Joshua Joshua

*Lead spend/procurement team to support MAC (Moves, Adds, Changes) tickets and SMaaS (Site Management as a Service) workflows to maintain seamless network uptime and hardware lifecycle management.

* Prepare a forecasting report based on quotes to analyse expenditure and keep management informed of our current cash flow position. This granular data helps anticipate required fund allocation for vendors

* Led a small team to assist customers in the RFP sourcing event to select the most suitable vendors globally and convert purchase requests into purchase orders for critical aerospace support projects. Oversaw a diverse portfolio of MRO, CAPEX and facility services


◦ Lead weekly stakeholder syncs, daily syncs with internal team and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with end customer to ensure alignment on infrastructure

* Ensure team peers review daily invoices to catch flaws before customer approval for payment.

• Sourcing & procuring service parts for Gas Turbine outage (Valves, Flex hoses, Screws, Blades &
seal)
• Review existing & obtain RFQ from vendors
• Annual purchases dealt $45M, 50+ international & local vendors
• Managing P2 - level escalations to fulfill customer requirements (SO) & demand analysis
• Capacity Planning Turned 153 ($ 5-6M ) Full LT parts into VMI program to reduce freight cost, unit
price and balancing supply flow
• Responsibility for Vendor and transactional buyer related concerns such as payment related issues,
collaboration portal query, RM material issues & other open topic
• Facilitate discussion with vendor for BOM related clarification / Part deviation / First part
qualification along with Eng. Team
• Lead weekly governance calls with stake holds & Buyers to review Team-KPI progress (Price,
FPQ, SNR & NCR holds)
• Ensure PRs converted to PO s in timely manner via Oracle as per standard quality checks and
customer demand or MRP
Report
• Tracking and measure spot buy cost reduction to showcase savings with Stack holders
• Identify potential vendors & Obtain quotes from Alt vendors from the existing ASL LIST base to
procure material to meet customer immediate need
• Quarterly review with vendors to drive inputs and action plan for OTD improvements

• Joined as Junior Buyer on Aug 2011, besides I attain various level of promotions by taking valuable
initiatives
• Handled components like Bare PCB, PCBA, connectors, switches, tantalum capacitors, resistors etc
• Responsible for monitoring all End to End purchase activities along with 12+ buyers in providing
smooth operational support.
• Annual purchases dealt $25 - 18m, 200+ Supplier Base
• Quarterly discussion with high volume suppliers about their inventory, supply flow and high value push
out order lines
• Monitoring CRP forecast commitments Vs demand for 8wks shortage items with suppliers by every
week
• MRB: Address recurrent MPN discrepancies to suppliers
• OTD - Keep monitoring OTD performance metrics
• Monitoring CRP & SMI Program items for supply betterment and Inventory balancing
• Weekly call with stack holders: Review KPI metrics with action plan with escalation result to stack
holders
• E&O stock clearance and claim by month or Quarterly basis
• Accountable for material management, Push out/cancellation Orders, and review 8wks supply
feasibility & monitoring daily progress of escalated critical items
• Conducting refresher training on the areas, where buyers lagging OR improvement required;
formulating plans for cost effective buying through long term procurement strategy in coordination
with different agencies involved.

• Efficiently managed fastest execution on purchase order, saved the Lead time and liaised with Freight
Forwarder to ensure timely delivery of purchased items.
• Coordinated and worked towards the Customer Demand on Ramp up & Ramp down trend also, with
Planner to cover the shortages and ascertained Quality on MRB and escalate to the supplier.
• Handled RMA, RTV & Negative PO Process, received & Blocked Invoice issues and carried out
negotiations with Distributors & Brokers for the best buy procurement.
• Involved in Vendor follow up for receiving the material at right time by tracking the shipment and
coordinated with WH, Finance, Engineering & Production departments for smooth operation.
• Associated with Traffic Team in Customs Clearance and with Logistics Team and maintained 1-
month MOH to reduce Inventory Carry Cost
• Liaised with AP team for supplier payment, carried out negotiations with the supplier for price and
early delivery & to get the material at credits
• Involved in sourcing of contracts and other purchasing decisions, reviewed supplier pipeline report vs
forecast
• SMI (VMI), CRP & JIT Process & worked closely with warehouse team and streamline their process by
FIFO.