Sr.Manager
Tata Advanced Systems Limited
Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months
-Developed and executed strategic sourcing strategies that deliver competitive advantages in key areas of cost, quality, and technology.
-Responsible for Sourcing and Industrialization for the new product lines, vendor development & alternate sourcing for existing product lines.
-Accountable for the end-to-end supply chain of 4 product lines.
-Successfully industrialized and delivered commercial & defense projects in short times.
-Manages an overall spend of US$100M+ across 500+ suppliers.
-Analyzed commodity spend data and implemented commodity strategies and realized the savings through standardization of variables and consolidation in both OPEX and CAPEX procurement for seven manufacturing units.
-Lead the implementation & governance of procurement strategies and SOPs.
-Drive process Excellence through audits, gap analysis, and CAPA in SCM function.
-Responsible for functional design, technical evaluation, buy, and on-time & accurate implementation of all digital initiatives including SAP S4 Hana, contract management tool, and source-to-pay platforms.
-Accountable for the end-to-end supply chain of 9 product lines.
-Executed and complete the step sourcing process to achieve business goals, savings,
mitigate risk, drive compliance, and find new solutions.
-Managed an overall spend of US$150M+ across 500+ suppliers.
-Implemented the commodity strategies and drive the realization of direct and indirect savings through contracts for assembly material.
-Successfully eliminated all the supply chain challenges through a structured approach and ensured continued support to the product lines.
-Collaborated with internal stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities and close gaps to ensure operational efficiency.
-Led a team of 10+ multinational workforce and provided operational support and guidance to ensure maximum productivity.
-Played a key role in setting up SCM function with tools and techniques.
- Accountable for end-to-end value stream of planning, purchasing, supplier
management, and logistics.
-Led and participate as a core team member on the global sourcing team.
-Worked closely with the international suppliers and industrialized the parts.
-Successfully developed the Indian suppliers for supply of precise components as per AS standard with stringent tolerances.
-Managed an overall spend of US$50M+ across 250+ suppliers.
-Developed and implemented supplier scorecards, leading to greater partnerships and responsiveness in the supply chain.
-Implemented various tools and techniques ex. FSN method, Min& Max, JIT & EOQ tools, etc, towards inventory optimization.
-Continuous monitored the logistics trends and worked with 4PL logistics partners towards cost savings.
-Worked on various Packing Solutions enabling reusable crates, optimized the shipment size and weights that reduced the logistics cost drastically.
-Teach and Trained the team of 10+ buyers on tactical and strategic procurement.
-Responsible for creating and executing procurement strategy for metallic &
electrical commodities.
-Accountable for the development of the Indian vendor base to support global demands.
-Preparing cost estimations and keeping track of global trends.
-Drives continuous cost improvement initiatives and ensures price competitiveness to support the low-cost sourcing strategy.
-Responsible for the procurement of materials to support the wind blade mfg.
-Preparation, commercial evaluation & negotiation of bid packages.
-Managed an overall spend of US$ 25 M across 70 Vendors.
-Managed the supplier relations segmentation and implementation of new inventory plans towards optimizing the inventory turns.
-Joined as Graduate Engineer Trainee and worked in multiple functions and gained
good knowledge on various business processes.
-Supported the business development team in submitting customer proposals.
-Worked on logistics cost optimization and Inventory control for the business units.
-Developed automated tools for the EXIM and Logistics departments.
- Digitized the customer drawings through reverse engineering.
- Trained in Finance department for managing customer accounts.