Trisha Mahesh
Mississauga,Canada
Summary
Procurement professional with 20 years of experience in direct and indirect purchasing across manufacturing sectors, including metal, glass, pharmaceuticals, and food. Proven track record in managing teams, successfully leading a group of eight in a high-volume procurement environment. Expertise in optimizing supply chain processes and negotiating favorable contracts to enhance operational efficiency.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sourcing Specialist-OPEX
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Mississauga, ON
09.2023 - Current
- Develops an understanding of client business, directives, and roles, immediate and long-range plans, and delivers training to clients on the GTAA Strategic Sourcing program
- Consults with clients on their sourcing needs, develops sourcing strategies to meet those needs and provides ongoing guidance and advice to clients throughout the process, including cost and time saving opportunities
- Delivers, including some significant and high-profile sourcing and contracting services for clients including; managing the bid process and making adjustments to sourcing strategies as required, negotiates terms and conditions and awards contracts, and investigates and supports clients in the resolution of contractual problems with suppliers
- Identifies problems in sourcing activities and develops solutions to ensure client expectations are met, consults with proponents as required, investigates and researches various materials and proponent practices, and provides expert advice to client managers on the best courses of action
- Monitors client sourcing activities to ensure GTAA and industry standards, regulations and policies are adhered to; maintains the Resource Planning Tool, (RMT) database; develops Request For “X – tenders, proposals, etc.” (RFX) documents and facilitates and oversees the process, including evaluation, prepares contracts, chair and participate in meetings, create and maintain documents and other records
- Leads and participates in special projects; audits work of clients in the sourcing and contracting process; drafts unique contract clauses; and consults with the various GTAA partners involved in the document review process while representing the client and process as required
Project Leader- Operations Program( Vendor Management & Contracts)
Apotex Group of Companies
Toronto, ON
06.2022 - 04.2023
- Contract life cycle management- Drafted Master Service Agreements for new engineering vendors by coordinating with stakeholders. Redlined draft contracts and worked with the legal team to facilitate contract creation and execution.
- Managed Engineering vendors, including arranging new vendor requests, vendor qualification, proper documentation, and vendor renewal.
- Construction Safety Audits- Coordinated with 3rd party auditors for construction safety audit of new projects, generation of audit reports, improvement tracking, and MIS reporting.
- Managed the safety orientation training for employees and contractors working on Engineering capital projects, including updating training material, and ensuring compliance by appropriate personnel.
- Verified and approved invoices related to industrial safety and safety audits in the Ariba system.
Strategic Procurement Analyst
Cerelia Bakery Canada LP
Mississauga, ON
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Lead and facilitated the strategic sourcing process( via RFQ/ RFP) for all raw material sourcing and spend, including but not limited to the Sugar, Flour, Fats, Chocolate, Fruits and Nuts and other Ingredients (through market and industry analysis, supplier research and review, category and supplier segmentation, sourcing events, analysis, negotiations, contracting and implementation).
- Involved in category strategy development and ongoing category management as a result of sourcing activities to ensure the most effective supply base design.
- Responsible for the delivery of specific productivity and cash flow targets in alignment with overarching goals and objectives, with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Responsible for establishing trust and build effective business relationships with vendors for short- and long-term partnerships.
Project Manager
YuJa Canada Inc
North York, ON
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Drafted SaaS agreements and worked with the CEO to execute the contracts.
- Tasks involved defining the parties, clearly defining the scope of services, specifying warranties and disclaimers, identifying termination provisions, establishing governing law and jurisdiction, setting forth the intellectual property rights, and any additional provisions.
- Handled RFP process end to end for IT service procurement.
- Supported the recruitment of a paralegal for the company.
Buyer
Bunzl Canada Inc
Burlington, ON
07.2020 - 06.2021
- Maintained product availability of more than 99% taking into consideration sales trends, forecasts, lead time, and cost efficiency: Issued requests for quotations and purchase orders.
- Managed inventory control for multiple warehouses to include inventory review to reduce and eliminate any obsolete materials. The inventory turnover ratio was maintained at greater than 13.
- Negotiated product availability on time to meet customer requirements, managed the process of returning goods to vendors.
Manager-Procurement & Industrial Engineering
Indorama Polychem Indonesia Ltd.
Purwakarta, Indonesia
09.2015 - 08.2018
- Lead a team of purchasers to efficiently procure packaging material, consumables, MRO, capex, service contracts for yarn production. Took a cross functional role in IED to develop process and design efficiency.
