Niladri Sarkar

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ABOUT NILADRI SARKAR

Helping companies keep a tight grip on costs associated with outsourced products and services. With 20+ years of global sourcing experience focused on purchasing & strategic procurement initiatives, I have been integral to leading teams to ensure growth through cost-savings & revenue acceleration. As a contract negotiations expert, it is my passion to utilize my background in establishing critical relationships throughout multifaceted industries, while executing strategic sourcing efforts. I am consistently utilizing advanced training & coaching efforts to influence team leadership & generating best practices to improve upon organization-wide purchasing processes.Key Achievements Include: Hand-picked as a problem solver for senior level positions, managing a team of 11 members globally dispersed, overseeing a budget of $500M in annual spend, structuring the team and responsibilities, and creating processes to stimulate robust success within a short period of time Recruited to take over the role of Purchasing leader for a loss-making acquisition in Germany, managing an inherited team of 5-direct reports, onboarding them into the organizational culture, and overseeing additional hiring throughout 3-regions, overcoming multiple challenges including different time zones to move the company into a profitable position Led the negotiation efforts with a supplier leveraging a make-vs-buy strategy, overcoming the supply monopoly and achieving a savings of $8.3M with supply continuity assurance for 5-years Negotiated multi-year contracts valued over $1B while mitigating a 15% price increase threat, complex IP ownership and joint development terms, securing the stability of the purchased product and the priceContact me through this profile if you wish to connect.