Kumar Reddy Chinipilli
Supply Chain Specialist|CSCP
Visakhapatnam
Summary
Costing and Procurement Specialist with around 7 years of Industry experience in various industries like railways, machinery, e-commerce etc.. and willing to relocate. Responsible for pricing, negotiations, capacity estimation, planning, strategic sourcing, contract management, vendor development, Forecasting, Purchase audits, Routing Optimization, Document verifications, Reverse Logistics,3PL,4PL etc… Experienced in handling suppliers of more than 40 multinational and 35 Local made companies.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Training
GLOBAL EXIM
02.2025 - Current
- Data Analysis of Global EXIM with data of manufacturers, customers, logistics, global shipping time lines, demand and supply of various products across the world.
- Identification of various bottlenecks, procedures, risk analysis of various products.
- Expertise on Inco-Terms, Payment Terms, Product Categorization is developed on many manufacturers across the world.
- Product routing from raw material handling to end customer evaluation to identify potential opportunities in business for various products.
Entrepreneur - Global Sourcing
BRANDENGRAVE
12.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: B2B connecting manufacturers and customers.
- Had extensive research of 2 years and collaborated with around 80 companies in various parts of the world to source different items for the customers.
- In process of constructing website expected completion by March end and will be handled by partners in Canada and USA.
- Learned and implemented various skills like website development, imports-exports in a professional level, contract management, Demand Analysis, New Product introduction, New Supplier Development, Insurances, Payment Terms, Inco -Terms, Planning, Inventory optimization, a little of Digital Marketing etc…
Product Costing and Procurement Specialist
ALSTOM
07.2022 - 11.2024
- Cost drivers identification from Project level to the Product level with various internal tools using Power BI and Qlik sense
- Savings of around 2 million USD by following ABC classification in inventory holding which reduced number of transactions and logistics as well.
- Alternative suppliers in China and India are identified using data analysis adjusting the lead times accordingly so that Project happens in time with a huge cost savings.
- Readjusted the warehouse items to reduce the movements of resources by placing highly consumed items, non-frequent items close and away from Assembly line in warehouse respectively.
- Supplier developments in both manufacturing and logistics is done to optimize the cost and routing globally by doing data analysis with the Central Data.
- Coordinated with various departments like Design, Planning, Quality,Production and suppliers to design a complete optimized process.
- Negotiated favorable contracts with vendors for long-term supply agreements, securing stable pricing and reliable product availability.
- Inventory Cost and space optimization is executed using ABC classification to inward low cost and low volume products in bulk in warehouse to avoid many transactions as well.
Inventory, Routing, Reverse Logistics, Moving, Sorting Dispatch Coordinator
(Altitude Sports, UPS, Fedex, Purolator, Essence)
06.2021 - 07.2022
- Worked with around 15 e-commerce and logistics companies in different areas Coordinated daily dispatch operations to ensure on-time deliveries and maximize fleet utilization.
- Controlled costs with optimized route plan to maximize daily appointments and minimize time.
- End to end e-commerce fulfillment is delivered on a everyday basis with activities like moving, sorting, reverse logistics, returns, dispatch etc...
- Planning, Procurement, Resource management is handled and optimized using takt-time calculation on a daily basis.
Teaching Assistant
Concordia University
06.2021 - 04.2022
- Managerial Economics: Taught Work Breakdown structure, CPM, PERT, Project Crashing and Costing of various projects
- Applied Optimization: Taught various procedures to optimize the inventory space, logistics cost by routing, tools to optimize various processes
Senior Procurement and Operations Executive
Levvan Engineering
05.2019 - 06.2020
- Lead the co-design team of the procurement and optimized the Procurement Transactions and Design
- Optimized the manpower, inventory identifying bottlenecks and solved it by Lean manufacturing techniques
Senior Procurement Executive
Larsen and Toubro Ltd.
07.2016 - 04.2019
- Improved Supply shocks by analyzing Capacity and Commitment percentage of all registered suppliers
- Enhanced the supplier relationship categorizing them on Long-term Relationship vs Low-cost bidding
- Improved Project timeline by promptly spotting critical components integrating SAP- VBA Macros-Power BI
- Optimized the products lead time by introducing methodologies of Routing, root cause analysis using 6 sigma DMAIC through waste elimination
- Improved Vendor development strategically considering factors like Capacity, Transport optimization etc..
- Monitored Supplier rating using QCD analysis that resulted in avg
- Supplier rating of >=8(Target Achieved)
- Handled Contract Management & Vendor certifications analyzing metrics using QCD and responsiveness
- Handled various Purchase Auditing's and General Purchase agreements with various suppliers
- Enhanced the availability of products grouping them into ABC classification by Inventory costs and Lead Time.
Procurement and Planning Executive
Larsen and Toubro Ltd.
07.2016 - 04.2019
- Price Negotiations with various global suppliers like SMC, Festo, Siemens, ABB, SKF, Rexroth, Parker etc
- Prioritized the orders by effectively communicating the Master Production Schedule (MPS) data to suppliers
- Generating Purchase Requisitions with inputs of Master Scheduling, MPS, Material Requirement Planning
- Costing and Purchase Order creations taking Lead Time, Supplier ratings, cost, and criticality into consideration
Education
Master of Science - industrial engineering
Concordia University
Montreal 05.2020 - 01.2022
BTech - Production Engineering
NIT CALICUT
Kozhikode, India 01.2012 - 01.2016
Skills
- ERP-SAP
- Advanced Excel
- VBA Macros
- Power BI
- KPI Development
- Six Sigma
- Lean Manufacturing
- AUTOCAD
- CATIA
- Routing Optimization
- Visio
- Python
- SQL
- New Product Development
- PLM
Certification
2 months training on Railway Safety, DFQ, DFM, Design Standardization.
Academic And Extra Curricular Activities
- President, Engineering & Computer Science Graduate Association - Concordia University, 06/01/21, 05/31/22, Headed over 6000 Graduate Students and organized various cultural and technical activities to students., Handled budget of over 300 KCAD for activities in the financial year 2021-2022., Initiated tie ups with various night clubs, tourism companies, industries, Bus companies, consultancies, restaurants, banks, companies etc.. for sponsorships, sports clubs, fun activities companies etc..
- Head of Budget Committee and Hiring Committees, ECSGA (Head Organization for Engineering)
Timeline
Training
GLOBAL EXIM
02.2025 - Current
Entrepreneur - Global Sourcing
BRANDENGRAVE
12.2023 - Current
Product Costing and Procurement Specialist
ALSTOM
07.2022 - 11.2024
Inventory, Routing, Reverse Logistics, Moving, Sorting Dispatch Coordinator
(Altitude Sports, UPS, Fedex, Purolator, Essence)
06.2021 - 07.2022
Teaching Assistant
Concordia University
06.2021 - 04.2022
Master of Science - industrial engineering
Concordia University
05.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Procurement and Operations Executive
Levvan Engineering
05.2019 - 06.2020
Senior Procurement Executive
Larsen and Toubro Ltd.
07.2016 - 04.2019
Procurement and Planning Executive
Larsen and Toubro Ltd.
07.2016 - 04.2019
BTech - Production Engineering
NIT CALICUT
01.2012 - 01.2016
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