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RAHUL D

Pune

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18+ years of dynamic, extensive experience in global sourcing, supplier quality, vendor development in diversified stream of automotive, industrial products, and home appliances industry with a proven track record in the handled portfolios

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years of professional experience

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Senior Manager / Head Global Strategic Sourcing

Whirlpool of India Limited

Pune

01.2017 - Current

Global Strategic Sourcing Head - GSS Function for Pune Refrigeration Unit responsible for Project Management - New product development
Supplier Development & Quality management
Cost & Quality projects delivery
Business continuity
Supplier development and Training program.
Ensuring availability of PPAP documents and keeping records.
Vendor ratings (Quality & Delivery)
Monitoring PPM trends.
Warranty analysis and charge back
Tool life monitoring
Supplier Capacity Management
People & Resource Management
Development & launch of Top load & Front Machine(Green Field), Refrigeration - 4 & Premium Side by Side(Green Field)
Met project timeline for each milestone & flawless launch within Target cost & Capex budget
Cost & Quality Project with Yearly benefit of 1.5~2mil$ every year
Supplier PPM reduction 1000 to 280
TCQ - Warranty spend reduction from Rs216/unit to Rs156/Unit
GSIR - 2.18% to 1.6%(Field Failure)
On Boarded - 17 new vendors for Front Load project & 13 new vendors onboarded for Premium Refrigeration project
Business continuity & mitigation plan during pandemic situation. Zero volume loss due to material availability

Global Sourcing Deputy Manager

Ford Motor Company India

Chennai

01.2009 - 01.2017

Sourcing of Alternators/Starter Motors/Battery, Instrument Clusters, telematic units, Infotainment & audio systems & Soft Trim parts like NVH & insulation for Europe and Asia Pacific & Africa Region
Supporting the GCBP (Global commodity business Plan) discussion for the APA and Europe region.
Pricing negotiation/Agreement for New program/ Current products.
Year Over year cost target task both Commercial & Design targets.
Lead in organizing Supplier Engagement Meetings with Global suppliers
Cost Gap analysis & identifying action plan for closing the cost gaps.
Participating in Global teleconferences to align for new program sourcing for all regions
Conducting cost workshop/LSO (Lean System Audit) at supplier site/Ford site to brainstorm cost reduction ideas both commercially and technically to meet the Yearly cost reduction targets.
NPD projects Handled: Sourced Alternator, Starter motor & Battery for B, C, CD and commercial truck/SUV for APA -India, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, Vietnam and FOE - Germany, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Russia
Sourced instrument cluster, infotainment & audio devices, telematic units for Ford-Mahindra Project
Cost reduction performance Year over Year: 2011 $3mil (2.8%), 2012 $4.5mil (3.2%), 2013 $4.2mil (3.3%), 2014 $3.8mil (1.8%), 2015 $4.5mil (2.3%), 2016 $2.8mil (1.8%), 2017 $2.4mil (1.43%), 2018 $2.54mil (1.6%)
Conducted yearly two LSO (Lean system Audit) and Value chain audit/Cost workshop to generate ideas to meet cost reduction targets.
Engaged with internal cross-functional teams and monitored supplier performance to retain the Q1 certification tags.

Executive Engineer - Strategic Sourcing

Ingersoll Rand India Ltd

Ahmedabad

01.2015 - 04.2016

Vendor Identification/evaluation/Part development/pricing for commodities below
Casting/Forging - (Line bore assly , Connecting rod, Piston rod, Crank shaft)
Machining of ferrous and non ferrous
New product development of Centrifugal and rotary compressors which includes following commodity
Casting and machining components
Bought Out components (Electrical Panels, Pneumatics systems, Valves, Filters and Fasteners)
Fabricated - Sheet Metal and Welded parts (Intercooler parts).
Developed New centrifugal compressor parts for Global launch - Value 1050K$
New product development and VAVE activity of Blower package components.- Value 21K$
New product development of Rotary compressor - Value 51K$
Strategic Initiative projects in Casting/Forging and machining with various savings.

Engineer - Purchase

Lucas - TVS Ltd

Pudhucherry

01.2008 - 10.2010

Scheduling and procurement of materials for below commodity
Casting - Pressure die casting parts
Machining of ferrous and non ferrous
Plastics parts - Injection and compression Molded
Sheet metal components
Electronic parts like PCBs, Resistors, Capacitors
Vendor development activities during new product development components at vendor end for customer audit for following products
Follow up and daily supply of materials to in-house and sub contractors production thereby streamlining supply without line stoppage for ignition products.
Handling 250 components from 200 suppliers.
Inventory reduced with controlled inflow from 150Lakhs to 81Lakhs during the Period 2008 - 2009.
Cost reduction of 10Lakhs/year by alternate sourcing.