Ramakrishna Sripathy

About Ramakrishna Sripathy

MY BUSINESS ACUMEN AND bit about me, I am a fiercely curious, driven, objective, and detail-oriented strategy and impact leader who is drawn to growth companies. People view me as a natural leader by virtue of my analytics and problem-solving skills and my ability to work collaboratively across different teams and at all levels of an organization to drive action. Leveraging years of experience across Procurement & Operations, I lead the identification and positioning of opportunities for a company’s current and future offerings. Hard problems don’t scare me because I love to untangle webs of information and data to find the truth and drive the best outcomes. In addition, I am capable of taking complex problems and ideas and communicating them effectively verbally and in writing to different MOST NOTABLE 10% annual cost reduction by integrating procurement policies across five APAC markets and optimizing vendornegotiations.$150K savings +$300K cost avoidance in APAC procurement using value engineering & category strategies on an annualized spend of $3Mn.$1M savings through structured innovation workflows & benchmarking. Reduced supplier base by 20%, strengthening consistency, compliance & cost control. Drove governance across manufacturing procurement ensuring 100% defect-free & on-time delivery. Strengthened contract lifecycle controls, SLA frameworks & global supplier CORE COMPETENCES AND Strategic Sourcing & Procurement / Category Management Strategic Partner/Alliance Management Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization Partnership Framework & Governance / Risk Management Market Intelligence & Insights RFx Management Cross-Functional Program Management Contract Lifecycle Management Stakeholder Engagement & Communication Product Ideation & Solution Development Inventory & Supply Risk Management

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager, Global Procurement

   Xerox

   Jul 2021 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Spearheading procurement governance across Direct, Indirect & ITcategories with cumulative spend >$30M. Negotiated $100K+ cost reduction/avoidance during inflationary cycles andvolume decline. Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Finance, Commercial, Product,Tech & Operations) to align short- and long-term procurement strategy. Strengthened supplier compliance through contract management, SLAperformance tracking, and risk frameworks.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Outsourcing Management ( Executive Education Programmes) - (1 week / On campus)

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Decision Making for Managerial Effectiveness ( Executive Education Programmes)- (1 week / On campus)

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Certificate- Practitioners course in Descriptive, Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics

• Anna University

  B.E

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  Supply Chain Analytics Certification

• National Law School of India University

  Masters in Business Law