PRADEEP NAIR

Metuchen, NJ 08840
paddy9nair@gmail.com 201-233-0987
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepnair9

___________________________PROFESSIONAL PROFILE ____________________________

Highly accomplished supply chain professional, with proven results in the development, governance and
execution of procurement strategy, including third party risk management, through insightful analytics
and by leveraging technology.

_________________________________ EXPERIENCE _________________________________

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
Head of Performance and Governance, Supply Chain Services

Stamford, CT
Dec. 2014 Present

Established and set up the performance and governance function within Supply Chain Services,
RBS, which is responsible for third party analytics and reporting and driving cost optimization,
reporting directly to the Chief Procurement Officer and working closely with the CFO
Established the analytics and reporting infrastructure for the U.S. region
Set up the analytics and reporting function to provide the supply chain team with tools and
insightful analytics, resulting in over 25% cost reduction by driving demand management
and spend optimization
Designed the Supply Chain Analytics Tool to integrate disparate vendor data from
multiple source systems, providing an end to end view of a supplier relationship including
spend, risk and contract status, resulting in supplier consolidation and improved compliance
Third party risk reporting to Federal Reserve Bank and FINRA
Designed and developed the third party performance measurement program to identify,
measure and monitor third party risk management, using workflow integration. This helped
RBS pass the Cease and Desist order of the Federal Reserve Bank
Led the supply chain services team, for the annual safety and soundness examination with
the regulators. Provided regular assessments of the effectiveness of the vendor management
program to the Federal Reserve Bank regulators, getting favorable response
Led the restructuring of supply chain processes for cost reduction benefits to the company
Led the off shoring and knowledge transfer of supply chain processes to low cost locations,
for leaner supply chain model resulting in 56% reduction in cost
Restructured the employee travel services as part of continuous improvement resulting in
better value for customers and savings of 12% for RBS

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

Manager Analytics and Reporting, Global Supply Management

New York, NY
Jun. 1997 Dec. 2014

Analytics

Led the spend analytics and reporting for $ 3 billion of American Expresss Third Party Spend

Established and led the procurement analytics team Established and led the procurement
analytics team globally, to support the procurement and sourcing teams and the business units
achieve their goals by providing them with actionable analytics and reporting

Leveraging technology

Spend and risk reporting tools Led the development of a single integrated solution to provide
visibility into all aspects of a supplier relationship including supplier spend and cycle time resulting
in savings of 560 man hours every month
Automation and developing in-house tools - Led /subject matter expert for the automation of
reporting, and development of various in- house analytical tools and technology platforms for real
time tracking of projects, cost saves, cycle time monitoring and resource allocation Emptoris /
AXPERT, Micromap, BizIQ and Spend Cube

Project management

Supply chain optimization and sourcing projects Led the analytics workstream to support the
sourcing and procurement teams resulting in operational efficiencies and cost savings of 60%
Process redesign - Led multiple analytics driven projects to drive P&L benefit of $2.3 million
through process redesign including process mapping, cost benefit analysis and feasibility studies

Global leadership experience

Led large teams Well versed in leading large teams and providing people leadership to both local
as well as remote teams with extremely high employee engagement scores
Partnered with global and cross functional teams - Well versed in engaging with business
partners in U.S. , U.K., Canada, Latin America and India and partnering with cross-functional
teams including Risk, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Compliance and Technologies

Key rewards and recognition

Popular People leader Award , Chairmans Award, Global Business Services Innovation Award

BIRLA VXL
Management Trainee

New Delhi, India

January 1996 June 1997

Fund flow and Cash flow management Managed and analyzed the working capital and cash flow
for three business units to manage float

__________________________________ EDUCATION _________________________________

Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Certified Supply Chain Professional

April 2005

Microsoft, New Delhi, India

Certified Systems Engineer

June 1998

Delhi University, New Delhi, India

Bachelor of Commerce (Honors)

June 1992