THOSHIKA B.C.

Mobile: +971 525632981, E-mail : [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT:

Offering almost 9 plus years of experience in Supply Chain Management covering Procurement, Strategic Planning of Purchase Process, Sourcing, Vendor Development, Bidding, Commercial negotiations, Purchasing Estimation, Cost Analysis, Contract management, Processing Purchase and Service orders (PO / SO).

I have worked with various organizations like “DUBAI PROPERTIES (Current) as Senior Procurement Buyer”, “AYG CS LLC”, Dubai as Operations Manager- Procurement, “SAMSUNG R&D Institute Pvt Ltd” as Deputy Manager and “SABIC R&D Institute Pvt Ltd” as Assistant Manager and “Hewlett Packard (HP) as Senior Process Associate.

EXPERIENCE DETAILS:

DUBAI PROPERTIES (1.3 years)

Ø  Senior Buyer -Procurement Operations (DPG/DPAM entities)  [August 7, 2017 – Until Present]

Responsibilities:

·       Devise and using efficient sourcing strategies like: Publish of RFQ and Process POs through Oracle mode post several rounds of Technical and Commercial negotiations. Handled all major categories of Procurement (Civil, MEP, IT, Admin, HSE, Engineering and Design, Infrastructure, Property Management, Asset Management etc).

·       Negotiations & Cost savings:

Negotiate with suppliers/vendors to match the approved budget and to get the best value for money and maximize company profits on all contracts and procurement done.

·       Communication with End-users:

Co-ordinate proactively with internal customers/end-users to ensure all purchase requisitions have the mandatory /required information for Purchase Order processing.

·       Supplier Sourcing, Pre-Qualification, Performance Appraisal & Management Process

·       Blanket PO / Contracts:

Initiate & establish blanket PO / Call off agreement for repeated goods & services & maintain it on annual basis.

·       Tools used: Oracle and other internal tools.

AYG Cargo Solutions LLC, Dubai, UAE (0.6 years)

Ø  Operations Manager – Procurement (January 2017 – July 2017)

Responsibilities:

·       Procurement of various Assets, products like electronic, electrical, office equipment and home appliances, Food and beverage products (FMCG), Construction materials and equipment etc

·       Handled Cargo movements worldwide by obtaining the best price from worldwide partners and freight forwarders.

·       Organizing and synchronizing the activities of various managers and departments within my company and HQ and making sure the schedules, meetings and goals of each department work in harmony.

SAMSUNG Research & Development Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India (2.3 years)

Ø  Deputy Manager – Procurement [January 2016 – November 2016]

Ø  Assistant Manager – Procurement [September 2014 – December 2015]

Key projects handled:

·       Movement of entire entity to a new plant setup included complete infrastructure facilities and Lab setups.

·       Single handedly purchased all the products required for ‘Experienced Ecosystem zone’ with different product brand display units in each 12 floors.

·       Implemented new strategic Purchase process 2015 enabling efficient buying process and saving time, avoiding redundancy from old process.

·       Suggested and implemented new T codes at SAP MM for better process, Conducted trainings to stakeholder/ requestors, vendors on efficient methodologies.

·       Conducted VOC (Voice of Customer) survey and identified the drawbacks and rectified them with strategic processes to achieve best metrics.

Responsibilities

·       Experienced in effective commercial negotiations with major suppliers on the RFQs floated and thereby contributed on high cost savings to the company.

·       An expert in developing local vendor database and their source of supply; reducing the cost of procuring materials there by maintaining the best quality along with delivery schedule within the project deadlines.

·       Expertise on implementing new strategic processes, policies, systems for efficient purchase process and inventory management avoiding major redundancy in the process.

·       Possess best working knowledge on SAP MM, Ariba- Smart buy and other Enterprise tools etc.

SABIC (Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation) Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India (2.2 yrs)

Assistant Manager/ Senior Buyer – Procurement/SCM [July 2012 – August 2014]

Key Projects handled:

·       New Plant setup: (Construction of Lab units, Procurement of Lab equipment, oil, raw materials, chemicals, Civil products and service setup). Since it was a new setup plant to be made- We the Purchase team got an exposure in procuring end to end materials for complete infrastructure development. I handled the prominent sourcing operations of the functions: EHS, IT, Administration & Security, Facility & Infrastructure Operations and our Technical Departments of SABIC. (Plastics, Petrochemicals and Lab Equipment, Assets and consumables).

Responsibilities:

·       Reviewing/studying the material / purchase requisitions, Floating of RFQs through E-procurement tool, Performing Techno-Commercial evaluation of bids received from vendor, Conducting meetings with vendors for technical clarification & price negotiation; preparing Cost comparative statements (CCS) or Vendor Comparison Statement (VCR) indicating commercial & technical aspects, finalizing order.

·       Regularly perform Service master, Material master and vendor master creations, Contract/Agreement, Purchase order (PO) and Service orders (S0) in SAP.

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP), Bangalore, India (2.8 Years)

Senior Process Associate, Global Procurement Operations (GPO) [August 2011 – 18th May 2012]

Process Associate, GPO [14th Oct 2009 to July 2011]

Major responsibilities:

·       Key player in GPO performing the role of Country Procurement and Country Suggested Supplier for US Region in HP and thus handling all end to end procurement activities for various GPO Operational teams include – HR, Marketing, Information Technology, Research and Development etc.

·       Inviting and allotting quotations through various procurement tools; thereby creating transparency in vendor price evaluation and selections, creating purchase orders via SAP as well at Smart buy (an Ariba tool), other oracle tools.

·       Effective management of vendor database, quarterly evaluation of vendors on their price, quality, delivery time line and warranty terms etc.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

·       Bagged the highest performance rating in every annual performance appraisal followed from FY’11 until FY’16 (meaning Significantly Exceeds Expectations).

·       At Samsung, rewarded with ‘Employee of the month’, ‘Spot Awards’- Year 2015 and 2016 for my new and simplified process idea implementation and undertaking ‘Voice of Customer’ survey to understand the concern areas of internal stakeholders and also shared the corrective actions for the same. Awarded with Cash Rewards and Certificates for exemplary performance in Procurement in previous companies.

·       Completed online certifications wrt SCM, Procurement and Commercial Negotiations from Internal Training tools.

SCHOLASTICS:

·       Postgraduate – MBA (Human Resources & Industrial Relations) from IASE (2010-2012]-Institute of Advanced Science in Education, Rajasthan University.

·       Undergraduate – Bachelors in Science- B.Sc. in Computer Science [2006-2009] from SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, University of Mysore: 74.30%

SKILLS:

ERP tools, SAP MM, Smart buy (Ariba tool), Oracle Enterprise tools, Oracle R12 etc

Completed online certifications wrt SCM, Procurement and Commercial Negotiations from Internal Training tool

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Passport No: P3871174

Passport Validity: 28th July 2026

Visa Status: Employment Visa

Nationality: Indian

Current Address: Al Qusais, Dubai, UAE

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada