Anand Rajaraman

Experience

1. Manager, Strategic Sourcing

   Standard Chartered

   Apr 2019 — Present

   Spearheaded the sourcing in all verticals of the bank ranging from HR, Marketing, Technology, Professional Services etc.Supported a Preferred Supplier List revamp projects in above verticals.Successfully negotiated complicated contracts of all above verticals with the vendors and have achieved notable cost avoidance and cost reduction $2M every year.Monitored the contract end date of the Preferred Suppliers and worked on Pipeline projects for the same.Pioneered in implementing Supplier Diversity program where we pushed all the Business Requestor to give preference to Diversified suppliers.Support the implementation process for ensuring sustainability measures are included in supplier selection in the highest impact categories in collaboration with Region/cluster and GCM lead. Support an accurate view of carbon emissions in line with SCM ESG strategy where category applies.Coordinating with risk teams to develop comprehensive supplier risk management framework.Worked on cross-departmental initiative to standardize the procurement workflow on partnering with the Functional Coordinators.

Education

• Anna University (Adhiparasakthi Engineering College)

  B.E, Computer Science

  2009 — 2009

• Jawahar Matriculation Higher Secondary School

  SSLC

• Jawahar Matriculation Higher Secondary School

  HSC