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Sapphire Now + 2012 ASUG Conference
May 14-16, 2012; Orange County Convention Center, ORLANDO, Florida (USA)
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as he shares practical tips and tools to translate business intelligence into real business results, at the world’s largest SAP conference on Tuesday, May 15 at 11:00 am. Arvind will speak on the topic
"Making Business Intelligence More Intelligent: Insider Tips and Techniques”.
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May 11, 2012; The Westin, MUMBAI, (India)
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"Driving non-linear growth - do we have a business model?"
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Author Profile
Amit Sharma
(Formerly) Vice President & Head Procurement Outsourcing at Aditya Birla Minacs
At Aditya Birla Minacs, Amit led the Procurement Outsourcing practice. He immensely enjoyed leading spend management and data harmonization programs for global customers. Amit also provided solution management oversight to our F&A business, especially melding P2P integration support for clients outsourcing F&A back office functions.
He has over 16 years of Procurement Supply Chain Consulting, Global Sourcing, Category Management, Shared Services, Outsourcing and Procurement Technology Design experience across a range of industries. Prior to joining Aditya Birla Minacs, Amit spent five years with Infosys, where he single-handedly conceptualized and established the Global Procurement Outsourcing business. Amit played a variety of roles including consulting, outsourcing advisory, solution design, transitions, client management and global operations. At Infosys, Amit led multiple Source to Pay innovation initiatives delivering greater efficiency, proved spend visibility, enhanced effectiveness and compliance for Infosys’s global customers, including the world’s largest oil and gas company, global commodity producer, a leading Anglo-Australian mining company and a top 10 US bank. Prior to joining Infosys, Amit spent 10+ years with Bechtel Corporation in North America, India and Trinidad. At Bechtel, Amit played a variety of roles ranging from Spend Management, Global Sourcing, Project Procurement, Material Management, Procurement Systems Design, Engineering Integration and Implementation, and was instrumental in establishing its captive procurement operations in Gurgaon, India.
Amit holds an MBA degree from IMI, New Delhi, and is a results focused leader with an emphasis on people and client values.
Read my posts
March 6, 2012 10:28 AM
Make Indirect Procurement Count: 3 Hot Tips Ensure You Don’t Miss Out!
Until 2009, boardroom discussions would often be restricted to revenue growth. The sustained recessionary conditions of recent times have forced CXOs to focus on several other priorities, not least of which are cost reduction strategies.
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February 7, 2012 10:28 AM
Finance & Accounting Outsourcing: Take out the Ifs & Buts, Focus on "Business Wins"
In our previous
blog
, we discussed how an outsourcing strategy could help a CFO be a better “partner” to the business and proposed a framework for organizational transformation.
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January 18, 2012 11:14 PM
An Outsourcing Framework for Transforming CFOs
Today’s chief financial officers (CFOs) essay many roles far beyond the finance and accounting (F&A) function. They act as custodians, strategists and “partners” to their business ...
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November 30, 2011 3:08 PM
Procurement Transformation: Need of the Hour – Interview with Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma, who leads Procurement Outsourcing at Aditya Birla Minacs, is a keynote speaker at the Abuja ProcureLive Conference 2011 during December 2-3.
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June 20, 2011 3:00 PM
Part 5 - The Journey to Best-In-Class Procurement: Funding & Outsourcing
In my previous
blog post
I addressed the question of how Procurement needs to build and sustain capabilities.
There is a great deal to learn from best-in-class companies.
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June 16, 2011 6:56 AM
Part 4 - The Journey to Best-In-Class Procurement: Building and Sustaining Capability
In my previous
blog post
, I addressed how Procurement could play a strategic role.
The next question to address in this series on the journey to best-in-class procurement.
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June 6, 2011 6:53 AM
Part 3 - The Journey to Best-In-Class Procurement: Bottom-Line Impact
In my previous
blog post
in this series, we looked at how the Procurement function could partner with the business to create value.
How large is the bottom-line impact that procurement can have?
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May 31, 2011 6:48 AM
Part 2 - The Journey to Best-In-Class Procurement: Partnership
In my previous
blog post
of this series, I addressed the question: What challenges and pressures do organizations face in optimizing spend? There are a couple of key questions we need to answer.
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May 23, 2011 6:42 AM
Part 1 - The Journey to Best-In-Class Procurement: Essential Questions
In my introductory
blog post
of the series I defined the seven golden steps to best-in-class procurement transformation. Next I will address the key questions that every enterprise needs to answer.
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March 17, 2011 6:35 AM
The Journey to Best-In-Class: Transform the Procurement Cycle
Recently, I was invited to speak at the 10th Annual Procurement, Outsourcing & Vendor Management Forum on optimizing your procurement, outsourcing and vendor management processes.
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