Merugu Balakrishna
Delhi
Summary
A competent professional with 11 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management, Sourcing, Material Management, Production Planning and Control, Operations and Warehouse Management. Competent professional with expertise in Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management, and Procurement. Delivered significant cost savings through strategic sourcing and contract negotiation while ensuring compliance with OPEX/CAPEX policies. Focused on driving process improvements and cross-functional collaboration to enhance procurement efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Manager- Services Procurement
GMR Group
New Delhi
01.2025 - Current
- Ensured compliance with OPEX/CAPEX policies, statutory requirements, and internal quality standards
- Led end‑to‑end procurement for materials, services, and equipment from requirement finalization to contract award
- Prepared and reviewed RFQs, RFPs, specifications, SLAs, and service contracts in coordination with user teams
- Negotiated commercial terms using e-bidding and auction tools to drive cost savings.
- Drove process improvement and cost optimization initiatives across tendering and execution phases
- Collaborated cross‑functionally to consolidate requirements and improve procurement turnaround time
- Managed vendor intelligence, onboarding, evaluation, and maintenance of vendor master data
- Handled contract administration including variations, change requests, disputes, and statutory approvals
Assistant Manager- Sourcing & Contracting
Tata Steel Limited
Kolkata
09.2022 - 12.2024
- Developed a new sourcing strategy that improved supplier diversity and contributed to company sustainability goals
- Negotiated with suppliers to secure the best prices and terms for products, resulting in a 8% reduction in overall sourcing costs
- Created a comprehensive database of suppliers and products, enabling the efficient selection of vendors for specific projects
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Researched and analyzed industry trends to identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvement
- Developed supplier performance metrics and conducted regular evaluations to ensure compliance with contractual agreements.
Associate Manager- Operations and Supply Chain Management
Team lease Services
04.2019 - 08.2022
- Manage and respond to RFIs and submit quotations to all incoming RFQs in coordination with costing and estimation team.
- Performed as functional bridge amongst external vendors and internal stake holders. Planning, forecasting and operation control through process monitoring while identifying improvement areas.
- Worked with R&D team for design optimizations in products and negotiation with supplier procurement team has resulted in providing cost saving solutions.
- Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet cost expectations, quality and delivery requirements through on-site visits and measurements.
- Developed standard procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, estimation, R&D, production and procurement.
Jr. Engineer- SCM
Randstad India
Hyderabad
09.2016 - 03.2019
- Process all incoming customer orders by reviewing PO's for accuracy, technical specifications, pricing and any other unique requirements. Resolve discrepancies with customer prior to order entry.
- Monitored inbound EDI, email and phone queues, respond to queries regarding order status, availability, tracking information and order confirmation etc., from sales teams.
- Successfully led a cross functional team of Procurement, Production (PPC), Stores, Dispatch and Logistics by establishing demand and supply work flow.
- Involved in procure-to-pay (P2P) processes for Purchase requisition, purchase order, goods receipt, IV and invoice cycle in SAP.
- Achieved 92% on time Customer delivery rate while also reducing cost of transportation in a period of 8 months.
- Accomplished highest ever dispatch target of Rs. 10 Crore for the month of September 2018.
- Developed standardized operating practices and procedures in Warehouse Operations.
- Worked to exceed daily and weekly production and accuracy goals without compromising OTIF.
Production Engineer
Elixir Met form Pvt. Ltd
Hyderabad
04.2015 - 08.2016
- Daily basis production planning, manpower allocation and Handling & line balancing.
- Responsible for overall manufacturing operations including 4M, 5S, EHS and outsourced activities.
- Supervising entire production process and prepare proper documentation for dispatch.
- Prepared material procurement plan and issued schedules to vendors.
- Optimal Utilization of resources and production process by proper scheduling of machine items which reduces the idle time.
- Decreased the quality rejections of the products from 4% to 2% in span of 10 months.
- Achieved record sale target of Rs.3 Crore in November 2015.
- Assembled teams that would have specific duties to take care of, that helped streamline manufacturing process.
- Supervised team of 70 workmen and machine operators.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Kakinada01-2013
Higher Secondary School Certificate - Maths Physics and Chemistry
Board of Intermediate Education
01-2009
Secondary Education -
School Board of Secondary Education
01-2007
Skills
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Warehouse Operations
- Vendor Management
- Logistics Management
- Materials Management
- Lean Six Sigma
- Sales Support
- Purchase Requisition
- Supplier negotiation
- Cost optimization
- Sourcing strategy
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Production Planning
- SAP Ariba
- Procurement compliance
- Vendor management
- Process improvement
- Cross-functional collaboration
- SAP MM
Languages
English
Telugu
Hindi
Timeline
Associate Manager- Services Procurement
GMR Group
01.2025 - Current
Assistant Manager- Sourcing & Contracting
Tata Steel Limited
09.2022 - 12.2024
Associate Manager- Operations and Supply Chain Management
Team lease Services
04.2019 - 08.2022
Jr. Engineer- SCM
Randstad India
09.2016 - 03.2019
Production Engineer
Elixir Met form Pvt. Ltd
04.2015 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Higher Secondary School Certificate - Maths Physics and Chemistry
Board of Intermediate Education
Secondary Education -
School Board of Secondary Education