Madan Kumar S
Bangalore
Summary
Mechanical engineer with 7 years and 7 months of experience in the manufacturing industry, specializing in supply chain procurement and sourcing. Proven track record in the production of finished medical devices and the automobile sector, consistently driving operational excellence and achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with organizational goals. Adept at optimizing procurement strategies, managing vendor relationships, and streamlining supply chain operations to enhance efficiency, and reduce costs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Materials & Logistics Specialist
Wiped GE Medical Device Manufacturing Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
02.2021 - Current
- Experienced Procurement and Materials Planning Professional managing procurement operations across two sites, handling over 950+ parts and coordinating with 40+ suppliers. Specialized in planning for ULTRASOUND CONSOLE systems (Versant Balance, Premier, Vivid & Logiq P9 series) and Patient Monitor Systems, with a procurement mix of 95% imports and 5% local parts. Proven ability to streamline supply chain processes, ensure timely material availability, and support high-mix, critical healthcare product lines.
- Ensuring end-to-end procurement by providing demand forecasts to suppliers for planning high lead time materials and facilitating timely PO placement for direct material procurement using the ASCP planning tool. This includes aligning PO need dates to enable a smooth, level-loaded inflow of materials for production.
- Establishing weekly operating mechanisms with critical suppliers to ensure supply fulfillment aligned with PO need dates, and tracking supplier adherence to weekly production demand.
- Reviewing the week-wise production plan for the month with team members and aligning direct material supply accordingly. Additionally, coordinating material pull from suppliers based on critical customer orders with upside potential.
- Driving inventory control in alignment with quarterly business targets and achieving year-over-year improvement in 5-point inventory turns.
- Driving reduction of obsolescence in slow-moving parts and minimizing MOH (Materials on Hand) inventory at the site.
- Hold daily status meetings with team members about direct materials coverage, critical supplies & assigned tasks.
- Escalating material-related issues to the sourcing team, ensuring appropriate attention and prioritization for resolving critical fulfillment challenges.
- Conducting quarterly and need-based supplier visits to review coverage and strengthen supplier relationships.
- Ensure suppliers have sufficient safety stocks in case of a sudden increase in demand.
- Coordinating with the CHA and their team to follow up on Bill of Entry (BOE) amendments for import shipments.
- Overseeing customs clearance activities for all import shipments of Wiped GE Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and Wiped GE Medical Device Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd.
- Coordinating with the supplier and LEC team for import shipment pickups from the origin and obtaining accurate ETD and ETA details.
- Conducting daily meetings with the CHA to address and resolve customs-related shipment queries.
- Coordinating with the GE internal customs team for Annexure of EOU (EHTP) & concessional duty parts.
- Preparing and updating weekly trackers for Materials.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - PROCUREMENT
FORD INDIA PVT LTD
Chennai
08.2017 - 11.2020
- Planning, Scheduling & Inventory Control.
- Excess & Shortage parts report review - Stock.
- Ensure an uninterrupted supply of materials.
- Driving improvement in key performance indicators such as dock-to-stock cycle time, inventory days of supply, inventory count accuracy, and supplier on-time delivery (OTD), while ensuring uninterrupted material supply.
- Established weekly operating mechanisms with critical suppliers and escalated fulfillment issues to sourcing teams, ensuring timely resolution of high-priority material constraints.
- Work to resolve day-to-day material issues while maintaining and achieving inventory targets.
- Ensuring the proper trigger mechanism for suppliers.
- Drove inventory optimization initiatives, achieving improvements in inventory turns, reducing slow-moving parts, and minimizing MOH in alignment with quarterly business targets.
- Awarded for outstanding focus & ownership in driving actions in expediting critical parts by proactive communications & collaboration with CFTs / suppliers, which helped in meeting customer requirements for Ultrasound SBU. Also ensured early engagement & timely actions for US transfer projects, driving KANBAN implementations.
- Awarded for outstanding cross-functional leadership in the localization project Program, enabling TR3 (Timeline for a project program) milestone completion on time.
- Reduction in Late Fine Fee 50.6%(52K$) (01/2022 - 2023) & Reduction in Demurrage 30.7%(8K$) (01/2022 - 2023)
- Successfully implemented ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) tool and Auto PO Release for the parts that get released as per set item attributes, Lead time without Manual Intervention through Oracle ERP System.
- Recognized and appreciated for Owning and successfully setting up the RM (Raw Material) warehouse for a new manufacturing site.
- Certification for outstanding effort and contribution during Lean to enable the 'SUPER MARKET' set-up.
- Material Management Standard WIP inventory optimization (2022), RTV/ MRB Value Reduction (2023), and production layout standardization (2024).
Education
B.E. - Mechanical
Annamalai University (Faculty of Engineering and Technology)
01.2017
Skills
- Procurement and material management
- Demand forecasting
- Influential skills
- Inventory management
- Production materials planning
- Logistics management
- Cost reduction strategies
- Risk management
- Accounts payable resolution
- MS Excel expertise
- MS Word proficiency
- Oracle ERP knowledge
- Coupe expertise
- Data analytics
- Vendor negotiation
- Supply chain analysis
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 04th-June-1993
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Tamil
Awards
- Awarded for outstanding focus & ownership in driving actions in expediting critical parts by proactive communications & collaboration with CFTs / suppliers, which helped in meeting customer requirements for Ultrasound SBU. Also ensured early engagement & timely actions for US transfer projects, driving KANBAN implementations.
- Awarded for outstanding cross-functional leadership in the localization project Program, enabling TR3 (Timeline for a project program) milestone completion on time.
- Reduction in Late Fine Fee 50.6%(52K$) (2022-01-01 - 2023-01-01) & Reduction in Demurrage 30.7%(8K$) (2022-01-01 - 2023-01-01)
- Successfully implemented ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) tool and Auto PO Release for the parts that get released as per set item attributes, Lead time without Manual Intervention through Oracle ERP System.
- Recognized and appreciated for Owning and successfully setting up the RM (Raw Material) warehouse for a new manufacturing site.
- Certification for outstanding effort and contribution during Lean to enable the 'SUPER MARKET' set-up.
- Material Management Standard WIP inventory optimization (2022), RTV/ MRB Value Reduction (2023), and production layout standardization (2024).
Hobbies and Interests
- Trekking
- Watching movies
- Playing cricket
- Visiting new places
- Riding bikes
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Materials & Logistics Specialist
Wiped GE Medical Device Manufacturing Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - Current
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - PROCUREMENT
FORD INDIA PVT LTD
08.2017 - 11.2020
B.E. - Mechanical
Annamalai University (Faculty of Engineering and Technology)
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