SAP
KUSHAL. M
Purchase Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced purchasing professional with top-notch leadership, program management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with organized nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Improves policies, reduces waste and supports business needs with efficient, high-quality materials.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Purchase Manager
Sartorius Stedim India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2011 - Current
- Ordering includes like Mechanical, Instrumentation, Automation, Electrical, Packaging Materials
- Developed and initiated incentive and recognition programs for suppliers.
- Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors.
- Worked with clients to resolve claim issues quickly and efficiently.
- Involve in project steering meeting to sort out problems and progress of
- Projects on weekly basis
- Developing new potential vendors which understand our requirement clearly and supply product as per our requirement
- Plan and Order equipment/works as per Budget
- Floating tenders to vendors and regular meeting with vendors to ensure that our requirements are quite clear before getting quotation
- Hard Negotiation with vendors to meet base line cost as per our Budget which includes minimum lead time to supply materials and complete work with convenient incoterms and payment terms
- Involve in logistic process to get import materials under EPCG license and HSS
- Established achievement targets and identified actions to reach objectives and operational goals.
- Negotiated contract terms with vendors to balance cash flow against possible price savings with technical and operational input from stakeholders and colleagues.
- Adjusted procedures to maximize department effectiveness.
- Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
- Improved inspection policies to increase quality of raw materials and finished goods.
- Collaborated with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance with purchasing strategy.
- Managed, coached and developed high-performing buyers to meet objectives, deliver results and add value to purchasing department.
- Approved or rejected prices, terms and deliveries not in line with policy.
- Conducted re-negotiations with vendors on rejections, disposition and adjustment of purchased materials not meeting specifications.
- Enacted policies while avoiding shortages of critical materials and supplies.
- Trained purchasing team to assess vendor capabilities, develop sources and evaluate vendor performance.
- Devised and executed annual purchasing plans and contracts.
- Organized receipts, purchases and documentation of finished goods, packaging, materials and ingredients.
- Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
- Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
- Generated reports, documents and analysis in SAP for senior management review and approval.
- Wrote standard operating procedures for department.
- Used SAP to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
- Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
- Reviewed and negotiated existing agreements to optimize commercial terms.
Purchase Engineer
Essar Project's
Surat, GJ
08.2007 - 08.2011
- Negotiated lead-time, cost and quality to obtain maximum company benefit.
- Managed vendors and suppliers to meet objectives related to cost, delivery performance and schedule.
- Analyzed vendors and suppliers to select most suitable to deliver high-quality products at competitive pricing.
- Maintained and followed up with qualified vendors and suppliers about open purchase orders and prospective orders.
- Supported purchase efforts and negotiated best payment terms and contract conditions to maintain high level of integrity.
- Participated in status reviews, audits and purchase meetings to resolve proposal issues and implement process improvements.
- Searched for hard-to-find items and found high-quality, reliable vendors.
- Sourced and qualified bidders, obtained favorable pricing and finalized contracts.
- Maintained documentation for all purchases.
Education
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Acharya Polytechnic
Bangalore 06.2004 - 07.2007
Skills
Procurement Managementundefined
Certification
SCM Pro certified by CII, India
Accomplishments
- Reduced excess inventory by 53 days through improved purchasing and distribution procedures.
- Saved company INR 11.35 Cr per year by creating improved vendor sourcing and negotiations procedures.
- Supervised team of 10 staff members.
- Achieved 95% Supplier Delivery Reliability through Purchase process improvements
- Implemented Demand planning for fast moving materials
- Introduced Recycling of packaging boxes as part of EMS policy
- Local Key User for SAP
Additional Information
Pursuing Executive MBA from Indo-German Training Center
Software
Microsoft Office
Interests
Travelling
Reading
Photography
Timeline
Purchase Manager
Sartorius Stedim India Pvt Ltd
09.2011 - Current
Purchase Engineer
Essar Project's
08.2007 - 08.2011
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Acharya Polytechnic
06.2004 - 07.2007
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