Sathish Kumar Gopi

About Sathish Kumar Gopi

I am a Seasoned Supply chain professional (Source to Pay) with 13.5 years of working experience in the following areas:*Source to Pay *Strategic Sourcing *RFX *Supplier Screening (Due Diligence-Environment Health & Safety, Financial Health Assessment)*Vendor Management *Contract Management (Source to Contract)*ERP Expert: Ariba, SRM, S4HANA, Peoplesoft *Stakeholder Management *Project Management (Volume Distributions, SLA Calculation, Managing Utilization Reports, Monthly Management Reports- Showcasing Updates/Opportunities/Challenges for the respective month to the leadership teams, Building up- Process Charts/RACI Matrix/Process Documents aka SOP,Etc)*People Management (Conducting Weekly Internal Team meetings, Monthly connect with the leadership team, Delegation of Authority, Mentoring team members,etc) Key Career Highlights: With CSC/DXC:*Successfully Transitioned Procurement, Finance and HR related Operations such as Labor Costing, Electronic Time Entry System, Billing, Concur (Travel expense) SRM (P2P) from CSC Australia-Sydney (On-site Transition 5 Weeks) to CSC India based upon the Train the Trainer Approach. With Verizon:*Source to Contract-> Executed: 144 Contracts (Contract Renewals- Field Services Category) with $212k DPO Savings and also Terminated: 60 Contracts basis the Supplier Rationalisation programme.*Led the AYS HW Project (Procuring PC Accessories-Docking Station, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Power Adapter, Storage Devices, for the US Employees-WFH support). Successfully Transitioned from US to India and delivered fruitful results-> 100% SLA & with 0 errors.*Led the AYS SW Project (Procuring System related SW\"s like Visio (Standard, Professional), Microsoft (Standard, Professional). Successfully Transitioned from US to India and delivered fruitful results-> 100% SLA & with 0 errors.*Led the ERP Migration from PeopleSoft to Ariba & S4HANA.*Category Expansion (Expanded the category support by supporting other Non IT categories such as Finance, Contact Center; etc).

Experience

1. IT Procurement Specialist

   Verizon

   Feb 2020 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Leading a 4 member team and also Handling IT related HW/SW Purchases for the US Business operations via S4HANA & Ariba.Key Highlights: 1. Lead the AYS HW Project (Procuring PC Accessories-Docking Station, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Power Adapter, Storage Devices, for the US Employees-WFH support). Successfully Transitioned from US to India and delivered fruitful results-> 100% SLA & with 0 errors. Lead the AYS SW Project (Procuring System related SW\"s like Visio (Standard, Professional), Microsoft (Standard, Professional). Successfully Transitioned from US to India and delivered fruitful results-> 100% SLA & with 0 errors.3. Lead the ERP Migration from PeopleSoft to Ariba & S4HANA.4. Category Expansion (Expanded the category support by supporting other Non IT categories such as Finance, Contact Center; etc)

Education

• Pachaiyappas College For Men

  Bachelor's Degree, Business/Commerce, Corporate Secretaryship

  2006 — 2009

• University of Madras

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

  2009 — 2011