Rashmi Desai
Global Sourcing & Procurement Expert with 15 years of experience | Leadership & Mindset Coach | Helping Aspiring Leaders to Rise from Self-Doubt to Self-Leadership | Avid Reader | Animal Lover
- Role
- Assistant Vice President Sourcing at Nomura
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rashmi Desai
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Leader with 16+ years of experience driving global…
Experience
Assistant Vice President Sourcing
Jul 2016 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Global Sourcing & Procurement Expertise:• Developing comprehensive sourcing strategies based on supply-demand analysis to reduce risks and optimize costs.• Executing global and domestic sourcing events through Ariba (RFI, RFP, RFQ), aligning requirements with business needs.• Conducting vendor due diligence including financial assessments, global compliance screening, and reference checks.• Negotiating IT and service contracts covering pricing, service levels, payment terms, and geographic scope.• Finalizing commercial agreements in coordination with legal, business units, and sourcing leadership.• Managing high-value procurement projects through cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Legal, HR, and Project teams.• Researching market trends and identified alternative sourcing solutions through benchmarking with industry peers.• Preparing and submitting MIS reports, recommendation notes, and stakeholder approvals to support decision-making. • Migrated manual vendor management processes to ServiceNow, leading digital transformation for the India region.• Budgeted and forecasted procurement activities to align with organizational financial objectives.
Education
University of Mumbai
Diploma of Education
University of Mumbai
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Shivaji University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
International Academy for Certification and Training (IACT)
Certification
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