Shazeen Nanji

About Shazeen Nanji

Ability to develop and maintain internal stakeholder and external supplier relationships thereby maximizing cost reductions of $20 million and achieving project success.• Twenty years of experience with purchasing, project management and manufacturing; Eighteen years experience in management and lead roles. Procurement and Operations Leadership and Negotiation Results:• Led global commodity initiatives, utilizing Kepner-Tregoe analysis and strategic competitive sourcing process for maximum savings value and services levels. • Negotiated Global Waters Electronic Lab Notebook Software system of $1 million savings for Research and Development, along with North America affiliates.• Increased credit card supplier promotion and volume, resulting in $2 million rebate savings. • Benchmarked market analysis, piloted new programs, and negotiated Janitorial, Security, Cafeteria Facility services, resulting in $1 million annual savings. • Introduced first centralized process of consultant and temporary staffing for increased visibility, benchmarking and negotiation of rates, resulting in additional $3 million spend to program.• Developed and executed industry practiced contract manufacturing procurement strategies, resulting in cost reductions of $0.5 million by way of contract renegotiation, annual blanket orders, and consolidating suppliers in US, China, Japan, and Europe. • Led project activities to establish new Master agreements with corporate, service, and consultant vendors, resulting in a 72% reduction of agreements annually and new legal standards.• Created and oversaw new product line within nine-month timeline; involved with package design, product strategic plan, supplier audit, validation, qualification of raw materials with Research and Development/Engineering, overseeing production and marketing strategies.

Experience

1. Senior Global Commodity Manager

   Juniper Networks

   Jan 2019 — Present · Sunnyvale, CA, US

   Execute and drive global commodity strategies at $400 million, with a focus on Technology(SAAS, Software), GTM/Sales Ops & Enablement, Customer Support Services, Professional Services/HR and Marketing. Collaborate and develop relationships with Juniper community to transform procurement organization and deliver value adds, related to sourcing strategies, negotiations, savings, KPI’s, procure to pay processes, and compliance. Implement digital procurement transformation to improve procure to pay processes, strategies, and change management.Build infrastructure to standardize processes and support with Indirect Goods and Services team in India.Conduct quarterly/annual business reviews with suppliers, executive presentations to leadership inclusive of market analysis, trends, risks, savings pipeline, and highly visible bids that require Board of Director approval, as impact full organization.Revamped, consolidated and negotiated full programs (ie Salesforce, D&B) across IT/Sales/ Customer Services/Marketing, plus ongoing in house collaborations on products entering the market for pilots, and negotiations on growth of program.Negotiate end to end contract beyond pricing inclusive of legal and commercial terms, SLA\'s, KPI\'s, and close with Compliance/Data Privacy, Legal, IT, and Security teams.

Education

• California State University - East Bay

  B.S. Business Administration, Purchasing and Materials Management/Production and Operations Management

Skills

• Sap
• Supply Chain Management
• Operations Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Procurement
• Sourcing
• Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Supply Chain
• Project Management
• Purchasing
• Project Planning
• Product Development
• Manufacturing
• Contract Management
• Quality Assurance
• Change Management
• Erp
• Forecasting
• Leadership
• Logistics
• Mrp
• Negotiation
• Outsourcing
• Spend Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Sourcing
• Strategy
• Supply Management