kaveri shinde

Handled IT & telecom network procurement for Reliance Jio - the green-field 4G/LTE telecom project by Reliance. My major focus was on Commercial negotiations, Contract closure & Vendor management for various software & related services in this project. In this role, I also managed services procurement for Jio Media and supported business process outsourcing for Jio Money. Also supported the enterprise-wide IT software procurement for Reliance group.

Vodafone has setup a Shared services organisation for in-sourcing processes like IT, HR & Finance from various EU nations to India. After supporting the procurement of building projects during the initial setup, I gradually structured the Supply chain team to manage procurement in SEZ zone for this green field project. I single-handedly managed the entire procurement for the organisation for almost a year till the entire SCM team was functional. Managed transition of all manual processes to SAP. Later I moved to Operations planning role where I designed the business case model for in-sourcing IT projects to India. Developed the vendor governance model for outsourcing the IT services further to different IT partners in India. Managed budget forecasting and cost management for these projects. Setup the Clarity tool for effective Project management and trained Project managers to further implement this tool in their respective projects.

I was part of the Devices procurement team in Reliance communications where my role was to manage procurement of various mobile devices and their accessories. As part of my profile, I was engaged in rate negotiations, contract closure, ordering process and delivery of shipments. I supported team structure modeling and process mapping for the team using ARIS tool.

Onida has a TV manufacturing plant at Wada where I was responsible for purchase of electronic components for TV. This was my first role in purchase domain and I had an exposure from the material planning stage to actual purchase, shipping, custom clearance and finally the delivery in the warehouse. During my tenure here, I achieved lowest BOM cost for Colour TV and LCD through efficient negotiations. Developed multi skilled vendor base to get the best cost, good quality, timely delivery and maintain minimal inventory for the electronic components in the factory. Also effectively managed the ISO 9001 audit process for the Purchase department in this role.

My first role in Vodafone India was to manage P2P (Procure to Pay) for all mobile devices pan India. I was responsible for rate negotiations, contract management,shipping and custom clearance to ensure timely delivery of devices in warehouses at all 23 telecom circles in India. I also handled sourcing of services for Logistics team like Custom clearance agencies, Courier services through RFP process. I worked with Logistics and Finance team across India to help liquidate non moving stock and claim back the Special additional duty charged on mobile devices which contributed to cost saving for the organisation. I supported in outsourcing IT projects by finalizing the resource rates through e-bidding with major IT companies. I participated in migration of manual procurement processes to SAP and implementation of cPOS across all stores in India.

Hotstar is the digital platform for streaming media and video-on-demand services where I manage end to end technology procurement for Hotstar. My role involves procurement of any Software, SaaS (Software as a service) or related services required by the organisation. As part of this role, I manage rate negotiations, contract closure and cost management for technology. My key responsibility is to ensure timely availability of any required tech service with the best cost. For a special project, I managed the hardware & related software procurement for Motion Capture technology to be used in IPL show. Was instrumental in setting up the custom clearance process for Hotstar. Also supported the gtld (generic top level domain) management for Star India.