NAVEEN KUMAR REDDY
Tirupati
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with a solid background in supply chain management and SAP Ariba. Expertise in data analysis and supplier collaboration, contributing to significant improvements in procurement processes and inventory accuracy.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Analyst – Merchandiser
Ford Motor Private Limited
09.2022 - Current
- Procuring parts for Europe’s service requirements from global suppliers, and catering to dealers across the globe.
- Create and maintain Power BI dashboards to analyze backorder lines and overdue lines.
- Maintained a consistent overdue quantity of 1,000 to 2,000 pieces across 160 suppliers.
- Analyzing and correcting abnormal spikes in demand or forecast realignment.
- Achieved and maintained a 99.0% fill rate for the global supplier base.
- Educating the suppliers on the importance of maintaining a healthy Q1 rating and improving their delivery performance.
- Ensuring a close follow-up with the QC Team, Depot, and Contract Packers for prioritizing the receipts or any other shipping discrepancies.
- Follow up with the purchasing team to resolve purchase-related issues, such as supplier bankruptcy, resourcing, tool refurbishment, PO releases, etc.
- Coordinating with CFT teams such as STA (Supplier Technical Assistance), the Purchasing Team, and suppliers during engineering-level changes.
- Projects:
- Level change parts, backorders, avoidance.
- Identify the gap in the system to transfer the orders from the old level to the stocked new level.
- Fake and Aging ASN identification and deletion.
- Part loss identification and replacement planning.
- Monthly check on total GR reversals done, published the report to the team, and pushed the supplier for replacements.
- Inventory optimization and inventory dilution.
- Re-align the forecasts for the slow movers, and revise the MOQs. Dilute the excess inventory stocks to other plants.
Supply Network Specialist
Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 09.2022
- Expertise in SAP Ariba modules including Procurement, sourcing, contract management and procure to pay (P2P).
- Facilitated supplier onboarding through Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP).
- Developed reports and dashboards to monitor procurement KPIs and contract utilization.
- Supported Ariba operations, including user issues, supplier enablement and catalog management.
- Knowledge of the creation and closure of Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders in SAP Ariba.
- Good understanding of special procurement processes in SAP MM, such as intra-company and inter-company STO
- Floating out RFQ’s to various suppliers as per requirement.
- Releasing PO to the vendor & follow up till material is received in Lognet.
- Comparing the quotations for Cost, MOQ, Lead time from different vendors.
- Negotiating with suppliers to minimize raw material and transportation costs.
- Regularly review supplier shipping performance to make sure it is up to standard.
- Develops and builds data reporting and tracking tools to manage monthly metrics.
Education
B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Hindustan Institute of Technology And Science
05.2018
Higher Secondary -
Narayana Junior College
06.2014
Skills
- Supply chain management
- SAP Ariba
- Data analysis
- Procurement processes
- Process improvement
- Supplier negotiation
- Materials management
- Supply chain planning
- Sourcing and procurement
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Tamil
Beginner
A1
Hindi
Beginner
A1
Accomplishments
- Achieved and sustained a 99.0% fill rate for the global supplier base, demonstrating exceptional supply reliability
- Asia Pacific Recognition Award for achieving ever lowest DTA cases
- Developed and managed Power BI dashboards to analyze backorder and overdue lines, enhancing decision-making and supply chain visibility
- Spot recognition for diluting excess inventory
Timeline
Supply Chain Analyst – Merchandiser
Ford Motor Private Limited
09.2022 - Current
Supply Network Specialist
Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 09.2022
B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Hindustan Institute of Technology And Science
Higher Secondary -
Narayana Junior College
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