Fayez Ashraf Ali

Experience

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  NIIT

  May 2008 - Jul 2008

  Completed a Project on " EXPANSION IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT TRAINING, NIIT LIMITED" Summer Internship at NIIT Limited Enterprise Services India, my internship project researched the IT training courses available in the market which NIIT competitors were providing. Shortlisting from these appropriate courses to be added to the NIIT training portfolio.

  • Summer Internship

    Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

  • Summer Internship

    May 2008 - Jul 2008
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  IPP Catalog Publications P L

  Apr 2009 - Jul 2010

  Assistant Editor

  In my first job at IPP I have had the opportunity to interact with the world and country marketing business heads of companies like Kodak, Xerox, Canon, Adobe, HP, and others.Also I have been able to review Editorial Publishing software both from the user and developer perspective. Have had good exposure to workflow software mainly related to pre media design, printing, and packaging industries.

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  NIIT Limited

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2016

  After a year of interacting directly with Business & Operations in driving savings in procurement I am now involved in building team capabilities and manage changing processes as new financial & business models are implemented. Having successfully rationalizing supplier in key spend areas we are now focusing on strategic implementation of the new financial & business models.Currently also researching Sourcing tools to be able to conduct their feasibility studies.Client Executive with several Business Units of a Global Pharma company managing their L&D Spend, by Strategically Sourcing & Procuring Training services. My goal was to help Business units drive savings in Multi Million $ Budgets. Show less As an Inside Sales Lead I am now also responsible for undertaking small scale one off projects in addition to my existing responsibilities as inside sales for NIIT RFP responses and sales enablement for my main client Dell for their Dell Education Services Department for EMEA.As Inside Sales Lead I have successfully provided resources to develop training materials for a SAP deployment. This involved understanding the customer resource requirement, recruiting and getting the resources interviewed and on-boarded on to the project. After the project was underway we had to be constantly involved in performance management for the resources who were both on-shore and off-shore. As the deployment reached its logical conclusion we had to relieve the resources one by one.I also was responsible for entering into the Testing Industry by Providing facilities for major English Language and commercially-run standardized tests that are a requirement for many graduate schools. We are now looking into going in for Test Preparation courses with various delivery modes under consideration. Show less As a Business Executive at NIIT I am working as Sales Support for the Dell Education Services in EMEA. My responsibilities include preparing solutions for individual training projects and RFP responses. I have been involved in building Global solutions for Global Bids by building and managing relationships with Vendors Worldwide. Customers in Europe have included Government Ministries, Large Enterprises and top Global 500 companies.While our primary area of interest is EMEA i have been involved in on-boarding partners in Emerging Europe( Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, etc.) This involved us overcoming language barriers and starting business relationships n countries where NIIT was not previously engaged.Also part of my responsibilities is marketing & promotion of Education Services NIIT provides Dell. This entails keeping marketing collateral up to date in multiple European languages. Show less

  • Assistant Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

    Jul 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Strategic Sourcing Specialist

    Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Inside Sales Lead

    Jul 2013 - Sept 2014

  • Inside Sales Representative

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Business Executive

    Aug 2010 - Jun 2012
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  Accenture in India

  Dec 2016 - Sept 2024

  Service Delivery Lead for 3 Client Accounts for Accenture Sourcing & Category Management Practice. Leading RFX execution for a US-based Global Prestige Beauty client for 4 years, Introducing the client to eAuctions and diversifying Accenture services portfolio. Now also leading the RFX Execution and Procurement Support teams for a Europe-based Global Pharmaceutical Client. Helping them drive adoption of eAuction services from 5 to 10% of all competitive sourcing spend. Recently having been entrusted with setting up the Contract Services team for a US-based Global Insurance provider. Show less Enabling my team to deliver Tactical Sourcing Projects (>$250K) independently and to support Strategic Sourcing Projects (>$1M ) alongside Category Managers and SMEs. I also help deliver Strategic Sourcing Projects with Category Managers and drive negotiations with suppliers. We currently operate on a Shared Services Model where we service more than one client at a time, requiring balancing multiple stakeholders from multiple clients at the same time. I have also been involved with Internal Procurement activities.I am also developing Category Expertise of my team and my practice, Corporate Professional Services. I am also called upon to demonstrate to prospective clients delivery of projects by my team. Now also being considered to become the SPOC for a dedicated customer. Show less

  • Procurement Practice Manager

    Dec 2021 - Sept 2024

  • Sourcing Associate Manager

    Dec 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Sourcing Execution Specialist

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2018
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  GEP Worldwide

  Sept 2024 - now

  Senior Sourcing Manager