Sumesh Kumar, MS (BIS) (UK)

• Managing Purchase & Procurement of Wholesale Enterprise & Educational Institution; Handling Technical Purchase, Building Materials Purchase, IT Procurement, Electrical Procurement, MEP Procurement, Electronic goods Import  & Export, Education Procurement, Textile Purchase, Service Procurement, Vendors Management.
• Managing materials purchase & procurement operations end to end and Sourcing business supplies.
• Sourcing Building Materials (Cement, Bricks, Blocks, Sand, TMT Steel, GFR Gypsum, Fit-Outs, MEP Procurement, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, BMS, HVAC, Glass, Marble, Paints, Metals, Woods, Furnitures).
• Managing Sourcing and Procurement of Electronics & Electrical equipment (Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Customer end materials), Instrumentation equipment, IT Products & Services, Application Software procurement, Volume Licensing, Data Center Equipment, IoT Products and Telecom Procurement.
• Managing Purchase and Procurement of Education Materials, System Integrated equipment, Office Automation, Home Appliances, Electronics Components, Medical Devices, Mechatronics, Consumer Electronics, Electro Mechanical, Cabling (Fiber Optics, Coaxial & Copper), Robotics, Automation Hardware, Spares, Accessories, Solar Panels, Tools and Machinery materials procurement in large volume via Suppliers.
• Managing General Procurement and Retail Procurement of Electronic components and Consumer Electronics.
• Purchasing of Professional Services, Managed Services, Facilities Service, Financial Service and HR Services.
• Managing vendor relationship and handling OEMs and clients in India, Africa, GCC and APAC Countries.
• Monitoring business trends, benchmarking and materials availability to pay best price for business supplies and Services without scarifying quality and delivery times in purchase & procurement operations.
• Assessing total cost of purchase. Identifying and research potential suppliers for materials procurement. 
• Managing Exports of electronics, electrical, ICT hardware, MEP materials to Africa, APAC and GCC Countries.
• Managing Import Purchases (electronics, ICT hardware, equipment, MEP materials, Textiles & Garments Materials) from China, Taiwan and Bangladesh.
• Managing procurement contracts, IT contracts and other technical purchase contracts.
• Implementing cost analysis measures on materials purchase. Developing Cost saving trackers to achieve goals.
• Managing risk in general procurement. Developing and executing global and regional sourcing strategies. 
• Managing a team of buyers for accomplishing strategic purchase to ensure proper material flow. 
• Developing strategies for procurement, distribution of goods & services and managing stock levels.
• Preparing RFQ, RFI, RFP & Tender documents to bidders based on purchase & procurement requisition.
• Conducting price negotiation, discussing taxation structure, EXIM documentation and Customs Clearance.  
• Establishing long term contracts with suppliers to improve cost saving margins in procurement operations.
• Managing and partnering with sourcing and procurement stakeholders in India, Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal & Tanzania), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai & Ras Al Khaimah), Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, Malaysia & Singapore.

Master of Science, Business Information System (Distinction), (Major: Project Management), University Of East London, London, England, United Kingdom.

SSLC-CBSE, SMT.N.D.J.A. Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.