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Senior Associate - Procurement Services at WNS Global Services
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Ravi Shankar Tata

Senior Associate - Procurement Services at WNS Global Services
Experienced professional with expertise in data analytics and procurement, delivering valuable insights to clients across domains. Skilled in collecting, cleansing, and analyzing complex datasets, transforming them into visually appealing visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik Sense. Successfully built and managed spend cubes, automated data tasks, and identified savings opportunities. Created reports, presentations, and analytical documents to effectively communicate findings. Provided training and guidance to team members and stakeholders. Proficient in data management, reporting analytics, and global reporting. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and troubleshooting abilities. Committed to delivering high-quality results in fast-paced environments. Proficient in MS Office.
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WNS Global Services
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Manonmaniam Sunderanar University
Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Data Engineer
    Data Scientist
    BI Engineer
  • Fields
    Supply Chain
    IT / Digital
    Strategy
  • Work experience
    10-15 years (10-15 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 1-5 people
  • Skills
    Microsoft Power BI
    Data Analysis
    Microsoft Office
    Toad For Oracle
    SQL
    Alteryx
    Ariba SAP
    SAP BW
  • Languages
    English
    Professional
    Telugu
    Native or Bilingual
    Hindi
    Professional
    Tamil
    Fluent
    Kannada
    Intermediate
  • Highest level of education

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
  • Desired work locations
    Germany
    Sweden
    Denmark
    France
    Italy
    Finland
    United States
    United Kingdom
    Austria
    Switzerland
    Romania
    Hungary
  • Freelance
    Non-freelancer

Work Experience

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Senior Associate - Procurement Services

Sep 2022 - Present
Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Being a part of Center of Excellence (COE) team, which manages the organizational knowledge to help connect people to the information and insights they need. • Create dashboards in Power Bi for Team member experience surveys. • Collaborating with internal stakeholders to convert big data into visually appealing insights. • Analyze complex datasets and transform data into knowledge through appealing and understandable visualizations to improve business performance • Create and maintain the dashboards in Power Bi for Procurement Project Databases. • Leading the disciplines of data modelling and visualization for the organization using tools like Power BI

Senior Data Specialist

Impendi Analytics
Full-time
May 2021 - Sep 2022
1 yr 5 mos
Gurugram, Haryana, India
• Managed end-to-end procurement analytics projects and implementations for diverse clients. • Led data collection, cleansing, processing, enrichment, and interpretation efforts. • Built and maintained Spend Cubes for client accounts. • Prepared data in Tableau/Power BI format using Alteryx for dashboard updates. • Automated recurring preprocessing tasks with Alteryx. • Identified savings opportunities, created presentations and reports for client stakeholders. • Developed spend reports for sourcing professionals. • Implemented best practices for spend analysis and savings generation. • Trained junior team members in procurement analytics projects.

Senior Analyst -

Jan 2020 - Feb 2021
1 yr 2 mos
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Oversaw Data Management and Reporting Analytics as the main point of contact. • Collected, cleansed, and analyzed spend data from newly acquired companies. • Identified opportunities during mergers and acquisitions. • Presented FTE cost benchmarks across service providers. • Ran accurate regular spend analytics and ad hoc reports for internal stakeholders. • Managed Vendor master cleanup and identification of blocked vendors. • Assigned vendor tiers for preferred and non-preferred vendors. • Acted as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for cross-category service requests through Service Now. • Provided analytical insights on strategic projects to IT & REFS Category Managers. • Collaborated with internal clients to enhance reporting. • Conducted training on Qlik Sense platform for stakeholders to access and extract data effectively.
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Team Lead – Analytics Advisory

Dec 2015 - Dec 2019
4 yrs 1 mo
• Acted as the primary contact for Data Management and Reporting Analytics. • Collaborated with new clients to collect, cleanse, and analyze spend data. • Worked closely with IT developers to prioritize business requirements. • Conducted regular and accurate spend analytics and Realized Savings reports for multiple clients. • Enhanced reporting in collaboration with internal clients. • Resolved system issues and provided training on back-end and front-end applications. • Adjusted reporting outputs to accommodate frequent client process changes. • Managed savings tracking for logistics projects across multiple chemical client accounts. • Monitored operational maturity metrics on an ongoing basis. • Developed proof of concepts for new client accounts. • Created mappings in the ETL system to integrate new client data into existing Oracle data tables. • Responded to queries through the Radix ticketing tool. • Delivered monthly spend and savings analytics reports for multiple client accounts. • Compiled reports and metrics for multiple clients. • Oversaw a Sales analytics team of four members. • Ensured quality checks for team members' deliverables in Spend & Savings analytics. • Tracked operational maturity metrics consistently. • Executed proof of concept initiatives for new client accounts.
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Fulfillment Professional - Global Reporting Team

Sep 2011 - Dec 2015
4 yrs 4 mos
• Ensured timely delivery of the global reporting deck to the client every month. • Delivered various reports, including catalog and contract reports, ABC analysis, and purchase requisition reports, to both internal teams and the client. • Provided guidance and direction to the team to achieve targets and address potential problems. • Trained team members to maintain service delivery with minimal turnaround time and prioritize work. • Conducted root cause analysis, handled escalations, and served as backup for the manager. • Managed all reporting activities on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. • Maintained process documents and monitored delivery quality. • Created a motivating climate for team members to achieve their best results. • Processed purchase requisitions for multiple commodities, ensuring smooth flow of goods and services across countries and geographies. • Interacted with clients and suppliers to understand requirements and process orders/invoices promptly. • Provided training to new employees on the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process using Ariba. • Transitioned the reporting process from a different delivery center to Bangalore. • Managed purchase requisition processing for multiple countries and geographies, ensuring smooth flow of goods and services.

HR Executive

Jun 2010 - May 2011
1 yr 0 mos
• Managed the entire recruitment process for internal teams. • Organized campus interviews across multiple locations to hire fresh graduates to meet internal requirements.

Education

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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Human Resources
2008 - 2010
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Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Computer Science & Engineering
2001 - 2006