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Abhijit Sapale

Pune

Summary

Resourceful Buyer known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Excel in negotiation, inventory management, and supplier relationship building. Skilled at problem-solving, communication, and analytical thinking to exceed job expectations. Committed to leveraging these skills to drive success and achieve organizational goals.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Buyer - 1

Jabil circuit Indian Pvt Ltd
Pune
08.2021 - Current
  • Jabil is a reputed organization offering a wide range of PCBs to OEMs from the automotive industry.
  • Telecommunications, home appliances. The Customer list includes leading manufacturers like ERICSSON, CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN DEERE, THALES, WHIRLPOOL, etc.
    Major Vendor/Distributor Handled: Arrow, AVX, Future Electronics, Murata, DIGI key, Microchip, KMC, Phoenix, ASK PCB, Hopson, AKM PCB, WPG, Hope sun Electronics, Mouser Electronics, and Ningbo East Electronic Ltd.
  • Leading two businesses in procurement with 8 people, having leadership experience of managing over 2000+ parts and 80+ global suppliers.
  • Responsible for maintaining source pricing within the SAP for correct execution.
  • Working with suppliers and manufacturers all over the world for active and passive electronics parts, along with distributors and brokers for spot buy.
  • Having the experience of dealing with global and local customers.
  • Responsible for NPI purchase, project execution, source selection, source development, and validation for NP.
    NPI specialist, having experience of Business and Material transfer.
  • Experience of dealing with customers on price sheets, MPV gains, NPI, and mass production quotes, and quarterly BOM cost calculations.
  • Minimizing excess and obsolete by identifying customer liabilities and interplant transfers, minimizing risk with alternate sources for single-sourced parts, and providing weekly and monthly MIS reporting.
    New business system setup for Mass & NPI of new business with the best source to have a benefit.
  • Experience of working in back-office procurement operation (PO placement, On-time delivery management, Quality issues, Claims to supplier, Cost saving, Maintain KPI).
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
    Management of day-to-day activities of the operations team, performance reviews, training, and reporting regularly to the procurement manager in a timely and detailed fashion. Strong understanding of project procurement function and organizational matrix.
  • Skilled in data presentation with customers, groups of managers, clients, and the general public.
  • Oversee analysis of procurement transactions and highlight discrepancies for correction.
  • Customer satisfaction, leading weekly calls, and meetings with the customers.
  • Instrumental in raising claims for shortage, damage, price difference, and wrong parts to principles and following up for credit notes and payments.
  • Evaluate vendor's quotation to ensure that they are in line with the technical and commercial specifications required for the project.
  • Lead with Speed on Localization of components out of India, Southeast Asia.
    Maintain a strategic relationship with suppliers, with a long-term view in mind.
  • Champion on Supplier Relationship Management. Evaluate supplier performance based on quality standards, delivery time, and best prices, and ensure all the criteria are met according to the organizational requirements and expectations.
  • Coordinate internally with accounts payable, stores, and requesting departments to ensure proper execution of purchasing activities and maintaining optimum inventory.
  • Raising RFQs and negotiating terms with suppliers, such as price, quality of goods, deadlines, and expectations.
  • Strong ability to have quick turnaround and faster response on RFQs. ECN, PCN, and alternate Part communication to customer for approval.
  • Presenting key updates, issues to senior management and seeking support for debottlenecking wherever required.
  • Creation of purchase orders in SAP and working with suppliers for confirmation as per the required delivery date and reducing the past due.
  • Work on push out and cancellation, as per system demand, to maintain the inventory.
  • Negotiated pricing and delivery terms with suppliers.
  • Monitored inventory levels to ensure availability of products for customers.
  • Developed relationships with vendors to secure better prices and payment terms.
  • Researched potential new suppliers in order to find the best value for goods and services.
  • Analyzed market trends and competitor data to identify opportunities for cost savings.

