Anand Iyer

Head of Global Strategic Sourcing and Procurement - Finance Operations @ Airtable | Public Speaker | MBA

United States

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Speaker in procurement conferences on digitization, strategic sourcing and supply chain management. A goal-oriented Technology leader and strategic deal negotiator with 20 years of consulting, supply chain, global procurement, sourcing, operations and risk management experience in Fortune 100 as well as high-growth start-up companies. Breadth of sourcing experience spans across Technology - hardware, software, cloud and data center, Marketing, IT, HR and Sales Operations as well as managing teams directly & vendor relationships globally. Strong track record of directly managing employees and proven ability to solve complex problems by strategically analyzing them. Degree & Certifications: UC Berkeley- AI - Business Strategies & Applications Stanford - Strategic Decision and Risk Management (Decision Analysis & Negotiations) PMP - Project Management Scrum Alliance (Agile) ScrumMaster Michigan State University - MBA Anna University - Bachelor of Technology Specialties: Global Direct & Indirect Procurement Technology Consulting Supply Chain Management Strategic Sourcing Strategy and Operations Software Development Program / Project Management Product life-cycle Management Cost Negotiations Vendor / Supplier Management Risk Management Data Analysis Advanced Excel Modeling Process Development

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Experience (11 roles)

Professional Speaker - America's Procurement Congress

Current

Procurement Leaders | A World 50 Group Community · Seasonal

Sep 2023 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos·Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · On-site

Partnered with the CIO to present on driving transformative change through collaboration between Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and CIO Driving transformative change through CIO/CPO alignment.jpg

Head of Procurement - Finance Operations

Current

Airtable · Full-time

Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs·Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Head the function managing end-to-end procurement - operations, systems enablement, technology (cloud, SaaS, hardware) and corporate (marketing, professional services, HR, etc.) sourcing. Develop KPIs and report quarterly metrics to CFO and the leadership team

Professional Speaker

ISG (Information Services Group)

Sep 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos·Dallas, Texas, United States

Speaker / Panelist: Aligning Procurement with Digital Business Transformation Panel on Procurement digital business transformation

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Education (6)

University of California, Berkeley

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Michigan State University

Activities and societies: • Co-founder and Vice President, Broad Consulting Association • Vice President of Supply Chain Management Association 100% Scholarship Grant MBA Admissions Graduate Assistant • Gathered and analyzed data on competing MBA programs for competitive intelligence - proposed plan / workflow to efficiently conduct this research on an annual basis • Led admission efforts to select best-in-class MBA students by evaluating applications of prospective students and conducting evaluative interviews Six Sigma Project: Strategy & Operations Consultant • Sales optimization project: Using six sigma DMAIC processes & tools, analyzed monthly sell through rate data, sales drivers & length of rotation of inventory in Goodwill retail stores. Developed practical solutions for Goodwill to increase their sales revenue and reduce labor & transportation costs

Project Management Institute

Skills (21)

Operations ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementStrategic SourcingProject ManagementSupply Chain ManagementProcurementContract NegotiationSix Sigma DMAICRisk ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipAirtableVendor ManagementChange ManagementBusiness IntelligenceMySQLCloudAWSCloudCloud ComputingManagementNegotiation

Certifications (1)▼

Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications

University of California, Berkeley

Languages (4)▼

English(Full professional proficiency)German(Elementary proficiency)Hindi(Full professional proficiency)Tamil(Native or bilingual proficiency)

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Anand Iyer is currently working as Professional Speaker - America's Procurement Congress at Procurement Leaders | A World 50 Group Community · Seasonal.

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Anand Iyer studied Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications, Artificial Intelligence at University of California, Berkeley. They have 6 education entries on their profile.

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Anand Iyer's top skills include Operations Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Supply Chain Management. They have 21 skills listed on their profile.

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Anand Iyer is based in United States.