Sekar S

End to End IT Procurement Specialist.

I have an experience of 30 Plus years in Procurement domain that includes VMO, Budget Management, Asset Management and Supply Chain Management. I am passion about my profession and  that has driven me to earn the degree in Doctorate in Business Management, specialised in Software Technology. 

To update and upgrade myself, I am a continuous learner and as a result now I am FinOps Cloud Practitioner as well. Though I am based out in India I have good exposure in managing IT Procurement on Global standards as I am a certified Global Negotiator. Due to my family circumstances I am looking for some good opportunities in UAE . On personal front I am a Yoga practitioner and speaker of Technology in Govt aided schools.

Working in procurement domain for more than 30 years. Few pointers about my professional background.

• Currently designated as Director.
• Have worked in big ITES companies like Cognizant, Sutherland,Polaris and currently in SoftwareOne.
• Managed a team of more than 75 members .
• Achieved great savings for many organisations in their Operational Expenditure .
• Working with many Global  organisations on procurement domain.
• Good exposure on handing  am OPEX  Budget of $350M.
• Playing an advisory role for many organisations in managing their procurement and cloud spend.
• High level on Software Domain like Microsoft,IBM,Oracle.etc
• Awarded as Best Leader for establishing good savings for one of the big IT organisation .
• Experienced in capacity planning.
• Build and maintain executive relationship with strategic suppliers.

• Doctorate in Management Studies
• Batchelor of Physics and Electronics.
• Diploma holder in Electronic.
• Certified oracle license compliance manager.
•  Certified  license specialist in Microsoft, Oracle and VmWare.
• Certified Global Negotiator.
• Cloud Practitioner on FinOps, AWS and Azure.
• Certified in HAM and SAM.