nilanjan biswas

Key accountabilities: Strategic & Tactical Sourcing, Category Management, Contract Management, Group Synergies Key accomplishments: » Managed a Group IT spend of ~100++ million USD and achieved Savings of ~12 - 15% annually » Headed the Spend Optimization program for IT Categories and achieved savings in excess of 20% » One of the 75 future leaders selected from 18 Etisalat Group companies to “Global HiPo’s Program” for leadership development and successfully completed

Key accountabilities: Greenfield setup & rollout, Outsourcing, Operations Key accomplishments: » Led the selection process for greenfield Telecom IT outsourcing deal (~100++ million USD) » Program managed outsourced delivery and pan India rollout » Successfully launched IT services pan India in 9 months » Head Operations and managed services pan India

Key accountabilities: Procurement, Transformation project CDR, Strategy Key accomplishments: » Managed the RFP process, selection, award, contract administration and Vendor management for pan India CDR project (~100++ million USD) » Built 4 data center facilities with DR across India each ~20,000 sqft » Successfully program managed the transformation project and consolidated 330 billing instances to 4 » Head Operations of Pune data center

Key accountabilities: Head of Procurement, Manufacturing, Information Technology Key accomplishments: » Achieved ~5 - 7% savings by indigenization, inventory management and streamlining Logistics » Improved workforce relations and modernized the shop floor » Implemented computerized integrated telecom financial accounting and management system, replacing the manual system

Electronic Engineering