Gayathri DK
Procurement & Operations
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. • A Procurement & Operations Professional with over 12+ years of experience in various MNC’s into the industries of FMCG, FM, F&B of Retail, Assets and Community Management of Palm Jumeirah, Purchase to Pay (P2P), Purchasing, Contracts Drafting, Tender Process, Invoice Query Management, and Credit Note or Memo Processing
2. • Market Research for sourcing potential vendors, developing strategies on high level negotiations of commercials, terms and conditions to adhere with the companies’ policy & procedure
3. • Achieved savings of 10% AED 2.4M from overall budget within a span of time for Dubai Assets and Communities AMC contracts
4. • Recognized and awarded for saving 28% on 8.2 million INR on the monthly purchase of South India portfolio handling various projects and for potential savings on 32% on the annual purchase of PAN India
5. • Awarded for providing outstanding training to new joiners, and for best performance in team related to swift responses and on-time deliverables
6. • Adjudged with an Excellence Award for outstanding performance in the category of Primary Buyer
7. • An effective communicator with an excellent interpersonal & communication skill and having a keen aptitude for learning and applying new knowledge resourcefully
8. • Arranged pre-award technical meetings involving Engineering, Project Manager and Supplier Representatives to freeze the technical requirements
9. • Streamlined department processes and procedures to determine optimum staffing levels; instituted metrics to document cost savings, purchase requisition turnaround, and number of Purchase Orders, Contracts issued to Service Providers
10. • Audit & Reports of the daily operations of Mall & Community and followed up on the inspections, reports
Bachelor 25 May 2007
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering