Gaurav Pahuja
Strategic Sourcing Manager @ Ericsson
About
With 11 years of experience in Global procurement.At Ericsson, our team excels in global procurement, enriching supplier relationships, and upholding quality management. My role as Strategic Sourcing Manager involves navigating complex IT and Non-IT procurement cycles and fostering robust supplier partnerships. With a solid foundation in Computer Science from the World Institute of Technology, I effectively bridge technical and procurement disciplines.Previously, our contributions at Rockwell Automation included managing indirect procurement and advancing ICT consultancy. We ensured seamless integration and coordination across global teams, underpinning supplier negotiations with meticulous contract management. These efforts are rooted in a commitment to strategic sourcing that delivers excellence and drives innovation in procurement processes.
India
Gurgaon
Information Technology & Services
Supplier Relationship Management, Quality Management, ICT Consultancy, Contract Management, Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Purchasing Power, Communication, Analytical Skills, Budgeting, Purchasing, global procuerment, RFx Process, Catalogs, RFx, Negotiation, Vendor Management, SAP Ariba, SAP ERP, IT Procurement
Experience

Buyer
Gurugram, Haryana, India
• Handling End to End Procurement Life Cycle • Handling IT and Non -IT RFX • Managing spend across commodities in Indirect procurement. • Working & Managing suppliers for strategic & transactional requirements. • Follow up with the suppliers for the critical Goods/Service delivery. • Stakeholder management, Supplier Relationship Management, Negotiations & generate savings. • Catalog creation and Management. • Working with Global commodity manager for providing support in Global RFP. • Reviewing Purchasing requests submitted into the system and releasing the POs. • Contract Management activity. • Coordination with technical teams to resolve the integration issues. • Coordinate with AP Team regarding the invoice payment issues/status. • Report Extractions and generation as per the requirements. • Negotiate prices, terms, and lead time reduction from suppliers. • PR to PO conversion as per the TAT. • Identify the suppliers to onboard them on Ariba Catalog. • Coordinate with Ariba admin for smooth onboarding process. • Coordinate with the requesters for GR if goods/service has been rendered. • Coordinate with the internal/external stake holders for any query related to PO/Invoice. • Coordinate with the requesters to reduce the non-compliant spend. • Coordinate with requesters for unclassified commodities. • Handling procurement in technology-Hardware, Software, Telecom, and professional services

Purchasing Analyst
Gurgaon, Haryana
• Responsible for Indirect procurement for APAC, EMEA, USA • Handling End to End Procurement Life Cycle. • Handling procurement in technology-Hardware, Software, Telecom, and professional services • Handling software and hardware like (IT peripherical, Servers, Networking devices, IP phones, Computing devices) new purchase and renewals • Perform RFX for all supplier related to IT services • Implementing sourcing strategies to mitigate and reduce contract risk • Establishing rate contract with IT suppliers, as per business needs • Managing legal reviews for execution of agreements in different domains. • Managing stakeholder management and cross function coordination. • Handling internal Audit Queries. • Finding opportunities on vendor consolidation, reduction, and new catalog. • Perform AMC and contract renewals activities. • Working with the Global Regional category manager for providing market analysis support to a Global RFP of Amines10 million USD • Creation of bidding strategies/structures and e-auctions for various spend categories i.e., Utilities, IT, Logistics, Facility Management
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