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Team Lead – Senior Procurement & Supply Chain Professional | IBM

About

Results-driven Procurement and Supply Chain professional with 4.5+ years of experience spanning Global Procurement, Source-to-Contract (S2C) operations, procurement analytics, supplier onboarding, and end-to-end procurement operations. Proven ability to lead procurement teams, manage complex contract lifecycles, drive vendor performance improvements, and deliver data-backed process efficiencies. Adept at stakeholder coordination, SLA compliance, and cross-functional collaboration across onshore and offshore teams. Procurement Specialist Department P2P (Procurement and Contract management) Supporting Global Production Procurement, Indirect Commodities, and services. Review purchase requisition requirements and work efficiently with requesters to fulfill the requisition in the form of a Purchase order to the appropriate supplier. Experience in the procurement of Supplier and follow-up on their quotes. Purchase requisition process as per the threshold/clip level. Reaching out to Category manager based on instructions for PR’s approval. Commodity codes updating as per the request. Complete customer requests for setting up new suppliers including providing applicable information. Supplier evaluations based on key parameters like quantity, delivery commitments, Response time of vendor etc. Content enablement catalogue initiation and creation process. Global PO adjustment Change or cancel. Goods receipt verification after PO sent to supplier. Interface with clients and suppliers on supplier and payment issues in conjunction with tactical commodity manager. Maintaining all relevant supplier documentation. Resolve problems Ariba related queries Purchase requisition, Purchase order Catalogs, and Invoice queries.

Location

Bangalore Urban

Work experience

Team Lead at IBM, Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos, India, I lead a procurement team and handle day-to-day operations, making sure everything runs smoothly and meets business goals. My work includes managing contracts from start to finish, taking care of purchasing activities, and coordinating with vendors. I also support internal teams by overseeing help desk queries and ensuring issues are resolved on time. In addition, I handle aftermarket operations to ensure parts and services are available when needed. I work closely with suppliers to onboard them and improve their performance. I also prepare reports and track key metrics to help the business make better decisions and improve processes.

Procurement Specialist at IBM, Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Being a Senior Procurement specialist, I have a good knowledge of P2P (Tactical Sourcing, Contract Management, PR/PO creation, Accounts Payable/Invoice Processing and Payment). ➢ Working with the sourcing team for the contract reviewing the documents like Statement of Work (SOW), Master Service Agreement (MSA), Professional service agreement (PSA), Third-party agreements, Sponsorship agreement and Quotation etc. and routing the contract for the signature. ➢ Reviewing and creating PR/PO as per the quotation and sending copies to the supplier and stakeholder. ➢ Updating and sending daily and monthly contract routing volumes, PR/PO creation report and the blocked invoices report to the management on monthly basis. ➢ Preparing PO Auto approval/Manual approval report on weekly basis and sending report to the client. ➢ Handling Generic mailboxes, client’s queries, escalations and providing timely resolution. ➢ Working with the AP team/Invoice processing team to make sure invoice get processed without any delay and the supplier get payment as per the agreed contract payment term. ➢ Preparing process DTP and uploading into the client portal. ➢ Allocating Work to Team members on a daily manner. ➢ Training new joiners and ensuring that they understand the process thoroughly. ➢ Handling Procurement and Contract activities for the US client- Navistar International truck and Engine cooperation. ➢ Floating RFQ's/ Spotbid's to the suppliers through Ivalua tool. ➢ Follow up and negotiation with the supplier (if required). ➢ Placing POs to the suppliers using Ivalua/ Oracle EBS and PeopleSoft tools.

Process Associate at Wipro, Jan 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bangalore, *Procurement specialist and QC evaluator ( process Associate ) was working in wipro, 1 year of experience *Accurate PR submission as per the given procedures. *Ensure a timely approval for the purchase requisitions created within the team by constantly following up with the key approvers. *Validation as per the audit requirements. *Checking the consistency between invoices ( recieved for 3rd party orders created by the procurement team ) and the system. *Act as a single point of contact for EMEA non-leasing BPO management between HP financial services, delivery operation and smartbuy team. *Responsible for purchase orders ( creation, amendments, maintenance, closure ) *Working on a daily basis with our internal customers (Delivery team), finance and business. *Ensure TATs are met and compliancy / Audit regulations are respected. *Utilise SAP implementation for the accounts payable for the invoices. *Have been cross trained to Quote to cash process and order management process. *Done internship for the stock market – investment management & portfolio analysis from 2019 ( Jan – April ).

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and corporate accounting, Jain (Deemed-to-be University)

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Finance, bangalore university