john titus

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Organised Purchasing Manager with diligence, resourcefulness and experience to expand and improve regional operations for multiple locations. Self-directed and proactive with strong programme management abilities. Experienced purchasing professional with top-notch leadership, programme management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with an organised nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Able to improve policies, reduce waste and support all business needs with efficient, high-quality materials.

➢ Understanding the business requirements and procuring goods and services at the right price, from the right source and at the right specification that meets user's needs in the right quantity at the right delivery time. 

➢ Set up the procurement department (Staffing, System, stores and SOP).

➢ Manage procurement processes and procedures in ways that optimize leanness, agility and minimize project risks. 

➢ Carry out strategic planning with management and various departments and ensure projects implementation cost effectively, realized 20% savings in contracts and 10% savings from POs in 2019. Reduced PR/PO cycle from 2 weeks to within 5 days.

 ➢ Ensure smooth daily procurement activities in alignment with company requirements and operations.

 ➢Pre-qualify vendors and negotiate favorable credit facilities (30 & 60 days) with them, thus ensuring quality assurance and improving company's working capital. 

➢ Build supplier relationships that guarantee their full engagement and commitment in a win-win manner. ➢Decreased material expenses by % by managing tracking as well as vendor contracts. 

➢Maintained productive relationships with vendors. ➢Reviewed and renegotiated key contracts. (AMCs & ASCs) ➢Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders. ➢Negotiated and finalized contracts.

➢Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices. ➢Managed tenders ➢Managed budgets ➢Prepared reports (Weekly, Monthly)

Master of Business Administration: Production- Supply Chain Management 

Manonmanium Sundranar University, India, December 2013 

Certified Professional Purchasing Manager (CPPM), : LC & INCO TERMS 2010 BLUE OCEAN - AMERICAN PURCHASING SOCIETY, DUBAI, December 2013 

Master of Science: Zoology, India, April 1992 from Manonmanium Sundranar University