Balaji Gopishetty
Bangalore
Summary
Results-oriented Supply Chain professional with a proven track record in sourcing, material management, and inventory optimization. Seeking a challenging role to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs, and contribute to organizational growth.
Professional Commodity Specialist with strong expertise in procurement, supply chain management, and market analysis. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with teams, adapt to evolving business needs, and drive impactful results. Skilled in vendor negotiations, risk management, and cost optimization. Known for reliability, strategic thinking, and fostering positive relationships with stakeholders.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Commodity Specialist
GE Vernova – Hydro Business
04.2023 - Current
- Contribute to the development and implementation of regional sourcing strategies
- Lead purchasing activities for major POs in coordination with Project Requirements (Place RFQ, clarify specific project requirements, negotiate PO, award business, ensure hand-over with Project)
- Lead discussions with suppliers to address project-related issues, such as engineering changes (ECO) and non-conformances (NC)
- Collaborate with cross function team in P2P cycle for timely inventory receipt at site
- Co-ordinate with CFT for 6W look ahead inventory
- Supplier load management
- Prepare forecast & backlog for commodity
- Work closely with suppliers to review and manage supplier performance, deliverables and quality
- Negotiate Term’s & Condition’s, Project related flow down’s
- Supported tendering projects, Variation order, Change orders etc
- US Government projects - FAR and DFAR’s clause compliance
- Expediting based on site requirements (Push-In, Push-Out)
- Supplier payment and invoicing support
- Support for disposition of NCs through root cause analysis
- Drove PR to PO conversion to meet PO placement targets and project milestone
Sourcing Engineer
Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt Ltd
04.2021 - 04.2023
- Launch RFQ’s/RFI to suppliers based on their expertise, Analyze quote, technical support to supplier queries
- Supporting the modality to meet the quarterly PSI (Product sales inventory) by connecting with suppliers & eliminating fulfillment risk
- Co-ordinate with supplier and Engineering team for change management (ECO/ECR, MR) implementation with PIPO Planning and minimizing the scrap
- Supported for optimal Inventory for all the parts based on ABC classification and by considering the factors like demand, existing inventory balance, unit cost & lead times
- Collaborated with CFTs to identify obsolete parts and supported teams in qualifying alternative makes and models
- Engagement with critical supplier’s by having regular calls to mitigate fulfillment risk
- Worked on Transfer Projects, Localization/Cost-saving projects and Risk mitigation/De-risk projects
- Vendor management (Monitoring on time payments, updating supplier records and change management)
Education
Mechanical Engineering
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
01.2020
Pre – University Course
Vijaya PU College
01.2016
SSLC
Bangalore Higher Secondary School
01.2014
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Vendor negotiation
- MS Office
- Inventory Management
- Vendor Management
- Planning & Forecasting
- SAP
Accomplishments
- Improved PR-PO OTD by converting 110+ late PRs to PO within 2 months
- Exceeded sales target in Q3 and Q4 of 2024
- Optimized the manufacturing process by switching from closed-die forging to open-die forging with near-final-part dimensions
- Worked toward disposition in Non-conformance through root cause analysis
- On-boarded 5+ new vendors to supplier panel
- Negotiated 6+ favorable T&C’s with supplier’s
- Involvement of BCC vendors in North American market
- Supported Pushout of A class parts worth $ 50K+ goods to meet inventory targets.
- Risk mitigation project – Transferred legacy parts from a foreign supplier to a Local supplier with 48% of savings
- Cost saving project – Qualified a part by changing the method of manufacturing with 55% of savings
- De-risk project – Analyzed Vitality report and qualified alternate sources to OEM parts with the help of cross-functional team.
Timeline
Commodity Specialist
GE Vernova – Hydro Business
04.2023 - Current
Sourcing Engineer
Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt Ltd
04.2021 - 04.2023
Pre – University Course
Vijaya PU College
SSLC
Bangalore Higher Secondary School
Mechanical Engineering
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Awards
Impact Award for collaboration,2022 – Heartbeat Award for successfully collaborating with cross-functional team for exhibiting the localized parts to leadership team, Impact Award – Delivered with Focus for the year 2022., Impact Award – Delivered with Focus for the year 2023., Impact Award – Delivered with Focus Q1,2024 – Supported ITO (Inquiry to order) projects with supplier quotes.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the above information given by me is true to best of my knowledge. Date : Place : (Balaji Gopishetty)
Hobbies and Interests
Cricket, Travelling
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