcare entities in India and SEA.• Accountable for supply chain set-ups, driving negotiations and cost reduction on all key purchases and related contract management.• As part of the simplification initiative, define and adhere to standards for contracts and document archival and retrieval process.• Provide support on accessories and service suppliers selection, audit and closure of audit findings• Provide functional purchasing support in areas of transportation & logistics, purchased services, IT and telecom buys.• Responsible for 500 million INR purchases annually. Show less

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  Axa

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2013

  Senior associate procurement

  • Engaged in the Facility related Procurement & Out Sourcing services for AXA BS.• The purchases includes Capital Facility equipment's, turnkey implementation of green field and refurbishment facility projects, Annual Maintenance Contract initiation for all the facility equipment's, and implementation of all out sourcing contracts like employee transportation, Air travel, hotels, security , housekeeping, HR consultancy outsourcing etc. • Personally contributed in the formulation of various Procurement tools like procurement savings monitoring & reporting to management, supplier score cards, AMC tracker, Effective Procurement activities monitoring Task Lists, SLA’s, Root cause analysis of missed SLA’s.• Been part of the IPC (Indian Procurement Committee) under AXA Group and shared & implemented best practices both from IPC & Group Procurement team which includes sustainability procurement and Green initiations adhering to corporate responsibility.• Always been initiating collaborative with key stake holders on procurement projects.• Worked in tandem with the Management Executive team in formulation of Procurement strategies in line with Group Target Letter.• Been part in increasing the Effective Procurement Coverage from 55 % to 75% in the year 2012.• The annual buying capacity for the year 2012 was for INR 500 million. Show less

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  Holy cross health care mission

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2016

  National procurement manager

  • Engaged in setting up the Centralized Procurement initiative based out of Bangalore for Holy Cross Group Hospitals including formulating Procurement Policy, Procedures, Code of Ethics, Flow charts (54 Primary, Secondary & tertiary level Hospitals, consisting of more than 3800 beds spread across India). • The purchase includes Capital items - Hospital Equipment’s & Revenue items – Disposables, Annual Maintenance Contract initiations for all the Hospital Equipment’s and various outsourcing services.• Standardized the Hospital Equipment’s & Disposables. • Identified the reputed Manufacturers/ OEM’s for Disposables & Initiated Annual Value Contracts.• Worked out Materials Management modules to train the Purchase staff in enhancing their knowledge level & skills.• Formulated & presented various strategies to optimize the Central Procurement initiation to the Management and implemented the same in due course.• Capture best practices from Hospital visits and implemented them in Group Hospitals.• Sourced effective Hospital Management Solution Software’s and initiated implementations.Highlights: -• Independently spearheaded negotiation of Asset purchases above 200 million and achieved savings to the tune of 40 million.• Organised around 40 Health care equipment & disposable Suppliers for the Medical Expo, held during the 73rd Annual General Body Meeting of CHAI at St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore during the year 2016. Show less

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  Pro-cure: a trusted procurement partner

  Oct 2016 - Aug 2019

  Principal consultant

  Working as the director of Procurement Consultant FirmCustomers:-1) Hosptials2) Institutions3) Corporate FacilitiesEmail: [email protected] : www.pro-cure.in

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  St. john's medical college

  Sept 2019 - now

  Purchase manager