Dhanraj Lakshman Rao

Procurement Professional at IBM India Private Limited

Role
Procurement Professional at IBM
Location
Bengaluru, KA, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Dhanraj Lakshman Rao

Experienced Strategic sourcing professional with a demonstrated history of working in the…

Experience

  1. Procurement Professional

    IBM

    Jan 2016 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

    Responsible for procurement sourcing support in areas of Training and Education, Business services, complimentary work force and HR related services, translations etc. Working with internal stake holders, business development team towards requirements elicitation and analysis for timely delivery of RFIs and RFPsSupplier Relationship Management, Contract Management, Contract Negotiation, e-Procurement, RFP / RFI (design, perform source selection & Fair Value, and negotiations). Interlocking with Legal team on Contract Redlining to make sure that key terms and conditions are captured i.e minimizing the risk to IBM.Regular interactions with Global council and category sourcing teams on strategies, SEI, Speed and simplicity.Identification and mitigation of any risks/issues that are foreseen as potential bottlenecks to the process.Support and ensure audit readiness of the process.Responsible for Business results, client success, Savings contribution.Supply base management, supplier assessment, on-boarding facilitation supplier payment negotiation and support supplier on payment issues and increase the diversity spend.Analytics in Procurement domain using Excel, Cognos, Watson, supplier IQ, Spend IQ, Pricing IQ and Emptoris, SAP Ariba etc. Monthly evaluation of supplier/vendor base performance through measurements/score card.

Education

  • B.M.S Institute of Technology

    Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

    2004 — 2008

  • K L E Societys S Nijalingappa College

    Pre-University, Science

    2002 — 2004

  • Florence English High School

    School, School

    1991 — 2002

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Cad/Cam
  • Tqm
  • Autocad Mechanical
  • Logistics Management
  • Kaizen
  • Project Planning
  • Caaps
  • Contract Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Management
  • Crm
  • Vendor Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Negotiation
  • Purchase Management

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