Candidates About

Shalini Tiwari, DIPLOMA, B-TECH, MBA (in PROCESS), BDA

I am a US Permanent resident with over 8 years of strong Global IT Procurement experience.  Skilled at providing leadership, strategic direction, and administrative oversight in promoting the stewardship of an organization.  Highly effective and efficient Procurement specialist. Actively looking for a full-time job in Los Angeles Area. Apart from my online work I am also doing a part time job with Amazon for keeping me occupied. 

AREA OF EXPERTISE: IT PROCUREMENT, ADMIN PROCUREMENT, CONTRACT MGT,SAP MM

SKILLS

• RFP administration •Bid Management • Purchase orders •Contract management• Master data SAP MM• Supplier sourcing • Imports • Ariba •Strategic Sourcing• Vendor Management • Recruitment  • Report Generation. • Negotiation •Advance Excel, world, PowerPoint, outlook •Problem Solving• Strong Communication• Organizational Development.

Consultant-Procurement, SAP MM

Jan 2016 – Present                                     Freelancer.com                                            Los Angeles, CA

Freelancer is a global crowdsourcing marketplace website, which allows potential employers to post jobs that freelancers can then bid to complete.

·         Provided IT Procurement support to clients

·         Recruitment of new team members.

·         Training provided for BOM, MATERIAL MASTER, PO Creation in SAP.

·         Vendor Sourcing Globally.

·         Technical description shared with vendor for RFQ.

·         Software agreements Negotiation for Price, terms & conditions.

Senior Business Analyst- Global IT Procurement                                                                                                                        

Aug 2014- Dec 2015                                     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.                                   Bangalore KA India

Tata Consultancy Services Limited, a 19.08 billion US dollar company in revenue (as of 2017) is an Indian multinational information technology service, consulting and business solutions organization headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company is one of the subsidiary of the Tata Group and operates in 46 countries.

• Requested and compared quotes from IT suppliers.
• Create, Revise BOM in SAP.
• Material Master Creation in SAP.
• Report Generation in Excel.
• Software Agreements Management.
• Negotiated contracts with OEMs.
• Issued signed Purchase Orders.
• Master Data Management in SAP MM.
• Increased SAP processing efficiency by about 30% closing old opened Purchase Orders.
• Contributed to over $800,000 in savings through supplier negotiations and use strategic analysis.
• Responsible for Purchase Order creation & Contract Management.
• Prevented over $2 million in losses from stop of production by managing payment on time efficiencies with over 20 suppliers.
• Created on file documentation of contract processes for contract analyst onboarding and cross functional training increasing efficiency by 40% and 60% respectively.
• Improved supplier selection through enhanced and targeted qualification procedures.

Senior Engineer-Global IT Procurement                                                                                                                   

June 2012 –July 2014                               Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd.                 Bangalore, KA India

Hinduja Group, a 37.11 Billion US dollar company in revenue (as of 2017) is an Indian pure play business and service provider headquartered in Bangalore India. It has presence in about 12 countries including Philippines, USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Mauritius, UAE and Jamaica.

• Procurement Lead for IT Products & services Contracts for the 18 plant locations worldwide which included the US, CANADA, UK, INDIA Facility.
• Created & rolled out new corporate procurement policies and standard methodology & training.
• Led a Procurement team to deliver savings of 20% ($200M) using consortiums and preferred vendors.
• Improved Customer Excellence Scorecard Rating 10%
• BOM, Material Master creation in SAP MM.
• Implemented controls that centralized purchasing to improve productivity by 28%
• SAP MM Training for entire team.
• Imported  IT  Products (Hrdware & Software)  from overseas vendors.
• Negotiated Software agreements & contracts with vendors on basis of  Price,  Term & Conditions.
• New Project Support from the Initial stage to Go-live.
• Managed annual maintainance Contracts across India for all IT Capex and Non IT CapeX.

·         Developed Alternate Vendors for Cost Saving and timely delivery.

Engineer-IT and ADMIN Procurement                                                                                                      

June 2007 – June 2009                               Hcl Infosystems Ltd.                                 Rudrapur, UK India

HCL Infosystems Limited, a 7.4 Billion US dollar company in revenue (as of 2017)  is an India-based distribution and information technology services and solutions company. The Company operates through the segments, including Hardware Products and Solutions, Services, Distribution and Learning.

• Created Material Master, BOM, Purchase order, info record, Dmrr, vendor masters in SAP MM.
• Created and processed purchase orders for raw materials as well as semi-finished & finished goods.
• Tracked all orders placed with suppliers and inspected materials upon delivery to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and goods met specifications.
• Developed and built relationships with key suppliers and measured suppliers performance using data based on cost, quality, and service level metrics.
• Negotiated terms and conditions with vendors to ensure optimum price, competitiveness, and high-quality products.
• Established procedures for managing return of damaged goods, replacement items, incomplete orders, shortages, and appropriate credit arrangements.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS_________________________________________________________

·         Designed and implemented a successful Procurement SOP

·         Designed sophisticated programs for successful practice management

·         Established procedures and policies, which enabled better documentation and time saving.

·         Closed all open purchase orders which were not in use for long. which resulted in increase of sap efficiency

·         Architected and implemented an accurate open requisition tracking system resulting in a significant total cost of ownership savings towards system maintenance.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT________________________________________________________

Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd. – Bangalore KA, India 2012 – 2014

HGS House is a centralize procurement department for entire HGS locations. located in Bangalore, KA India. The hgs house was responsible for all kind of purchasing (IT, ADMIN, HR) & all contracts (service, maintenance, rate) along with new project support till the new project go live. Acted as a liaison between the end users and the vendor companies; negotiated contracts with existing and new outside vendors.  Handled procurement of office and IT supplies, Project related products & services. Trained entire team about new project & requirements. Maintained computer system maintenance. Managed Quality Assurance and compliancy for the practice; as a result, the practice has maintained a passing score of 90 percent or better when audited by external auditors for record and site visits.    

EDUCATION/ AFFILIATIONS_____________________________________________________

Amity University Online                                                                                             Los Angeles, CA

Master of Business Administration-In process

Jan 2018- Dec 2019

Cmj University                                                                                                              Meghalaya, India      

Bachelor of Technology - GPA 4.0

Major: Electronics Engineering

Minor: Computers

Government Polytechnic Institute                                                                                Almora, India

Technical Diploma - GPA 4.0

Major:   Electronics Engineering

Minor:   Computers

Government Girls High School                                                                              Nainital, India

High School – GPA 4.0

Major: Biology

Minor: Physics, Chemistry