Shosama Chowdhury
Project Procurement Specialist @ Government of Alberta
About
Industrious and enthusiastic sourcing and procurement professional offering 6+ years of experience with strong negotiation skill and proven to consistently meeting productivity and business need with quality. Strong history of devising precise and targeted business operations plans, building positive supplier relationship and driving changes on versatile professional buying categories ranging in size from small private projects to full scale comprehensive bidding worth of $30MN projects with 31% cost efficiency. Professional expertise with proven track records in the fields of: - Procurement and Strategic Sourcing - Category Buying - IT Procurement - Contract negotiation and Management - Inventory Management - Conflict resolution - Stakeholder management - Supplier management - Project management
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Canada
Logistics & Supply Chain
Strategic Sourcing, Microsoft Office, Procurement, Contract Management, Supply Chain Management, Telecommunications, Vendor Management, Competitive Analysis, Continuous Improvement, Strategic Planning, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Office Administration, Project Coordination, Purchase Orders, Computer Literacy, Lean Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, Product Development, Data Entry, Nonprofit Organizations
Experience

Buyer
• Support internal stakeholders in determining, refining, and establishing business outcomes and requirements • Create purchase orders to ensure right products in right times to the right customer at right quality & quantity • Facilitate, lead, and conduct supplier capability assessments in cooperation with Quality Assurance • Oversee ETA and follow up with supplier to safeguard on time delivery to mitigate the delivery risk • Monitor order delivery, Create RMA, and resolve any delivery discrepancy to ensure proper inventory count • Check inventory while process purchase orders, direct to right bin and ensure proper inventory management • Practices standard procurement process and maintain 100% compliance to ensure best practices in place • Monitor supplier payment, collaborate with accounts payable and resolve any payment discrepancy

Human Resources Administrative Assistant, Association Service
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Provide administrative support to HR association services and programs • Update Employee performance evaluation report in the automated filing system • Assists team in preparing on-boarding training materials and program registrations • Process volunteer intake forms, creates profile and provide input for training or certifications updates in database • Keep records of performances and workplace related conflict incidents and ensured signed documents are recorded

Procurement Manager
Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Planned sourcing, set buying strategy and initiated competitive bidding in different categories • Identified customer needs, set sourcing strategies & improved process, lead negotiation & closed profitable projects with high success rate and achieved 33% cost reduction from last year • Achieved 95% accuracy in media spot reconciliation with continuous improvement feedback and applying changes in AnP reconciliation tool which brought manual activities to zero level • Improved and implemented new process flow and achieved $5 MN yearly savings from spot reconciliation managing around $14 MN media spent • Conducted regular checking on departmental achievement reports, analyzed the GAP & achieved 99% success rate in departmental KPI achievement • Conducted production bottleneck assessment, coordinated with suppliers to meet organizational expectation as per stipulated budgets, timelines and achieved 98% average on time completion rate • Collaborated with Contract management team with proper contract papers, documents and negotiated contract terms • Formulated, deployed and monitored processes to boost long-term business success with optimal resource planning • Performed supplier risk management assessments, evaluated suppliers to assess performances, identified and improved issues and achieved 99% success rate to minimize the delivery risk • Executed regular process updates to reduce discrepancies and improved operational planning & frameworks, raised accuracy & accountability to enhance resource utilization and achieved “zero conflict” in non-compliance category • Controlled costs & optimized spending via restructuring of budgets, planning, new supplier inclusion, inventory purchasing & technology upgradation proposals and achieved $9 MN savings • Experienced in SAP tool access & process work flow automation tool designed for sourcing and buying

Procurement Specialist/Buyer
Dhaka
• Managed daily RFI, RFQ and overall sourcing process to support business needs • Listened and responded to customer requests and ensured 97% on time qualitative delivery • Demonstrated innovative and practical problem-solving skills in high-stress environment of critical 360 degree campaign design for 4G launching events and achieved successful live airing • Maintained knowledge of current market trend and also information on available vendor pool • Conducted 360 degree Jersey campaign of and achieved special recognition as "Finance Star" for successful launching and airing • Achieved 30% savings in gifts item buying category by creating new vendor pool in each items • Reduced 65% long aging trade inventory by optimizing buying and inventory distribution planning • Ensured proper preparation, planning and buying techniques against buying requisitions • Conducted category assessment, created new pool and achieved 36% cost avoidance savings for trade materials • Issued and managed timely work order/LOI/LOA as per product specification and agreed terms and conditions • Generated ad-hoc report and analysis on monthly savings and achieved 100% achievement on KPI • Drafted and reviewed contract with legal team and vendor with getting management approval

Administrative Assistant and Customer service, Retail Sales
Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Demonstrated courteous and professional manner in greeting customer and proactively approached • Answered phone call, drafted letters, replied to all mail correspondence and prepared presentations • Compiled all data, maintained manual and computerized information filing systems to record documents • Maintained calendar, arranged monthly meeting, recorded meeting minutes and communicated updates • Managed office inventory expenses by reconciling and processing claims, documentation and reporting • Prepared monthly and ad-hoc reporting to present the manager and ensured on time budget approval • Increased positive interactions with customers, followed up with the proposed solutions and status • Initiated innovative way to reduce waiting time and created positive perception in clients mindset • Recognized for handling highest number of customers, quality service and quarterly revenue generation
Education

Finance, General
Internship on Marketing Strategy of Authentic Properties & Builders Limited, Chittagong. A term-paper report on Industrial Visit and Overall Performance (Last year profit Goal, Success etc.) of BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS. Financial Strategy of SQUARE PHARMACEUTICALS. Two days Industrial Tour at BSRM on “Corporate Strategy & Financial Performance.” A report on “Corporate Governance Practices in BD: Some related Private Universities in BD” One day long workshop on Corporate Banking arranged by Rotaract Club of Islamabad, held in Finance & Banking department, University of Chittagong.
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