Saurabh Raghav

About Saurabh Raghav

Responsible for managing Telecom and Data Centre procurement category globally for top 5…

Experience

1. Global Procurement Manager (Telecom and Data Center)

   HCLTech

   Oct 2023 — Present · IN

   Lead the development and implementation of procurement strategies across telecom and Data centre category globally, reducing cost by 15% through supplier consolidation and strategic negotiations.*Supervise business relations with over 200 Plus suppliers in both local and international markets, managed 450 million in total expediture.*Initiated target cost saving meetings, and scrutinised Day to day business practises for Voice, Data, Data Caenter and Payments team and ensure minimum threshold of 15% savings are done.* Supervise large complex projects handling procurement and implementation across sites across globe for bandwidth implementation.*Mentored and taught the direct reporters and supervised monthly KPI revirwewws and professional developments of 11 buyer managers.* Pioneered a substancial procurement program that aligned with global environment standards (ESG) achieving 15% increase in compliance across all supplier segments.

Education

• IFS UK

  CeFA

  2005 — 2006

• Delhi University

  Bachelor of Science - BS-Maths

  1998 — 2001

• Bharati Vidyapeeth

  PGDBM

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Management
• Operations Management
• Pre-Sales
• Change Management
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Telecommunications
• Inventory Management
• Crm
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Logistics
• Vendor Management
• Outsourcing
• Transition Management
• Business Process
• Supply Chain
• Cisco Telepresence