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Sheran Kariyawasam

Expert in Supply Chain and Logistics

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Colombo, Sri Lanka
Senior Procurement Officer at Sierra Technology Holdings
Studied Supply Chain Management and Logistics at Asia e university, Malaysia
Studied Accountancy at Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Institute
Logistics & Supply Chain
Joined June 12, 2023

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Experienced supply chain professional with 8+ years of experience in diverse industries. Trained in world-class business systems, operational processes, and industry best practices to work in a sustainable working environment. Equipped with the skills and attitude to handle a fact-paced, dynamic, and demanding job role that would propel the career into the next level.
Experience
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Sierra Technology Holdings
Oct 2020 – Present
Colombo
Senior Procurement Officer
Job Roll - • Compare and evaluate offers from suppliers and negotiate pricing and contract terms of agreement on behalf of the company. • Lead transformational activities to build procurement organizational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency • Monitoring and updating purchase orders as well as tracking of the costs and delivery dates to compare them with the purchase orders. • Review the quality of purchased materials and determine quantities. • Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company • Estimate and establish cost parameters and budgets for purchases. • Control spending and build a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs. • Review analyse and manage all import product with foreign suppliers • End to end vendor management
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Bharti Airtel Ltd
May 2014 – Mar 2019
Colombo
Senior Executive - Sourcing & Contracts – Telecom
Job Description - • Maintain a healthy vendor pool in the area of procurement assigned to increase competition, reduce dependency and improve efficiency Manage timely data collection to update operations metrics to achieve productivity targets, • Contracting high-value and frequent purchases to ensure price stability and reliability with proper reward and penalty schemes. • Carryout vendor evaluations quarterly to ensure service levels and take corrective measures on cases where delivery breaches have occurred. • Establish competitive pricing through RFQ, RA (reverse auction), and negotiations. • In absence of proper price comparison, deconstruct the quoted price to an itemized price quotation to arrive at the right price. • Explore opportunities for getting bulk discounts by advancing or consolidating future requirements. • Establish slab level (activity- or order-based) pricing to reuse the evaluations in future purchasing requirements. • Carry out quarterly price discovery and cost benchmarking of high value purchases. • Handling PR to PO conversion within the established TAT and compliance guidelines. • Floating RFP, RA (reverse auction), preparing comparisons, and drafting business justification. • Ensure 100% compliance with internal systems and processes.
Education
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Asia e university, Malaysia
May 2018 – Jun 2019
MSc. Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Management and Logistics
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Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Institute
Jan 2009 – Dec 2012
Accountancy, Accountancy