ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BE/BTech: Rashtriya Vidayala College of Engineering, India

PROFILE SUMMARY

A seasoned Procurement & Supply Chain Consultant with a career spanning companies such as GE, Invensys, SFO Technologies, Birla 3M, Siemens, Silvan. His experience has been in procurement of Electronic components, PCBs, and working with EMS companies like Kaynes & SFO. He is well versed with both strategic procurement leadership and driving supply chain execution. Has been responsible for all activities of Procurement/SCM both local (both direct and indirect), imports and support international operations.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

6 years

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Silvan Innovation Labs Pvt Ltd, Sr Manager – Procurement June 2016 to November 2018
Develop and execute comprehensive supply chain strategies to meet the company’s operational and financial objectives. Define Procurement activities including vendor selection, negotiations and contract management, to ensure timely and cost effective sourcing of materials and components. Collaborate closely with CFTs, including Production, Sales, Finance, and R&D & QUALITY.

Invensys Rail/Siemens Rail Automation, Sr Manager – Procurement & Supply chain Oct 2009 to Feb 2016
Define the AOP for Procurement. Analyze historical and forecasted spend data & develop category strategy to identify opportunities for improvement, supplier rationalization, saving and consolidation.
Good understanding of Commodities. Define the RFQ/RFP elements and define the contract agreements/NDA, after consulting Legal and Finance.
Analyse the cost elements in a given commodity and arrive at the final cost of Acquisition. Supplier selection based on certain parameters. including custom duty for imports. Conduct supplier audit and performance review every quarter and suggest corrective action and ensure that the same is implemented in given time frame. To conduct internal audit to ensure in line with ISO. Any NC’s is reported and corrective action is defined. Excellent Interpersonal skills and developed a great relationship with internal teams like Plants, Finance, Legal, Engineering, HR etc. Good focus on the internal customer satisfaction & timely business support. Driving multiple projects to improve the KPI’s like: - Productivity, Preferred Suppliers, and Cash Flow & Supplier Relationship Management. Conduct analysis on P2P, to identify gaps on Payment term, lead times. Experience in a Global procurement, matrix environment. Also was responsible for transition from legacy system to SAP. Led the EHS&S operations. Also responsible for the Administration of the plant and offices across India. Conduct and analyses industry, market and relevant macroeconomic trends.

GE, Consumer & Industrial – Sr Manager – Supply chain Sept, 2007 to Sept, 2009
Develop Procurement strategy for different commodities.
Seek margin enhancement opportunities and ensure that logistics costs quoted take into consideration all risks that can be encountered.
Lead localization program.
Prepare / modify Orders / AMC / contracts to best suit business needs.
Provide process and procedures to cover all Supply chain requirements
Lead attentiveness to business needs to ensure on time delivery, increased productivity and control costs for the business. Ensure high-level compliance and statutory guidelines.
Develop a negotiation strategy that is in line with business objectives and achieve sustainable relationship with the suppliers.
Implement supplier agreements/contracts, working with cross-functional stakeholders.

SFO, Technologies – Manager, Procurement and Logistics May 2002 to July 2007
To study and implement Software package, Xfactory&Avante. To establish RMC & Logistics cost. To source materials on a Global basis, for all commodities and Raw materials. To plan Procurement in line with the Production schedule. To negotiate price, payment terms and delivery schedules with suppliers and service providers, like the Freight forwarders, CHAs. To study the impact of cost of Air Freight and Ocean freight. To arrive at the Total Delivered cost. Interaction with Customs, JDGFT, Excise, CSEZ. Monitor the RMC, any deviation is reported. To put place a Cost reduction Programs for key commodities. Monitor stores activity and ensure accuracy of information, documentation & Inventory. Monthly review of Sourcing, Purchasing, Logistics strategies and Operational issues with the Management

Birla 3M (3M) Sr. Specialist- Purchasing Dec, 1991 to August, 2000
Planned and implemented Strategic Materials and Supply chain goals.
Improved supply chain efficiency and responsiveness via effective sourcing, thorough analysis and strategic materials negotiations long term vendors and cost-effective Logistics management.
Assessed vendor’s technical and financial capability. Evaluate supplier performance on a quarterly basis.
Implemented IS -9000/QS-9000 and IPA (on AS400)
Managed sourcing/procurement of raw materials, chemicals, electronic components, capex, and injection molded and fabricated parts.
Lead the Supplier negotiations and commercial contracts
Part of New product team, for new raw material development and material qualification.
Ensure compliance with 3M supplier guidelines
Strong interaction with Global sourcing teams
Extensive interaction with suppliers, technical teams, manufacturing teams around the world.
Interaction with customs, clearing agents and freight forwarders. To monitor the performance of clearing and forwarding agent and freight forwarders. Attend to queries posed by customs.
Kept abreast of changing trends in prices or availability of materials and recommend necessary action to ensure a continued flow of materials to meet production and sales requirements.
Identified new/alternative sources of critical materials and supplies.
Set up production and manufacturing processes at vendor’s location in line with 3M guidelines.
Co-ordinate with clearing and forwarding agents for customer clearance.
Submit monthly reports indicating status of Purchasing/Logistics activities.