JISHNU KISHORE T

Sourcing & Procurement of 3rd party project buyout products and services for projects executed by HBS in various verticals.
Deliver metrics as per Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Strategy Deployment targets
Drive Functional excellence and Key metric include early engagement, win rate, productivity, working capital, e-Auction, delivery, and quality.
Achieve material spend of bought outs & it's associated services as per project schedule and revenue plan.
Engage with project management when projects are awarded to develop procurement plan and delivering metrics and expectations.
Drive Process compliance and Excellence, initiate & support HOS/improvement programs.
Support Presales pursuits aggressively for 3rd party buyout products / services to achieve competitiveness and increase win rate
Create, maintain & benchmark pre-sales buyout / procurement database across verticals from quotes and/ or projects executed.
Work with cost estimation manager and optimize the cost of bought outs, verification of vendors offers in terms of cost, terms & conditions on back-to-back basis before recommending e-gap approval to Sourcing Leadership.
Collaborate with global category management to identify and develop suppliers, establish contracts, cost models and price agreements.
Develop alternate suppliers and solutions.
Support Local & Global team for sourcing competitive suppliers from emerging market
Support timely submission of data/ reports monthly metric reporting.
Working with logistics supervisor to be aware about current used freight forwarders/courier/warehousing agreements and clearance process
Track and drive continuous improvement in PO compliance and sourcing efficiency.
Improve working capital/cash flow through supplier’s credit facility
Managing Supply chain KPIs as per Annual operating plan
Vendors Evaluation & Rationalization
Leasing with AP team & working with them to release the Suppliers payments.
Renegotiate with 3rd party material vendorUse preferred suppliers and use volume leverage to bring cost down.

Develop, hone and execute new improved procurement strategies across all channels of purchasing
Evaluate and enhance our operations in local spend while researching and prospecting developments in global spend
Delegate tasks and supervise the work of purchasing and procurement agents across all departments
Manage every aspect of the supply chain and notify the senior management team of any possible obstacles to ideal efficiency
Institute policies and procedures for collecting and reporting key metrics that will reduce our overall expenses while increasing productivity
Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmarks
Coordinate deliveries
Create policies and procedures for risk management and mitigation.
IT cost analysis. And Project Deliverables.
Manages activities in the information technology procurement function.
Ensures products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner.
Evaluates contracts and vendors; makes final decisions regarding suppliers.
May serve as a mediator during disputes between vendors and IT staff.
Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility.
May give input into developing the budget.
Resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments
Perform material planning and sourcing for projects buy out materials & services.
Support to sales and marketing teams on buy-out sourcing and pricing.
Establish and meet cost containment / cost reduction targets by pursuing opportunities through alternate sourcing, & benchmarking.

Perform material planning and sourcing for projects buy out materials & services.
Support to sales and marketing teams on buy-out sourcing and pricing.
Establish and meet cost containment / cost reduction targets by pursuing opportunities through alternate sourcing, & benchmarking.
Capable of product or service specification interpretation and generate specification comparison analysis.
Manage and plan key supplier delivery, inventory and acquisition cost.
Support Vendor audit/qualification and periodic assessment procedures.
Strives for continuous improvement by establishing processes for effective procurement process.
Monitor Vendor quality, pricing and delivery issues and alerting Vendors for resolution.
Maintain purchasing and Vendor performance data.
Support project administrator in generation of PO using Oracle system & shipment activities.