Experience

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  Unisys India

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Senior Analyst -Business Operations

    • May 2007 - Present
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Part of Global Operations team, managing procurement planning and execution for a large Business Unit within Unisys India, for the past almost 10 years.End to end Procurement lifecycle management with initiating the plan for the year, along with cost estimation for each line item with a clear target on the savings which contributes to the bottom-line of the organization spend.Strong hold on the communication and vendor management, which results in better negotiations and strategic benefits to the organization.With effective negotiations and strategic sourcing, brought in savings of USD 82,000 from the planned and approved budget for procurement for 2021.Leveraging Spend Analysis as a tool for tracking the expenses and providing input through MIS reporting for enabling decision making about strategic procurements Uses Reverse Auctions as a tool for strategic sourcing, which would build a strong competition among vendors and gets us the cost, which is beneficial to the organizationManaging a live tracker on the procurements, so that, we know, in terms of spend, where we are heading toManages RFQ and RFI

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  An MNC for survival

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Explorer & Learner

    • May 2007 - Present
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  FCG Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.

  • Executive Assistant to Managing Director

    • Jun 2005 - Apr 2007

    Calendar management , documentation and travel logistics for MD’s OfficeData / Metrics collection and analysisOrganizing and managing the meetings, minutes preparation & follow-up on action items to closureProvide administrative services to Vice Presidents of the organization when needed.

  • Senior Executive – Project Management Office

    • May 2003 - Apr 2007

    Setting up of Project Management Office & establishing the charter for PMOFormalizing consolidation of weekly status report through the weekly PMO dashboard with Red Amber Green statusCoordination for conducting Project Review MeetingsResponsible for inter-group coordination process (CMMi Level 3 KPA) organization-wide. Tracking of Utilization Reports on a weekly basis.Skill Database management Preparing weekly resource metrics for the senior management both in India and USA

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  IdeaSpace Financial Technologies pvt. Ltd.

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Project Coordinator

    • Aug 2001 - Apr 2003
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    Multi-tasking functions like building up the documentation, plans, procedures and standardsScheduling and coordinating Project Management Reviews.Preparation of management reports for the BoardCoordination in upgrading and maintaining intranet applications across the companyPart of the inter-group coordination process, which is a CMMi Level 3 Key Process AreaAchievementsDefined the protocols for Project Office over a period of 1 yearInitiated discussions on Knowledge Management which integrates into Information CentrePart of the process team for achieving ISO 9001:2000 certificationConducted a SWOT analysis on completion of 1 year of Project Office existence and chalked out an effective Action Plan to make Project Office more efficient and transparent.

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  Deutsche Software India

  • Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Senior Coordinator

    • Jun 1998 - Jul 2001
    • Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

    Responsible for handling the Human Resource Database on Lotus Notes, which was used across the organization for different purposes.Responsible for updating the Notes Group like the Project Managers, Project Leaders, etc.Complete responsibility for employee record management and coordinating appraisalsHuman resource utilization tracking and managementDocumentation creation, maintenance and updating for all the project files according to ISO standards. Providing month-end data of headcount with details of projects and locations for the purpose of SAP implementation.Providing the monthly inputs for the MIS reports

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  EQUATIONS

  • Program Coordinator

    • 1996 - 1998

    Major task was to build extensive network in Karnataka across academia, grass root level organizations and initiate campaign information support across the state. Also, contribute to the preparation of funding proposal

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  City Tab

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Staff Reporter

    • Apr 1991 - May 1992
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    Responsible for Reporting and editing of articles related to cultural festivals, films, plays and attending press conferences

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  Vision India

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Production Assistant

    • Feb 1989 - Mar 1990
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    Listing of the Technical Crew for the productionAssisting in the budget preparation Logistics coordination at the shooting locationAssisting the Director in post-production works like editing, mixing, dubbing and other production works