Maarif Mohammad
Tracy,CA
Summary
Results-oriented procurement leader with 18+ years of experience in developing and executing comprehensive procurement strategies across various industries. Proven track record of achieving significant cost reductions, driving supplier performance, and streamlining procurement processes. Strong expertise in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, supplier management, and cross-functional collaboration. Excellent leadership and communication skills with a focus on delivering exceptional results.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Sonder
San Francisco, CA
06.2022 - Current
- Lead the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement function for a leading hospitality company based in the Bay Area.
- Helped set up a centralized Procurement & Strategic Sourcing function from scratch for a pre-IPO unicorn valued at 2.2B USD
- Manage an overall spend of 275M+ globally comprising direct (market) and indirect spend (technology, SaaS, etc.)
- Driven a spend under management for the company from single digits to 53% of addressable spend in Coupa.
- Business owner for Coupa, core P2P platform for the company, and driven end to end implementation globally (NA & EMEA)and technical integrations with ERP.
- Develop and implement comprehensive sourcing strategies to improve operational processes and organizational efficiency.
- Negotiate strategic deals like Oracle (NetSuite), Salesforce, WDAY, Coupa, Datadog, Snowflake, etc. to drive significant cost savings for the business and ensuring favorable pricing on contracts
- Set up and manage the end to end contract management process via Ironclad, CLM
- Manage a team of 14 procurement professionals (Purchasing agents, analysts, managers & Sr. managers) spread globally
- Collaborate with senior leadership to plan and strategize roadmaps to achieve the long-term objectives for the company.
- Interviewed, Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored multiple procurement professionals.
- Identified opportunities for improvement in operational performance metrics.
- Conducted regular meetings with department heads to review progress on strategic initiatives.
- Developed policies and procedures to ensure SOX compliance with corporate standards ensuring all operational processes in procurement are compliant.
- Coordinated activities with other internal finance departments to expedite work and improve interdepartmental performance.
- Maintained large-scale vendor relationships and handled contract management and renewal.
- Leader in operational success of procurement, sourcing and vendor management, focusing on analyzing and troubleshooting issues and delivering speedy resolutions.
Management Consultant - Source to Pay (S2P)
Genpact
San Francisco, CA
10.2015 - 05.2022
- Lead and/ or supported the Procurement & Sourcing function for multiple organizations starting from leading Fintech companies, IT security major, Big 4 banks, etc.
- Lead the setup of a centralized procurement function from scratch for a Fintech
- Work with senior leadership and CXOs across companies to help curate strategic decisions to manage spend and realize savings from efficient Sourcing strategies
- Drafted policies and procedures that promote adherence to procurement standards across all departments.
- Program managed the full cycle implementation of P2P tools, Basware and its integration with Oracle NetSuite and other upstream and downstream applications
- Successfully implemented the redesigned workflows for efficient purchasing and spend management across all verticals like engineering, marketing, finance, etc.
- Created the various processes and workflows in procurement to manage the overall spend and drive the spend under management goal for the company
- Partnered with the cross functional support teams like Legal, AP and Risk team to analyze and vet contracts for prospective vendors to partner with the organization and drive the entire purchasing experience from onboarding to payment.
- Evaluated internal systems and prepared training initiatives to mitigate ongoing issues related to spend management
- Personally trained 400+ employees in the organization to embrace the new procurement tool and follow the right processes to purchase
- Provided strategic guidance on organizational design, process improvement, and change management initiatives.
Management Consultant - Finance Transformation
Genpact
New York, NY
01.2012 - 09.2015
- Managing and leading consulting projects under the Finance function
- Managing a variety of stakeholders, at all levels both internal (Business leaders and operations teams) as well as external (Strategic vendors)
- Implementation of cost improvement and procurement transformation programs across clients
- Defining effective Sourcing strategies and create detailed roadmap on achieving the targeted cost savings
- Conducting key strategic supplier negotiations and drive efficiency and cost savings
- Supporting, coaching, and delivering all aspects of procurement cost reduction; from spend analysis to sourcing to contract implementation
Manager, Business Operations
Genpact India
05.2007 - 12.2011
- Worked as a program manager leading the offshore function for a financial services major headquartered in Norwalk, CT
- Managed the backend finance processes in procure to pay with a team of 18 analysts and senior analysts
- Ensured adherence to SLAs in terms of order execution to invoice processing to vendor payments
- Driven various process improvement initiatives in the backend business processes by applying six sigma tools and techniques
- Certified Six Sigma Green belt for driving productivity in business processes
Associate Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers, India
03.2006 - 04.2007
- Worked with the Transfer Pricing, Indirect Taxation practice supporting the global clients based in EMEA.
- Ensured compliance with organizational policies and procedures when performing consulting services.
- Performing benchmarking studies to define arms length margins for the clients in comparison with other comparable players.
Education
MBA - Finance
West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)
India08-2006
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
India04-2004
Skills
- Strategic sourcing
- Contract negotiation
- Supplier relationship management
- Cost reduction and savings
- Procurement process improvement
- P2P System implementation & ERP Integration
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Supplier performance evaluation
- Contract management
- Project Management
- Leadership and team management
- Strong communication and presentation skills
Certification
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) | Credential ID 001214830
- Certified Lean & Six Sigma - Green Belt
References
References available upon request.
Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Sonder
06.2022 - Current
Management Consultant - Source to Pay (S2P)
Genpact
10.2015 - 05.2022
Management Consultant - Finance Transformation
Genpact
01.2012 - 09.2015
Manager, Business Operations
Genpact India
05.2007 - 12.2011
Associate Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers, India
03.2006 - 04.2007
MBA - Finance
West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) | Credential ID 001214830
- Certified Lean & Six Sigma - Green Belt
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