Jay Samant
Head Procurement .
- Role
- Head of Procurement at eClerx
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jay Samant
Result Oriented professional with experience of more than 20 years managing end-to-end procurement (Both IT & Non-IT) of products and services.• Experience in creating a global procurement team and long-range strategic plan to optimize key global direct and indirect categories while gaining alignment with corporate and regional stakeholders• Driving spend analytics to identify and exploit key opportunities.• Developed the overarching global sourcing strategy with focus on transforming the procurement function into a value creation group by working in collaboration with stakeholders, cross function partners, and strategic supplier alliances to generate year-over-year productivity• Set up forums with the internal stakeholders to maximise supplier’scapabilities to bring new propositions to the market• In-depth understanding and experience of working on tight timelines with diverse contractors, service providers, S/W&H/W OEMs, system integrators on projects to meet the go-live dates• Provided senior level support to category & operations team in global strategy implementation, sourcing, persuasion, negotiation, discussion and recommendations; partnered with regional stakeholders for key vendor review (strategic & operational)
Experience
Head of Procurement
Oct 2021 — Present · Maharashtra, IN
Education
R J College
B.Com
1997 — 1999
Kendriya Vidyalaya
HSC, Commerce
1984 — 1996
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
Masters, Business Administration (Finance)
2005 — 2008
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