Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 18 years of experience in leading organizational business units.
An upbeat leader with a passion to deliver extensive Managerial, Supply Chain & Procurement skills and the natural ability to identify & capitalize upon opportunities for maximizing efficiency and optimizing company benefits. A result-oriented professional with 25 years of experience in Purchase, Vendor Management, Stock/Inventory Management, Contract Formation, Negotiation, pricing, Profit Centre Management, Budgeting, Quality Assurance, SAP End User.
Contributed towards development & establishment of procurement policies & procedures, effectively coordinated &interacted with the suppliers on requisite materials.
Finalizing the specifications of materials and establishing quantity limits for effective inventory control and reducing wastages.
Collaborated interpersonal, negotiation, liaising & mentoring skills, negotiated the prices & payment terms and arranged the credit facilities with the suppliers.
Implemented expertise in monitoring the delivery period with various suppliers and ensured timely payments to the suppliers. Planning, implementing and controls the efficient and effective flow (transport or movement) and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption Cost control in secondary transportation & Cost reduction in Warehouse rent by reducing the space.
Contributed efforts towards Purchase/Procurement by steering development & implementation of key procurement strategies/contingency plans for Raw Materials, packaging & engineering materials & capital equipment, ensured that plans are aligned with all contractual & statutory requirements for infrastructure Project and operation & maintenance activities Recognized new potential vendors for strategic sourcing, ensured that equipment/material received are in accordance with the quantity & quality requirements along with preparing business plan, generated enquiries, estimation, comparison statements and forecasted for subcontract cost & capacity based on marketing intelligence Performed Order Management, PO Scheduling ordering, planning, ensured the material delivery on time as to run the production demand forecasting as per the classification of the material Performed activities like checking production plan, purchase requisition, overdue status of purchase orders, forecast for vendors & material shortages as per production plan, dead stock over stock and MRP errors Designing purchase schedule for timely procurement of materials for Infra & Network and OPEX items to ensure smooth operations
Vendor/Material Management