AVINASH GUNAGI
Mumbai
Summary
Dynamic Category Manager with Siemens Energy India Ltd., adept at driving digital procurement and supplier development. Proven track record in achieving annual savings of up to 2.3% through strategic commodity management and stakeholder engagement. Skilled in data analytics and contract negotiations, fostering sustainable practices and process improvements across diverse procurement categories.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Category Manager: Services & Goods, Indirect Procurement
Siemens Energy India Ltd.
Mumbai
07.2012 - Current
- TEMPORARY LABOR: (Spend managed = 2M Euros)
- Define commodity strategy in alignment with management KPI’s
- Data analysis, identifying projects, pooling requirements, discussion with internal stakeholders to implement long term strategies
- Driving SAP backed FIELDGLASS program as a program manager for India
- Managing payroll suppliers via MSP (Managed Service Program)
- Driving annual savings targets, max to 2.3% of spend
- Driving various KPI's with MSP (Managed Service Provider) in alignment with internal Global KPI
- Monitoring monthly invoicing and salary regularization to TL workers, guiding MSP for any technical glitches during invoice uploading or invoice dump for payment release
- Driving commodity vis-à-vis statutory requirements with respect to Labor law
- CFA/ BRSR audit preparations and monitoring due diligence
- Alignment with Global Commodity manager for parallel deployment of global projects in India
- ADVISORY SERVICES: (Spend managed = 3M Euros)
- Close alignment with HR or P&O team for recruitment topics, contract management, driving recruitment strategy
- HR advisory topics - payroll topics, HR statutory requirements are discussed and strategized for execution
- Managing Product training topics in alignment with Talent Acquisition team
- Management consulting topics like Strategic consulting, Functional or operational consulting, Lobbying or freelance consultants are driven with appropriate documentations following all compliance requisites
- Relocation services like relocation of medical equipment for trials/ demo, warehouse movements, employee relocation
- Driving annual savings targets, max to 2.2% of spend
- OFFICE & FACTORY SUPPLIES: (Spend managed = 8M Euros)
- Digital procurement, implement and enhance ERP systems
- Catalogue management, troubleshoot analysis, API technology integration with existing ERP systems, perform E2E procurement trials
- Interact with top management personnel for special procurement topics, emergency procurement relevant to commodities, drive end to end implementation with Ownership culture
- Enhance catalogue spent, drive projects to contract and improve No Touch Rate (NTR), Digital Procurement tool awareness among users to achieve maximum utilization
- Strategize secondary packaging for factories. Implement cost saving packing solutions across all categories like wood, metal, corrugation & packaging auxiliary items
- Driving annual savings targets, max to 2.1% of spend
- Statutory Industrial waste management topics via close alignment with company EHS team
- Hazardous waste management contracts with CPCB registered suppliers
- E-waste, Battery waste, Plastic waste management contracts for ERP model in alignment with statutory body rules
- Management reporting & Sustainability:
- Quarterly reporting & discussions of KPI with Business CXO’s, feedback exchange for future
- Bimonthly reporting of commodity KPI's with CPO India
- Driving sustainability measures for Indirect category India via Carbon Web Assessment exercise
- Lean supply management
- Conducting Value Stream Mapping for product lines, warehouse operations, End to End material management process
- Value Stream designing, 5S, Kanban systems, Mizusumashi system, cycle time, throughput time definition
- Implement Single Piece Flow, digital productivity calculation via barcode scanning on the line, smart display of productivity on manufacturing line
- Implement multiline production with minimum changeover time, jigs and fixtures for various process to enhance per head productivity
- Certified for implementation of lean manufacturing concepts from CII, Mumbai
- Certified for conducting, evaluation and finalization of time and motion study by using MOST concept (Maynard Operation Sequence Technique) by UMAS, Pune
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Belagavi, Karnataka06.2012
Skills
- Proficiency in MS applications
- Supplier development
- Data analytics
- Stakeholder engagement
- Catalog management via the CATSCOUT tool
- Carbon Web Assessment for suppliers via sustainability tools
- Regulatory compliance
- E-auctions via SCM star tool
- Data collection, cleansing & analysis
- Sustainability initiatives
- Digital procurement
- Market analysis
- Team leadership
- Presentation skills
- Supplier evaluation
- Long term contract negotiations
- Deriving savings measures
- Nexus based applications
- SAP SRM Portal
- Material master creation
- PO dumps using SAP MM
- Cost reduction
- KPI monitoring
- Contract management
- Process improvement
- Budget oversight
- Reporting management
- Conducting trainings for procurement tools
- Lean concepts
- Process improvements
- Commodity strategy
- Risk assessment
- Team building
- Value stream mapping
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Konkani
Awards
- 2023, Excellence award for driving vending machine project for indirect goods commodity.
- 2022, Excellence award for Sustainability & Digitalization drives (myMall enhancement).
- 2021, Excellence award for COVID19 PPE mobilizations PAN India.
Hobbies and Interests
- Kickboxing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Singing
Projects
Driving e-sourcing like catalog management, API integrated catalogs, enhancing 'No Touch Rate' – 10% to 35% Lead COVID-19 PPE procurements across PAN India (wave1 & wave2), achieving 100% inventory Market evaluation and implementation of FTE recruitment contracts, thereby registering savings of 200k Eur Price standardization for various consulting categories. Successful contract signing with Big 4’s. Cost savings of 50k Eur Implementation of vending machines for offices, factories & sites. Thereby reducing PO issuance cost for factories Implemented Sustainability measures for industrial packaging, like bio-compostible packaging, Wood material to heavy duty corrugation, virgin wood to Press wood pallet
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07/17/90
Professional Highlights
- Currently working with Siemens Energy India Ltd. As a Category Manager for Services & Goods Category PAN India
- Strategizing & Driving commodities like Office & factory supplies, Advisory Services & Temporary Labor
- Highly focused on Process improvements, innovative measures, Lean thinking, market benchmark implementations
- Program Manager India for SAP Fieldglass, the portal which runs Temporary labor hiring
- Program manager India for ERP platform oneSRM
- Catalog manager India for 'Mymall' platform, maintain and improvise digital procurement
- Driving Sustainability initiatives for Services & Goods Commodity
- Strong manufacturing background with Industrial engineering experience
- Certified for lean manufacturing implementation across manufacturing
- Expertise in lean tools like Value Stream mappings, Kanban, 5S, performing ergonomic studies
Certification
- Business Intelligence using Power BI
- Lean Manufacturing from CII
- Ergonomic study by MOST technique from UMAS, Pune
Timeline
Category Manager: Services & Goods, Indirect Procurement
Siemens Energy India Ltd.
07.2012 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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