Abhijit Sarpotdar

About Abhijit Sarpotdar

Vice President | 25+ Years in Global Sourcing & Vendor Management: Accomplished…

Experience

1. Vice President

   Morgan Stanley

   Dec 2019 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Overseeing IT and Telecom sourcing for Asia Pacific which includes Fixed Line Data, Voice and Mobility Services with annualised spend of approximately INR 500 Crores. Finalized and executed Fixed line data services requirement with India Telecom service providers for 3 year contract term in Mar’2020. Achieved annualised savings of 14% over Annual Spend with improved terms and conditions.2. Finalized and executed Telecom network equipment deal with Cisco for India seat capacity expansion project in Jul’2020. Achieved annualised savings of 22% on the Annual Spend.3. Finalized and executed 10 year Enterprise Data Centre captive deal in Dec’2020 for MS requirements with Suppliers: Digital Realty and Equinix Singapore for Singapore achieving annualized savings of 10% over the total cost of operations.4. Finalized and executed AV Maintenance Services Contract in Oct’ 2021 – Mar’ 2022 for APAC region with streamlining the services scope and improving SLAs to meet the stakeholder requirements. Conducted RFP with 5 Suppliers to finalize 3 years Maintenance Services contracts which yielded yearly savings of 10% over the Contracual Spend.5. Executed and streamlined process in Apr’2021 – June\'2022 for critical IT Data Bearing Asset Disposal services with on boarding of multiple Suppliers to finalization of Master Services Agreements and Pricing Schedules across APAC regions. Finalized and executed RFP in Jul -Aug 2022 for Telco Network Equipments gears with OEMs: Cisco, Arista, Avocent for upcoming real estate consolidation project in Mumbai. Negotiated special pricing with OEMs in collaboration with Global Sourcing team which yielded savings of 20% over 5 year period on the Annual Spend.

Education

• Mumbai University

  MASTER; MASTER OF COMMERCE

  2001 — 2003

• National Institute of Business Management

  MBA

  2007 — 2008

• Mumbai University

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

  1999 — 2000

Skills

• Negotiation
• Management
• Outsourcing
• Contract Negotiation
• Team Leadership
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Order to Cash
• Sap
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• Contract Management
• Order Fulfillment
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Telecommunications
• Gsm
• Procurement
• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Team Management
• Logistics
• Budgets
• Business Process
• Business Strategy
• Business Analysis