Machhindra Shinde

• I am responsible for evaluating and improving performance of suppliers to ensure meet company’s quality, delivery, and cost requirements. This role involves working closely with suppliers to identify areas for improvement, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring continuous improvement in supply chain.
• I am responsible for part development at supplier and delivered on-time to global plants. I took end to end responsibility of supplier part development.
• Working with KB global plant majorly based in USA, UK & Europe.
• Drive supplier selection through robust qualification processes and program manage implementation of supplier within internal team.
• 1 million $ Cost saving through India sourcing for UK plant
• Manage Supplier feasibility activities and get agreement from Plant and supplier.
• Acting as a local representative for UK plant
• Active involvement in supplier Audit
• Technical support for suppliers regarding part development
• Supplier Part development tracking
• Review tool design with supplier and plant.
• Getting checking fixture concept approval from plant
• Reporting development activities to commodity purchase director
• Establish measurement Co-relation between plant and supplier
• Getting sample parts approval from plant
• Getting PPAP approval from plant
• Monitor schedule and delivery for India sourced parts.
• Take care of quality concerns and implement corrective actions.
• Managing resourcing as a project management right from supplier selection to end customer approval.
• Acting project manager for BCC sourcing activity

• Responsible for supplier resourcing project’s part development.
• Responsible for APQP process for Eaton plants in EMEA, US, APAC region.
• Done several Supplier site assessment at supplier end before awarding business.
• Aligned with plant’s urgent & critical requirement.
• Weekly meeting with PPAP batches with respect to Plant priorities as incumbent supplier stooped production.
• Involved in supplier’s monthly scorecard data preparation.
• Performs on-site supplier Quality System Assessment and Special Process Audits in order to assess compliance to defined requirements, including development of global strategies.
• Acts as escalation point for plants on chronic supplier performance issues assists the supplier with problem solving and root cause analysis in order to eliminate recurrence and works with plant Supplier quality on focus Supplier or supplier management techniques.
• Participates in cross-functional teams involving the supplier and Eaton functions to seek continuous improvement utilizing APQP techniques.
• Serves as a technical resource to supplier selection activities, including assisting in early-stage new program development as well as re sourcing support.
• Ensures that suppliers maintain quality certification status in WISPER and trains suppliers in WISPER functionality.
• Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets
• Determined project specifications by thoroughly studying performance standards, requirements and technical studies

• Supplier selection:
• Identify potential supplier.
• Identify supplier positive/ strong points which may help in the Business.
• Identify supplier who is dealing with similar commodity for which we are looking forward.
• Involved in supplier selection process for new business by supplier assessment audit.
• APQP Management during Development phases:
• Deploy APQP related to the Development phase of Purchased Parts.
• Ensure that suppliers sourced respect Mandatory rules and Audit criteria.
• Get Feasibility Commitment sign off for sourcing and for change implementation.
• Define Supplier Development plan with objectives, risk assessment, critical suppliers, critical parts, key milestones,
• deliverables, R@R and PPAP planning, resources & supports needs.
• Update every month the supplier Development Plan.
• Gauge concept finalization with suppliers.
• Facilitate exchanges between functions and suppliers for design freeze convergence.
• Escalate Alerts to Program and Management. Support suppliers for 8D completion.
• Train the suppliers and make sure that the defined standards are properly applied (APQP elements)
• Follow the APQP progress with status report.
• Manage the Process Qualification at Supplier (Control Plan & Quality Basics implementation).
• Conduct tool trial & MPT Run @ Rate and Process Audit for High and Medium risk components.
• Get from suppliers their control record (i.e: raw material certification…) for all parts.
• Conduct initial process capability study (SPC) at supplier production location.
• PPAP construction:
• Responsible for PPAP construction and New parts Approval during Development phase.
• Coordinate with SQA Production Trial Runs on New parts during Development phase.
• Transition to series:
• Ensure that All documentations are updated.
• 100% of S/R characteristics secured.
• Ensure that Incoming Inspection instructions integrate control means according supplier’s Control Plan.
• Supplier performance monitoring:
• Prepare monthly supplier performance report
• Secure corrective action (SCAR) plan from worst performing suppliers.
• Perform supplier process audit periodically.
• Responsible for supplier quality issues solving.
• Monthly MIS Data preparation

Purchase:

• Release RFQ package to suppliers.
• Techno- analysis & comparison of supplier quote.
• Supplier cost negotiation for parts.
• Prepare should cost / Estimation for new parts.
• Release PO for suppliers.
• GRN tracking.
• Supplier Payment follow-up with finance.
• Schedule release for parts belongs to new program under in development.
• Participate in sourcing committee.
• Support end to end right from PO to payment.
• Led weekly meetings with dispatch team members to address any concerns or suggestions for improvement within the department

• I was SQI engineer responsible for new part development and supplier quality problem solving.
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