Bip***MBA

Supply Chain Operations, Program Management, Warehouse Management Systems

Director - Global Sourcing & Procurement Partnership at Medisca

• Location: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada · Hybrid
• Duration: May 2025 to Present
• Description: • Develop the global procurement strategy and execute the plan, encompassing organizational requirements, departmental growth, and vision for one-, three-, and five-year projections. • Develop and implement a comprehensive global organizational sourcing strategy and plans. • Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements. • Keep abreast of industry regulations, market dynamics, and technological advancements sourcing and procurement, and suggest and implement process improvements as needed. • Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or efficiency. • Streamline and improve procurement processes to enhance efficiency and reduce lead times. • Implement best practices and innovative solutions to drive continuous improvement. • Strategically expand and diversify the pharmaceutical vendor network to enhance competitive advantage. • Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and suppliers around the world (with a focus on India) fostering open communication, trust, and collaboration to ensure a reliable and sustainable value chain. • Negotiate and finalize contracts, ensuring favorable terms and conditions for the organization. • Work cross functionally with Pricing & Product Profitability, Demand Planning and Logistics to ensure success of procurement strategies.

Lead Procurement & Sourcing at Gentell

• Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada · On-site
• Duration: Dec 2024 to Apr 2025
• Description: Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries Examine and test existing contracts Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs Manage the Material inventory to meet the production requirement. Manage the third party resell and smooth the flow of process.

Sr. Manager Procurement & Global Sourcing at SUN PHARMA

• Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada · On-site
• Duration: Mar 2022 to Nov 2024
• Description: • Develop and communicate a procurement business plan; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals for the department to promote effectiveness and efficiency. • Leads the global category management activities for assigned portfolio, developing and implementing category strategies from initiation through to execution inclusive of ongoing Category Strategy Management through benchmarking industry best practices, Continuous Improvement and cost/supply chain opportunities. • Act as a senior point of escalation to operations teams in delivering both tactical and operational performance in accordance with API/RM/PM supply and P&L commitments, whilst ensuring a comprehensive strategy to deliver long term cost reduction, supply assurance, and mitigate risk. • Establish, lead and facilitate Supplier Relationship Management meetings with key suppliers to maintain operational effectiveness through supply chain for portfolio in addition acting as meeting co-ordinator & facilitator ensuring agendas and actions are prepared and distributed as appropriate. • Ensure support in the resolution of API supplier related quality or service issues including mitigation plans/support for High-Risk suppliers. • Manage current procurement policies, procedures and programs with a focus on their ability to enhance organizational value and efficiency.

Manager - Procurement & Global Sourcing at SUN PHARMA

• Duration: Jul 2020 to Aug 2022
• Description: • Develop and communicate a procurement business plan; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals for the department to promote effectiveness and efficiency. • Leads the global category management activities for assigned portfolio, developing and implementing category strategies from initiation through to execution inclusive of ongoing Category Strategy Management through benchmarking industry best practices, Continuous Improvement and cost/supply chain opportunities. • Act as a senior point of escalation to operations teams in delivering both tactical and operational performance in accordance with API/RM/PM supply and P&L commitments, whilst ensuring a comprehensive strategy to deliver long term cost reduction, supply assurance, and mitigate risk. • Establish, lead and facilitate Supplier Relationship Management meetings with key suppliers to maintain operational effectiveness through supply chain for portfolio in addition acting as meeting co-ordinator & facilitator ensuring agendas and actions are prepared and distributed as appropriate. • Ensure support in the resolution of API supplier related quality or service issues including mitigation plans/support for High-Risk suppliers. • Manage current procurement policies, procedures and programs with a focus on their ability to enhance organizational value and efficiency.

Manager Strategic Sourcing & Procurement at Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited

• Location: Ahmedabad
• Duration: Jan 2011 to Aug 2019
• Description: • Responsible for managing and execution of all procurement activities for API plants and R&D projects. • To lead team of buyers and to assign the functions to achieve desire results. • To craft negotiation strategies lead & execute and to close deals with optimal terms. • Work closely with Contract manufacturing organizations and finalize the best price with negotiation & to finalize the service agreements and contracts in stipulated timelines. • Identify new vendors as per the quality, cost, and delivery, fit with the organization policies. • Responsible to design and implement risk mitigation model to avoid stock out situation. • To make monthly report from SAP system on open PO, open PR, safety stock, budgeted vs actual purchase and saving against target and to present it to CEO. • To ensure the vendor evaluation on quarterly basis to avoid potential risk on production & business operation. • To coordinate with QA/Vendor management team and to audit & visit the CMO regularly and to ensure that they are following the GMP/FDA guidelines. • To liaise with QA/QC team for timely resolution of NCR and to submit CAPA (corrective and preventive action) in order to follow GMP guidelines. • To make the annual contracts to get the price benefit on high value RMs. • Monthly review with team member on target achievement & performance. • To release / approve purchase order of buyers as per company guidelines. • Preparing RFQ & Purchase order, Work Order, PR and all document related to Purchase in SAP • To manage the entire purchase in the assigned budget and ensure to achieve targeted saving. • To communicate supply issues in advance to production team to plan the production accordingly. • Solely responsible for vendor selection, getting quotes, negotiation, finalization of vendor, • To develop an alternate vendor for risk mitigation and to maintain the stable supply base. • Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.

Business Associate at Tata Consultancy Services

• Location: Vadodara Area, India
• Duration: Jun 2010 to Dec 2010
• Description: • To effectively represent the market research data collected by market researcher. • Prepare tentative plan to dispatch the handled Projects. Supervise the activities carried out by Subordinates. • Sample projects to determine whether they meet specifications and quality standards & take corrective actions if necessary. Train & assist operators to carry out proper functions.