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
Procurement Professional
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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