Sivaneswary Selvaratnam
Senior Procurement Specialist
Klang
Summary
Experienced Senior Procurement Specialist with 10 years of success in optimizing procurement strategies and achieving significant cost reductions. Proven ability to manage complex projects, negotiate favorable contracts, and lead cross-functional teams. Seeking a managerial role to leverage expertise and leadership skills for organizational success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Specialist, Procurement
MAPAGLOBAL (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
05.2018 - Current
- Performed PO management activities, PO closure, goods receipts.
- Interacted with internal and external auditors to assist in completion of audits, if required.
- Facilitated communication between internal stakeholders and suppliers, improving collaboration throughout the procurement lifecycle.
- Performed yearly review and updates of Procurement & Contract policy and guide. Identify and feedback on policy deficiencies.
- Identified and lead process improvement initiatives & projects.
- Streamlined procurement processes for increased efficiency with the implementation of an automated purchasing system.
- Provided financial and administrative services of procurement end-to-end process.
- Oversee supplier maintenance, purchasing (PO management) and contracts activities.
- Created custom reports for senior management using data analytics tools, providing insights into procurement activities'' effectiveness.
- Resolved service requests and inquiries on a timely basis- based on the agreed SLA.
- Perform month-end closure for assigned business units, perform accruals reconciliation, investigate, and address aged accruals.
- Conducted and lead monthly procurement training sessions to educate stakeholders around the regions on procurement processes.
Procurement Executive
Aspac Lubricants Sdn Bhd (BP- PKI)
12.2016 - 03.2018
- Aided Procurement Manager and Senior Procurement Executive by closely liaising with business colleagues for procurement matters.
- Ensured that appropriate policy processes and procedures are in place and operational.
- Worked proactively to contribute by fulfilling the Procurement Performance Contract.
- Collaborated closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and align procurement objectives accordingly.
- Identified opportunities for value added supply and supplier management processes and support business colleagues in determining to some extend procurement process.
- Resolved invoice and payment issues to facilitate prompt payment to suppliers.
- Focused on the supplier relation management to enhance supply/supplier management knowledge and general procurement skills.
- Purchased and processed imported and locally sourced finished goods including follow up of order status and provide updates to the customer.
- Provided resolution to daily operation issues related to purchase of imported and locally sourced finished goods and ensure continuity of supply to business.
- Continuously monitored the performance of vendors/suppliers.
- Updated Product Non-Conformance Claim raised by Customer and Plant production team as part of ISO compliance.
- Participated actively in vendor management and establish strong relationship.
- Prepared quarterly Procurement report and update tender registry.
Education
MBA - General Management
University Malaya
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 05.2013 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) - Biological And Agricultural
University Putra Malaysia
Serdang, Selangor 01.2004 - 01.2008
Skills
Innovation management
Root-cause analysis
Team collaboration
Continuous improvement
Analytical thinking
Problem-solving
Accomplishments
- Promoted from Senior Coordinator to Specialist after a year of employment with MAPA GLOBAL. Subsequently, in the year 2022, promoted to Senior Specialist.
- Worked together with the project team to deploy RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for the contract logging process, involving the US market. The project was successful and marked an important milestone for the organization.
- Build Standard Operation Procedures for new processes.
- Develop all the user guides for stakeholders/business owners on how to execute certain user facing procurement tasks.
- Performed yearly updates to the procurement policy & guide.
- Explored and analyzed data and reports to derive the Procure to Pay dashboard inputs. Mainly focusing on areas such as procurement volume trends, PO spend by business unit& new supplier onboarding.
- Successfully completed the PO close exercise for the US to reduce significant amount of old and unused encumbrances and eliminate invalid accruals.
- Conducted drop-in sessions for employees globally in year 2022 till date to address any concerns they may have in procurement processes.
- Awarded with the STAR EMPLOYEE recognition for year 2021.
- Awarded with employee GOLD AWARD for year 2022.
Other Information
Will be able to commence job: Upon 1(ONE) month notice period
Timeline
Senior Specialist, Procurement
MAPAGLOBAL (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
05.2018 - Current
Procurement Executive
Aspac Lubricants Sdn Bhd (BP- PKI)
12.2016 - 03.2018
MBA - General Management
University Malaya
05.2013 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) - Biological And Agricultural
University Putra Malaysia
01.2004 - 01.2008
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