- Major achievements are listed below: Vendor Development- Achieved savings of 0.5M USD by introducing new packaging suppliers.
- Cost Saving Projects- Implemented lean six sigma techniques to reduce repacking of finished yarn by 50%. Maximized trolley transfer of yarn by redesigning trolley achieving the highest recorded one daily transfer.
- Reverse logistics of packaging items- guided team to safely bring back packaging items from customer locations.
- Did route allocation based on the availability of trucks and used packing items at customer locations.
- Achieved highest recorded collection value of 1.2 M USD in 2017 by method of process quality improvement.
- Inventory Planning- Achieved a 14% reduction in inventory by better planning and coordination between purchase and stores, 100% of non-moving items eliminated.
- Invoice management- Verified and approved vendor invoices before handing them to accounting for processing.
Team Member – Purchase - Raw Materials
Saint Gobain Glass India Ltd
Bhiwadi, Rajasthan
11.2014 - 05.2015
- Procurement and demand planning of raw material for float glass plants.
- Coordinated projects for inventory control of raw materials.
Manager Purchase - Raw Materials & Projects
Tega Industries Ltd
Kolkata, West Bengal
09.2013 - 06.2014
- Prepare RFQ and place purchase orders for raw material procurement.
- Achieved 100% success in maintaining critical stocks and ensured zero disruption in production.
- Prepared procurement monthly MIS reports.
Team Member – Procurement, Fleet, & Logistics
Saint Gobain glass India Ltd
Egmore, Tamil Nadu
05.2012 - 09.2013
- Contract Management -Finalization of Air Freight Contract for import consignments with a savings of 30% compared by introduction of a new contractor.
- Handling export logistics.
- Container planning for daily export logistics by coordinating with the export team.
- Contacting shipping lines for container availability and allocating as per supply and demand.
- Participating in shipping freight negotiations, and managing air freight negotiations.
- Incoming raw material logistics in Bhiwadi; coordinating with trucking companies for the pick up of loads from the supplier mines. ( dolomite, Sand, etc).
- Tender process of domestic logistics.
- Supplier Relationship Management - Key coordinator for workplace compliance audit of external suppliers in India, achieved 100% compliance for India.
Manager – Purchase & Logistics
Indorama Synthetics Tbk
Purwakarta, Indonesia
06.2007 - 05.2010
- Negotiations- Significant reduction in prices of paper-based packaging products such as paper tubes and carton boxes through strategic negotiations.
- Inventory Control- Achieved 35% reduction in non-moving inventory of MRO.
Purchaser
Vedanta Resources
Mettur, Tamil Nadu
06.2003 - 04.2006
- Prepared RFQs, participated in negotiations and placed purchase orders for the line - III expansion project.
Education
Master of management sciences - Waterloo, ON
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON04.2020
Supply Chain Management certification -
MIT
Online01-2017
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Ranchi University
Ranchi, Jharkhand06.2003
Skills
- ERP systems and MRP
- Forecasting and budgeting
- Purchasing and procurement
- Sourcing and supplier management
- Logistics and inventory control
- Process improvement and lean
- Negotiation and contract management
- Team leadership and project management
- Cost management and efficiency strategies
Certification
Certified in production and inventory management (CPIM), APICS
Timeline
Sourcing Specialist-OPEX
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
09.2023 - Current
Project Leader- Operations Program( Vendor Management & Contracts)
Apotex Group of Companies
06.2022 - 04.2023
Strategic Procurement Analyst
Cerelia Bakery Canada LP
06.2021 - 06.2022
Project Manager
YuJa Canada Inc
07.2020 - 09.2021
Buyer
Bunzl Canada Inc
07.2020 - 06.2021
Manager-Procurement & Industrial Engineering
Indorama Polychem Indonesia Ltd.
09.2015 - 08.2018
Team Member – Purchase - Raw Materials
Saint Gobain Glass India Ltd
11.2014 - 05.2015
Manager Purchase - Raw Materials & Projects
Tega Industries Ltd
09.2013 - 06.2014
Team Member – Procurement, Fleet, & Logistics
Saint Gobain glass India Ltd
05.2012 - 09.2013
Manager – Purchase & Logistics
Indorama Synthetics Tbk
06.2007 - 05.2010
Purchaser
Vedanta Resources
06.2003 - 04.2006
Master of management sciences - Waterloo, ON
University of Waterloo
Supply Chain Management certification -
MIT
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Ranchi University
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