Minda Corporation

Purchase Engineer
Pune
09.2019 - 08.2021
  • Minda Corporation Ltd. is one of the largest suppliers of 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, and off-road vehicle electronic and mechanical security systems.
    Responsible for the purchase of mechanical parts, which are required for the assembly line.
    • Like Casting, Sheet metal, Stamping, Rubber Commodity which is required for the Two-wheeler Switch assembly.
    • Cost co-relation and significant BOM improvement by negotiations and strategic initiatives.
    • Receiving the monthly plan from marketing and preparing the monthly schedule again the planning.
    • Review with supplier on daily basis to complete the schedule on time.
    • Resolve the issues related procurement with Incoming quality and stores. Handling customer complaints & do effective root Couse analysis to avoid repetitive issues.
    •Evaluate supplier performance based on quality standards, delivery time & best prices and ensure all the criteria are met according to the organizational requirements.
    • Co-ordination with Stores department for inventory management and on-time availability of material.
    • Responsible to resolve the error logs and payment issues of vendors.
    • Monitor tool life certificate, Tool holding certificate, tool duplication & tool amortizations.
    • Follow up with supplier for ECN parts for implementation.
    • Send subcontract parts on time to supplier to avoid the line stopes like (for machining, chamfering, powder Cottoning etc.) and ensure those parts will inward on time to avoid line stoppage.
    • Maintain three days’ stock at our end and push to supplier to maintain N+2 stock there end to avoid the line stopes.
    • Monitoring Rejection report, Segregation Report for maintain inventory.
    • Monitoring quarterly cost savings sheet with exciting and development parts.
    • Support management for cost reductions and lead-time and quality improvement exercises.
    • Monitoring tool duplication parts with complete process i.e. tool LOI to complete SIR.
    • SOP amendment and MSME certification monitoring.
    • Ensuring that the process & delivery their intended output.

Lucas TVS

Purchase Executive
Pune
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Lucas TVS a wholly owned Indian Company from 2001 Onwards, is the leader in Auto Electricals in India with 50 Year Experience in design, manufacturing and supply of products to OEMS in Indian and Abroad.
    • Responsible for purchase of Electrical & Mechanical parts like casting, Plastics, preparatory (Boll Bearing, clutch pulley) ,Shaft , Brush plate assembly, switches, Rotor coil, Regulator, rubber, and fastener (screw, nut, washer bush etc.) which is required for the Four Wheeler Alternate & Wipper Assembly
    • Generate purchase orders per requirement, place & confirm order with supplier, monitoring until delivery completion.
    • Send procurement schedule to supplier to insure complete the schedule before month end.
    • Send SEDN material on time to supplier to avoid the line stopes like (I. e capacitor, connector, thermal cut-out etc.)
    • Plan & order materials in co-ordination with the supplier to ensure all requirements and schedules are meet.
    • Problem solves, as necessary, to insure continuity of supply.
    • Research, document and define supplier / material strategies.
    • Implement and monitor effective purchase schedules along with finalizing the specifications of the materials and establishing the quality & quantity limits for effective inventory control.
    • Monitoring BOM sheet which is help full for us for RM status at supplier end.
    • Order steel, materials as needed to support all areas of the shop & provides follow up until delivery to the customer (Internal & External)
    • Coordination with vendors on pending purchases.
    • Establish good working relationships with vendors through personal contact.
    • Return damaged or incorrect items to vendors and processing necessary paperwork for credit.
    • Maintain & control the integration of the processes with other sections/departments especially operations, finance, technical, warehousing, administrations, and outside suppliers to execute the replenishment process along with establishing new channels of raw materials.
    • Ensure on time delivery through on time purchase of Direct material.
    • Accurately process purchase orders in a timely & effective manner.
    • Work with senior management to define requirements.
    • Follow ISO certificate update date with supplier.
    • Maintaining BOM monitoring sheet from all suppliers which is including supplier end RM stock.
    • Follow up with supplier for development parts and PPAP documents, RMTC, plating report.

Education

Mechanical Engineer -

Dr. Daulat Rao Aher College Of Engineering
Karad
07-2017

Skills

  • Procurement Team lead with 7 years of experience in (Import Domestic) procurement
  • Experience of Leading number of projects
  • Proficient in customer handling, supply chain management
  • BU transferred maintenance of detailed reports and databases also identifying opportunities for cost savings
  • Improved inventory management and reducing purchase budgets to increase revenue
  • Passionate about customer service and delivering superior products in a timely manner
  • Leading New NPI Projects
  • Supply Chain management
  • Vendor Development
  • Cost Saving projects
  • Inventory Oversight
  • Pricing Analysis
  • Recordkeeping skills
  • Presentation

Accomplishments

  • Best Buyer Award In LUCAS TVS Chakan 2018-19
  • Got an 2nd Price in state level street play competition.

Timeline

Buyer - 1

Jabil circuit Indian Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - Current

Minda Corporation

Purchase Engineer
09.2019 - 08.2021

Lucas TVS

Purchase Executive
08.2017 - 08.2019

Mechanical Engineer -

Dr. Daulat Rao Aher College Of Engineering

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