Edwin K Raj

About Edwin K Raj

Procurement Professional | 10 Years Experience | Expert in Engineering and New Product…

Experience

1. Manager

   Genpact

   Feb 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Strategic Sourcing, in Genpact for a global banking and financial services clientMy day to day responsibilities include managing sourcing requests for a range of categories that include Marketing, Professional services, IT and Corporate Real Estate. The work involves liaising with the clients to understand the nature of the services, perform spend analysis, review existing contracts and perform benchmarking to establish the type of contract and the sourcing strategy. Also, liaise with the business and the legal team to review contracts in case of red-lines. Work with the Third-party risk management team to ensure risk assessments are complete prior to contract executionFramework agreements, Standalone agreements, SOWs, renewals, Variations, Novation and Escrow contracts are some of the contracts that I work on a day-to-day basisManaging spend worth $30M-$40M on an annual basisI’m also responsible in reviewing the open projects with the client’s HOP and expedite wherever necessary. Present numbers as part of the weekly dashboard reviewMentor new joiners on the process and upskill them on aspects of sourcing and procurementI also project managed the transition of vendors and contracts during one of the clients acquired a major investment company based out of IndiaLiaise with category managers to drive strategies and work with vendors on Cost saving initiativesPerform Spend analysis to identify cost savings opportunities and rationalise the supplier base, publish the analysis as part of a weekly dashboard to the Head of Procurement