Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Extracurricular Activities
Disclaimer
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Achudhan M

Achudhan M

Puducherry

Summary

Seasoned buyer with hands-on experience in sourcing and procurement. Skilled in vendor negotiations, strategic purchasing planning, and market trend analysis. Proven abilities to drive cost reductions while maintaining product quality, committed to improving supply chain efficiency, and achieving organizational goals.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

GLOBAL BUYER- HARDWARE OPS

NCR CORPORATION PVT. LTD
09.2018 - Current
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align procurement strategies and material requirements.
  • Developed strong supplier relationships, securing optimal pricing and quality.
  • Monitored stock levels, initiating ROP to prevent shortages, and excess inventory.
  • Managed end-to-end procurement (P2P) activities from PR creation, PO delivery, and invoicing, ensuring the timely arrival of goods and on-time payment to suppliers.
  • Optimized delivery schedules and logistical operations for cost and time efficiency.
  • Analyzed Bills of Material (BOM) and relevant engineering data for sourcing decisions.
  • Led weekly global shortage reports for Retail & Hospitality projects across multiple regions.
  • Conducted bi-weekly reviews with finance teams to ensure timely vendor payments.
  • Collaborating with the ECC team on DR changes, and aligning the MIP based on the supply of new parts.
  • Compares the specifications, quotes received from different vendors, and puts the best supplier's price in the Rate Contract Approval (RCA).
  • Analyze and fix the best supplier based on different criteria: payment terms, Incoterms, quality, lead time, and best price.
  • Initiate Line Tryout (LTO) for the new/change in BOM products.
  • Worked with the supplier on samples for testing and the pilot lot for quality validation.
  • For the revision, DRs based on their type, CUT IN or USE UP, analyze the RM availability status with the supplier, and provide the plan to minimize the exposure value, and then move to the newer version.
  • Releasing POs to vendors in ERP and Oracle Cloud as per LT, MOQ, and MRP recommendations.
  • Handling commodities like scanners, cables, adaptors, power cords, displays, printers, servers, kitchen controllers, cash drawers, keyboards, hard disks, payment terminals, bump bars, network devices, tablets, media devices, fingerprint readers, ATM sidecars, coin deposits, and fasteners.
  • Took the lead role in driving weekly global shortage reports for the parts in the retail and hospitality project for the APAC, NAMER, and EMEA regions, reviewing individual buyers about their parts schedule, and coordinating with the customer fulfillment team to share the delivery dates and monitor critical installations towards NSO (New Store Opening).
  • Source and suggest alternatives if the part is EOL/obsolete, and cost reduction (CRVE).
  • Managed new product introduction, sourcing, and on-time delivery as per production needs.
  • Managing weekly calls with all Global Fulfillment Centers and Warehouses to clear out receiving issues on behalf of all buyers includes managing the closure of customer/field returns with savings of $2,000 per month.

PURCHASE ADMIN & SLM BUYER- SERVICES

NCR CORP, PVT. LTD
10.2015 - 08.2018
  • Ensured timely and accurate completion of daily operational processes, including PR, PO creation, and invoice clearance.
  • Acted as primary liaison for purchase orders from various distribution centers, managing new buy, repair, and warranty orders.
  • Maintained purchase order confirmations by expediting, deferring, or canceling deliveries as per MRP requirements.
  • Prioritized back-order and high-demand parts with suppliers to prevent production line downtime and customer escalations.
  • Executed smart sourcing strategies by transferring stock between NCR Global Distribution centers, reducing excess inventory costs.
  • Scheduled KPI meetings with suppliers to review open order progress and prioritize products for expedited delivery.
  • Managed repair part requests to efficiently address WPIB, and BER issues with suppliers.
  • Built long-term supplier relationships with vendors to establish quality, and competitive pricing.
  • Collaborated with suppliers and accounts payable to resolve invoice holds and pricing discrepancies for on-time payment release.
  • Ran various metrics reports for the procurement team – Early Receipt, Missing Promise Date, Overdue POs, Invoice Holds, and Individual Buyer and Supplier Performance.

Education

M. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

Pondicherry University
05.2015

B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

Pondicherry University
05.2013

Higher Secondary -

05.2009

Skills

  • Kinaxis and Tableau
  • Oracle ERP and Cloud applications
  • SAP and Ariba fundamentals
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Vendor management
  • Cost optimization
  • Adaptability and learning agility
  • Team collaboration, leadership skills
  • Supplier evaluation
  • Material requirements planning
  • Supplier sourcing and relationship management
  • Contract negotiation
  • Bill of material analysis

Accomplishments

  • Led as a single buyer for the pilot run of integrating services and hardware supply chain as a single operation after the NCR brand split
  • Got recognized by NCR Vice President for improving the repair turnaround efficiency from 70% to 98% within their standard lead time for the major repair supplier SPC International Slovakia
  • Received appreciation from OPM for securing brand-new payment terminals within short LT which was deployed in NCR CEO’s promotional program.
  • Maintaining On Time Metrics - PD with 100 % and 95% in NBD for past 8+ years.
  • Kaizen - minimized invoice holds counts for volumetric repair supplier SPC International Slovakia using innovative RFA technique, not letting invoice hold go beyond 12 days
  • Continuing to be a high revenue generator for MCD’s Hospitality Project, REV > $15M per quarter for NCR
  • Driving revenue for retail and government customers like USPS, AAFES, Aldi, Walmart, PetSmart, Morrison's, 7-Eleven, and Norma with revenue beyond $15M per quarter for NCR
  • Received consecutive performance recognition from customer fulfillment managers for the good progress on supporting banking (BOFA) and payment customers on time
  • Appreciated by the finance manager for reducing aged invoice holds from $1.2 million to below $300K per month on behalf of all buyers against volumetric suppliers in a shorter span
  • Eliminated shipments falling into distress from the service supplier, nearly saving distress costs of about 3K $ per month
  • Eliminated unwanted steps followed in the HP SAP portal while placing orders, which saved nearly 3 minutes per purchase order placement

Extracurricular Activities

  • Led as an assistant coach for the Pondicherry State team in the Senior National Basketball Championship 2023, organized by the Basketball Federation of India
  • I represented the Pondicherry state team in various senior national-level basketball championships organized by the Basketball Federation of India
  • I represented the Pondicherry University team twice in the All India South Zone Inter-University Basketball Championships
  • 10+ state-level championships in Pondicherry state-level basketball tournaments

Disclaimer

I Hereby Declare that the information, fact stated above are true to the best of my knowledge & belief.

Timeline

GLOBAL BUYER- HARDWARE OPS

NCR CORPORATION PVT. LTD
09.2018 - Current

PURCHASE ADMIN & SLM BUYER- SERVICES

NCR CORP, PVT. LTD
10.2015 - 08.2018

M. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

Pondicherry University

B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

Pondicherry University

Higher Secondary -

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