Ramakrishna Sripathy
Senior Program Manager, Global Procurement @Xerox
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Program Manager, Global Procurement @Xerox
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
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
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