Payel Dutta

About Payel Dutta

I’m a Senior Procurement & Contracting Professional with 10+ years of global experience supporting environments across multiple industries. I specialize in end-to-end contract execution, vendor management, strategic sourcing support, category strategy enablement, and spend/KPI analytics—with a consistent track record of improving cost efficiency, compliance, and operational performance.My core strength lies in blending procurement expertise with data-driven decision-making, enabling organizations to reduce risks, streamline processes, and elevate supplier performance. I’ve supported multi-region procurement teams, negotiated high-volume contracts, led spend and savings analytics, and implemented scalable procurement frameworks that enhance business continuity.What I bring to the table: Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM): Reviewing and executing 30+ contracts/month with strong governance and compliance focus.Vendor & Supplier Management: Strengthening relationships, improving documentation accuracy, and accelerating renewals through proactive engagement.Strategic Sourcing & Category Support: Budget governance, commodity index monitoring, market intelligence reporting, and cost-modelling for cross-functional teams.Spend & KPI Analytics: Building Power BI dashboards, savings tracking, and visibility metrics that accelerate leadership decision-making.Procurement Process Optimization: Standardizing templates, improving audit readiness, and delivering 10–40% efficiency gains across multiple processes.I thrive in fast-paced, cross-functional and global setups, and enjoy turning complex procurement challenges into structured, scalable, and compliant solutions. Actively seeking roles in Procurement, Sourcing, Vendor Management, CLM, or Supply Chain Operations.Additionally, I\'m open to opportunities where I can contribute to cost optimization, process excellence, and supplier performance.

Experience

1. Assistant Manager

   Genpact

   Nov 2021 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   Supporting procurement for a leading European automotive conglomerate across global business units.Contracting & Supplier Management:Review, and execute 30+ global contracts monthly, ensuring alignment with category strategy, regulatory controls, and audit requirements.Manage 30–50 suppliers/month, improving documentation accuracy and reducing renewal delays by ~25%.Strengthened supplier governance by implementing review frameworks that increased compliance to contractual & APQP standards by ~20%.Strategic Sourcing, Budgeting & Category Support:Manage annual sourcing budget planning, improving forecasting accuracy by 15% through data-driven modelling.Publish commodity assessments to support buyer negotiations and risk-cost planning.Monitor commodity indices and deliver weekly market insights improving negotiation readiness across sourcing teams.Spend, Cost & KPI Analytics:Conduct enterprise-wide spend analysis, savings modeling, and supplier consolidation, identifying 8–12% YoY cost optimization opportunities.Publish KPI dashboards (Savings, Contract Coverage, Supplier Count, MIP, PPI), improving decision visibility and reducing corrective action cycle times by 30%.Process Excellence & Audit Readiness:Standardized sourcing templates, reducing reporting preparation time by 40%.Improved ISO/IRIS/internal audit readiness through enhanced documentation controls and structured analytics.Led site-level CI programs improving sourcing operational efficiency by 10–15%.Experienced in leveraging industry-standard procurement and contracting tools including Coupa, Zycus, Oracle, HICX, SAP Ariba, and SAP Fieldglass to support end-to-end sourcing, contract execution, and vendor lifecycle management.

Education

• Durgapur Socierty of Management Sciences

  Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies

  2009 — 2012

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Post Graduation , Data Science and Business Analytics