Pankaj Lade

Experience

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  Eastern Logistics

  Jun 2004 - Sept 2005

  Assistant Manager

  •Manage end to end logistics for overseas consignments.•Coordinate with overseas freight forwarding partner for real time shipment tracking.•Custom clearance support and documentation. •Following up on new customers and retain the existing ones.

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  IMO Cummunication Pvt Ltd

  Oct 2005 - Jun 2006

  E-Procurement Consultant

  •Collate spend data and perform spend analysis.•Identify savings potential across the spends. •Prepare & float RFI, RFQ, RFPs- (RFx management) •Organise and conduct Online Auction on India markets’ platform.•Handling live bidding events and solving supplier queries while the bidding events are on.

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  Onida

  Jun 2006 - Dec 2006

  Operations Lead

  •Develop & deploy the procurement programs and strategies to support Washing Machine Supply Chain Operations. •Manage entire Supply Chain, from preparing ordering plan to distribution. •Coordinate & communicate with import team, suppliers, freight forwarders, logistics and warehouse teams to ensure the stock availability across the branches.•Coordinate with R & D team for new model development and help them in sourcing of components from local & international sources. •Issuance of Purchase Orders based on Material Ordering Plan (Kit Plan) & coordinate with Finance for opening LCs. Show less

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  CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2007

  Dy Manager-Sourcing

  •Identification of savings opportunities across direct and indirect spend through spend analysis.•Assist buyers with RFx process and organise online bidding events (Reverse/Forward Auction) on Ariba AQS platform.•Assist buyers to drive their strategic sourcing projects.•Supplier search, evaluation and shortlisting.•Drive e-procurement initiatives across business units.

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  Wipro

  Sept 2007 - Oct 2009

  Consultant

  •Identify & analyse spends, look for spend optimization/aggregation and savings opportunities.•Adopt and apply various cost optimization techniques viz.value engineering, eProcurement, TCO etc. on potential spends for driving savings. •Identify & assess new sources of supply. Ensure proper supplier selection by using various RFI templates, vendor evaluation matrix & other best practices. •Negotiate best prices with suppliers. •Monitor supply and suppliers’ performance. •Prepare & float RFPs, setting up & conduct Reverse Auction (online bidding on 01 Market platform). Show less

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  IBM

  Nov 2009 - Mar 2013

  Category Manager

  •Manage sourcing and procurement of Marketing and Sales material and services (approx. Euro 30Mn spend on Print, POSM, Events and Activation, Creative Services, Artwork and Pre-press, Promotional Merchandising etc.) for Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (one of IBM’s key customers).•Analyse, identify spend and look for cost savings opportunities.•Drive and achieve cost savings through strategic sourcing and tactical purchasing.•Apply variety of sourcing techniques such as spend consolidation, zero based costing, volume rebate, value engineering, LCCS, reverse auction etc. to get the best price negotiated.•Identify automation opportunities across P2P such as creating catalogue (static/punchout) for the frequently bought items/services and implement the same. •Get involved in closing out high value contract negotiation for professional services.•Savings monitoring and contract compliance.•Validate PR and authorise workflow for PO conversion in Ariba. Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Mar 2013 - Feb 2022

  Sr Manager

  •Engage with pre-sales solution team and provide specialist SCM knowledge to build an outsourcing solution for prospective customers for S2P offering.•Lead and perform due diligence, resourcing, knowledge transfer to set up offshore delivery for S2P processes. •Lead and deliver consulting assignments which are aimed at assessing and analysing the maturity of client's procurement and sourcing function.•Develop and design "To Be" processes, operating model, policy and procedures etc. basis the “As-Is” findings.•To get involved and extend domain expertise to drive process improvement initiatives across existing SCM accounts.•Formulate and document business requirements, work with development team in implementing functional solution. Show less

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  WNS

  Feb 2022 - now

  Associate Director

  Develop, build and market S2P capability along with solution support.