Sandesh Karkera Mobile No: +919945727403 Email: Sanshan555@yahoo.com

Profile

Over all 9 years of experience in Sourcing and Procurement.

Around 5 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing includes Rfx Management, Spend Analysis,

Contract Management, Market Research, contract management and SIPM.

Last year was in Malaysia handling a Pharmaceutical client individually, helping and

coordinating them in implementation of Ariba and conducting e-sourcing activities. Currently,

supporting a Real Estates client in Bangalore for the implementation of Ariba and conducting e-

sourcing activities.

As an Individual contributor (Infosys), supported clients like Verizon and Astrazeneca in

strategic sourcing conducting end-to-end sourcing activites.

Prior to this, was a Team Lead (Infosys) handling a team of 13 members. Activities includes

indirect procurement like Inventory Management, Low Value Buying, Blanket Purchasing

agreement, Vendor Management.

Experience

Organization: Consus Consulting Group (Mar- 2014 till date)

Project Description as Senior Consultant- Strategic Sourcing:

� Spearheading implementation of Ariba Sourcing Suite at various Clients, End – to – End.

� Pre-sales support for Ariba Spend Management Solutions for India and Asia Pacific

� Consulting of proven and market driven best practices for Spend Management and

Strategic Sourcing.

� Spend Analysis and Opportunity Identification to create a sourcing pipeline

� Ensure timely execution of Sourcing events by following the appropriate chain of

escalation.

� Conduct different forms of auctions based on the requirement and aid client / Buyer to

Track and realize savings post to Execution of auction.

� Cost Reduction through online negotiations

� Post-Negotiation Analysis reports and present the same to the Client / Buyers team.

� Value Addition by introducing new and competent suppliers at clients end.

� Build and maintain strong client relationship. Leverage Ariba tool usage across

engagements.

� Educating the users about the Ariba Spend Management (e-sourcing) and undertake

change management initiatives.

� Project Management – Defining Scope of Work, Resource management and bandwidth

allocation, Steering committee Meetings, Internal team meetings.

Achievements:

� Cost savings realisation of 3.78 Mil MYR in Capex and Opex purchase during my tenure

at Chemical Company of Malaysia (CCM) by following the Best Practices and adopting

effective auction strategies

� Currently achieved a savings of 5.35 Mil INR in 2 months at Prestige Group client.

� Conducted more than 100 projects with high customer satisfaction scores.

Organization: Infosys (Feb 2006 – Mar 2014)

Project Description as Process Lead- Strategic Sourcing (Mar 2010 to March 2014):

� Implementing strategic sourcing process includes spend analysis, tail spend solution

and market research to optimize spend and achieve substantial savings.

� Conduct Spend analysis and identify opportunity and projects, specifically working on

the tail spend.

� Prepare case study and market research report like SWOT analysis, Porters 5 Forces to

support the new opportunity identified to the client

� Conduct different forms of auctions based on the requirement and aid client / Buyer to

Track and realize savings post to Execution of auction.

� Cost Reduction through online negotiations

� Post-Negotiation Analysis reports and present the same to the Client / Buyers team.

� Value Addition by introducing new and competent suppliers at clients end.

� Build and maintain strong client relationship. Leverage Ariba tool usage across

engagements.

� Hands on experience on Ariba, frictionless, excel, word, PPT

Project Description as Process Executive- P2P (Feb 2006 to Feb 2010):

� Managing indirect procurement which involves Inventory buying, Low value buying,

Blanket purchase agreement maintenance, expediting and vendor database

management

� Handling escalations and resolving queries of the team

� Generating Request for Quote (RFQ) in Oracle iProcurement to supplier and follow-up to

get the quote.

� Process Purchase Orders (PO) as per requester requirement in Oracle iProcurement.

� Ensuring target is achieved as per Service Level Agreement.

� Follow-up of the deliveries with the distribution centers.

� Analyzing the order request from requester, coordinating with the inventory controller

of sites to maintain minimum inventory of all items.

� Finding new product sources and obtaining quotations if needed.

� Creating blanket purchase agreements and bulk commodity-pricing agreements in

Oracle.

� Documentation of the observation made during the session for future analysis.

� To prepare weekly reports about TAT, accuracy, productivity for the management and

the client.

� Updating and ensuring SOP’s are up to date

� Handling escalations from Client and Suppliers

Achievements:

� Successfully done process transition which made client happy to expand the process

transition scope.

� Been awarded as best candidate of the year in 2009 with some financial reward

� Highly appreciated by client for managing the team effectively and resolving the

challenges on time.

Key Skills:

� RFx Management- RFIs, RFPs, Various types of Auctions like Reverse, Dutch and

Forward auctions.

� Spend Analysis, Tail spend management

� Market Research

� Contract Management

� SIPM- Supplier Information and Performance management

� P2P

� Vendor Management

� Team Management

Qualification

PGDBA in Operations Management- Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune, India 2011

Bachelors in Business Management- Mangalore University, Mangalore, India 2005

Advanced Diploma in Computer Application- Karnataka Computer Academy 2004

Personal Dossiers

Date of Birth : 20th April 1984

Mobility : Indian Passport, willing to Travel Abroad

Languages : English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu

Address : House#3, Siddarama Nilaya, 3rd Main, MES Road, Bangalore

Hobbies & Interests

Wildlife and Landscape Photography, Basketball, Cricket, Travelling and Listening to Music.