Prerna Devi
Papakura,Auckland
Summary
A Masters graduate from Brunel University, CIPS-Certified Procurement Professional, currently pursuing PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner. I am a committed professional in Procurement and Supply Chain across direct and indirect categories with 12 years of diverse industry experience including Managing Training Services, Pharmaceuticals, Finance, Oil and Gas, Energy, and Power sectors. Solved complex management challenges with cross-functional competencies in RFx, e-auctions, S2P, P2P, Demand Plan, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Project Management, allowing exposure to all kinds of challenges in the industry. Goal-oriented Procurement Officer adept at balancing supply needs with budget and operational requirements. Good researcher and multitasker with excellent judgment. Looking for a challenging role in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Team Lead
Accenture India
04.2018 - 07.2020
- Reviewing RFQ’s & making comparative studies based on commercial and technical factors for approval for sourcing alternate vendors
- Quality audits and reporting on open purchase requisitions pending with customers to get a resolution on movement of the request
- Authorising Releasing Purchase Order (PO) for various suppliers based on Demand and Purchase Requisition & varied business requirements
- Negotiations with Suppliers for higher business margins operating income for better credit
- Expedite open orders with vendors to prevent unscheduled downtime at customer site and contact suppliers to resolve missed deliveries, short shipments & pricing discrepancies while invoicing
- Consult with suppliers, manufacturers, warehouse, accounts payable, material controllers & customers while achieving client value creation, operation excellence and SLA++.
Assistant Manager/Sourcing Project Manager
NIIT Limited
04.2016 - 03.2018
- Managed and led sourcing team for training services ((ILT, VILT, eLearning, Blended Learning, Content Development, Learning Administration, Translation, Facilities) for APAC and EMEA region
- Overseeing day-to-day operations, monitoring & reporting team performance, and providing feedback with coaching along with Contract and Supplier Relationship Management through monitoring contract compliance
- Organising team-building activities and promoting a positive team environment in addition to defining goals for employees aligned to the company objective
- Worked with stakeholders and cross-functional teams such as Risk, Legal, Compliance and Finance to understand business requirements, project risk and budget & decide for evaluation and selection of suppliers
- Market analysis to identify opportunities, maximize supplier base and understand market standards
- Due diligence of suppliers by verifying risk, financial stability, and compliance adherence
- Develop & implement sourcing strategy i.e
- RFx and Demand Plan; perform response analysis and evaluation
- Contract drafting and managing negotiating strategy to execute contracts for awarded suppliers.
Category Development Manager
Altisource Business Solutions Private Limited
09.2015 - 02.2016
- Worked with the Business Head to understand the requirement and scope of work and explained the same to vendors and business leads
- Vendor selection procedure through RFx and supplier market analysis along with vendor scorecard while negotiating on contracting terms, payment terms/price along with vendor onboarding diligence
- Create Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders according to the requirement & assisted vendors to source 3rd party insurance
- Reporting on contracts with new vendors, contract expiration with the existing vendors, open and closed projects, timeline for projects and cost savings on an annual basis
- RFx Management: Completed RFx on IT & Non-IT services and commodities with multiple suppliers for competitive prices, terms & conditions in contract through supplier due diligence, cost analysis, price negotiation, contract drafting & awarding
- Supplier Contracting and Drafting: Drafting, editing and negotiating on contracting terms of SOW, MSA, SFSA, Change Order (CO), Work Order (WO) & Letter of Authorization (LOA) for Facilities Management and IT Services, through supplier selection in RFx or onboarding new suppliers.
Senior Process Executive
Infosys
Bangalore, India
06.2012 - 09.2015
- Conversion of the non-preferred supplier to preferred supplier via RFX, Spot Buy, 3 Quotes (sourcing strategy) Conduct compliance check on new supplier list to ensure compliance with audit parameters, quality check and negotiate a set of terms and conditions agreed on a contract
- Supplier search on the different types of services provided by each supplier and check for diversified suppliers for 40% of the requests for attaining cost benefits for the organization
- Prepare keystroke documents / SOP for contract management for risk and compliance
- Managed spend data & delivered annual savings through commercial negotiation
- Update the specific category managers on the renewal and expiry date of contracts
- Quality parameters adherence for customer satisfaction with RCA for specific issues
- Conduct surveys on smart order teams for enabling customer satisfaction of > 95%
- Manage categories like HR Products and Services like Training and Recruitment (Learning and Development, Talent Acquisition Services), Professional Services (Tax, Audit) and IT services (hardware, software, licensing, hosting)
- Handled commercial contracts and agreements (MSA, SFSA, PO, Amendment, Novation Agreement and Change Control Note)
- Cross team collaboration & negotiate contract terms, pricing and payment schedule and place Purchase Orders and amendments on existing contracts and maintain and develop a contract database
- Release Orders and One Page PO for services for specific categories and weekly publishing dashboards for clients, stakeholders and internal review.
Quality Auditor (Finance & Retail Services)
Target India Technologies
12.2011 - 05.2012
- Call Auditing for the internal team members
- Daily compliance reporting, feedback to the agents on areas of improvement and adherence to commodity guidelines.
Process Developer
GENPACT INDIA
09.2009 - 12.2011
- Vendor PO Management & Vendor Onboarding
- Order confirmation, Expediting & Goods Receipt
- Vendor Invoicing and Invoice resolution.
Education
PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner -
theKnowledgeacademy
Masters in Global Supply Chain Management -
Brunel University
Spanish Level A1 -
Institute of Spanish Studies (Institute of Cervantes)
Executive Program in General Management -
IIM Calcutta
Bachelor in Commerce -
Utkal University
+II Intermediate in Commerce -
CHSE - Biju Pattnaik College of Science & Education
10th ICSE -
St. Joseph s High School
Skills
- RFx
- Procure to Pay (Purchasing, Invoice Resolution)
- Source To Pay (Contract Life-cycle Management)
- Vendor Sourcing & Vendor Rationalization
- Demand Plan
- Stakeholder Management
- Process Management
- Risk Management
- PO Management
- Vendor Management
- Spot Buy
- Lean
Accomplishments
- Received Bronze Award for excellent performance.
- Received appreciations in reporting, on-time delivery & reducing errors in the process.
- Part of the event management team for Fun at Work in organizing events in organizations.
- Received the Best Team award.
Work Availability
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Timeline
Procurement Team Lead
Accenture India
04.2018 - 07.2020
Assistant Manager/Sourcing Project Manager
NIIT Limited
04.2016 - 03.2018
Category Development Manager
Altisource Business Solutions Private Limited
09.2015 - 02.2016
Senior Process Executive
Infosys
06.2012 - 09.2015
Quality Auditor (Finance & Retail Services)
Target India Technologies
12.2011 - 05.2012
Process Developer
GENPACT INDIA
09.2009 - 12.2011
PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner -
theKnowledgeacademy
Masters in Global Supply Chain Management -
Brunel University
Spanish Level A1 -
Institute of Spanish Studies (Institute of Cervantes)
Executive Program in General Management -
IIM Calcutta
Bachelor in Commerce -
Utkal University
+II Intermediate in Commerce -
CHSE - Biju Pattnaik College of Science & Education
10th ICSE -
St. Joseph s High School
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