Aravind Nambiar

Experience

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  Anand Group of Engineers

  Jun 2001 - May 2003

  Business Development Executive

  o Preparation of marketing plano Identifying the target segments and preparing the promotion activitieso Involved partly in procurement of construction items

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  IBM India Pvt Ltd

  Mar 2005 - Feb 2010

  Procurement Professional

  During my tenure with IBM, I have gained knowledge and achieved prficiency in the following areas: - Procurement strategy and transformation - Business analysis - Strategic Sourcing Methodologies and approachesProcurement strategy and transformation: Led the transformation program for an outsourced procurement function. As part of the program, maturity of the procurement operations was assessed by comparing against industry leading practices and benchmarks. A high level spend analysis was performed and savings opportunities were identified. Short term and long term improvement initiatives and future procurement roadmap were recommended. Business analysis: Carried out current state assessment, business impact assessment and stakeholder identification for one of the offshoring project. Comprehensive deliverables such as AS-IS and TO-BE process diagrams, system appreciation, impact analysis, requirement analysis and TO-BE design documents were developed.Strategic Sourcing Methodologies and approaches: - Managed Strategic Sourcing for Utilities category within North America region - Single point of contact for Sourcing Off-the-Shelf IT Equipments and ATM machines for ASEAN region - Responsible in achieving performance metrics like savings, average payment terms, supplier segmentation and customer satisfaction - Working on different procurement projects and drive innovation within the team - Global coordinator for Supplier Performance Evaluation project - Green Belt Six Sigma certified - Completed a project on ‘Extraction on D&B Reports’ to achieve an yearly savings of USD 50K (for ANZ and ASEAN region) Major Achievement: Savings through e-Auction of ATM Machines - Have achieved savings of USD 10M for a spend of USD 50M across 2 years Show less

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  Accenture

  Feb 2010 - Oct 2013

  I have managed the Procurement Operations team (requisition processing and buyer team) for one of the Australian banking client. I was responsible for coaching & mentoring the team and handling their yearly performance management. My role was highly client facing and responsibilities included client management on daily operations and monthly review meetings. Apart from managing the daily operations and meeting the agreed SLAs with the client, my responsibility also included generating and supporting new business opportunities collaborating with the clinet partner and be a integral part of the solutioning team. I was a Business Advisor for the client to identify and drive process improvement initiatives that bring value to the overall Supply Chain of the client organization. As a part of business advisory role: - I have experienced in business process redesigning and improvement - Performed value chain analysis for Procure to Pay (P2P) process, analysed the business requirements and developed functional design with a streamlined model for one of the Australian banking client. - Served as a liaison between multiple client teams and offshore team, and collaborated with these teams to ensure the smooth execution of the project Show less

  • Procurement Operations Manager

    Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Supplier Performance Lead

    Feb 2010 - Jan 2012
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  EY

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

  Associate Manager - Supply Chain Management

  Designed the shared services model for EY procurement organizationIdentified and led performance improvement projects for the Sourcing & Procurement department of the client organizations. Some of the responsibilities included: - Validate requirements and perform engagement specific planning, understand current state, evaluate the current state and generate/ prioritize recommendations and next steps - Develop a detailed design as per the agreed approach by the client and obtain necessary approval - Develop implementation & deployment plans, build & validate improvements and execute deployment plan - Prepare a framework to sustain the implemented process and support continuous improvement- Manage a team of sourcing consultants Show less

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  Lowe's Companies, Inc.

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2018

  Head of Non-IT Category - Enterprise Strategic Sourcing
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  ANZ

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2024

  VP - Transformation Program (Group Procurement)
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  United Breweries Ltd.

  Apr 2024 - now

  Process Lead

  As a Process Lead for APAC region, my primary objective is to ensure the implementation of the Global Template Solution following the Digital Backbone (DBB) transition methodology