Sachin Saste

• Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop leadership skills and advance their careers within the organization.
• Led cross-functional teams to achieve company-wide goals, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
• Overcame challenging deadlines and resource limitations by reallocating personnel and focusing on priority tasks.
• Established the Pune, India, procurement operation from a brownfield stage.
• Spearheading strategic sourcing activities as category leader for six plants in India, and purchase head for the Pune EDS division.
• Acting as the single point of contact for managing a substantial spend of 120 million USD.
• Managing strategic sourcing activities of all types of cables, Fakra cable assemblies (audio/video/360-degree camera), connectors, terminals, plastics, and C-class items.
• Plan and execute cost reduction initiatives, localization projects, and establishing a robust savings pipeline.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to successfully implement cost-saving projects.
• Setting cost model, zero-based costing, make vs. buy business case with management, LTA pricing with suppliers.
• Ensuring to meet or beat plant material cost targets, ultimately supports the BU in improving the OI.
• Execute sourcing activities for new product development projects.
• Identify and develop potential vendors as per business requirements. Auditing and monitoring supplier performance.
• Proactively manage risks, and ensure uninterrupted material flow without line stoppages.
• Ensuring and addressing audit compliance – SOX, IAS, regional/global audits, and IMS-related audits, ISO/IATF with customer audits.

• Facilitated communication between internal stakeholders and suppliers, improving collaboration throughout the procurement lifecycle.
• Negotiated long-term agreements with major suppliers that resulted in significant cost reductions over time without compromising quality or service levels.
• Enhanced supplier relationships by implementing strategic sourcing initiatives and effective negotiation tactics.
• Enhanced team productivity by providing training and mentorship to junior procurement specialists on best practices and industry trends.
• Established the Pune, India, procurement operation from a greenfield stage.
• Executed the project, purchasing well before project timelines, and helped the plant to set the plant SOP in 42 weeks from project kickoff (groundbreaking).
• Implemented cost savings in all major raw materials, like PVC, CCS, GI wire, aluminum polyester tape, mica tape, and MB, by achieving 100% localization within a span of two years from SOP.
• Implemented various copper (RM) sourcing strategies for business group AM and CI, as per the working model in coordination with HQ, and established the process of copper hedging.
• Indirect / Capex – APV 50 M$. Responsible for all indirect services, indirect/capex purchases for all BGs.
• Super Key user for the implementation of SAP – MM Module, for the successful execution of the procurement to supplier payments cycle in the system.
• Attended trainings in Suzhou, Shanghai, China, and various locations in India.

Training implementation of the global strategic process

To understand the manufacturing process of different products, like Hirschmann Inductrial Networking switches, LAN cable Cat5, Cat6 copper patch cord cable assembly, fiber patch cord assembly, and industrial connection systems cable assembly.

Clean room setup for Fiber patch cord assy.

ESD compliant Industrial networking switches assy setup.

Supplier and commercial benchmarking processes in the APAC region.

SAP Implementation.

To have the know how of above processes & replicate at the Pune, India plant. So that Pune plant is establihed in benchmark to the APAC plant setup.

• Implemented efficient purchasing processes, reducing lead times and increasing order accuracy.
• Identified new suppliers through market research and competitive analysis, expanding the company''s supply base.
• Maintained compliance with all relevant regulations and industry standards by implementing robust auditing procedures.
• Championed sustainability efforts within the organization by promoting environmentally responsible purchasing practices.
• Established the India procurement operation from a greenfield stage twice.
• Major role (Lead Buyer – leading the team of three buyers) for all (RM, ID, services, and CAPEX) sourcing decisions and vendor management of the India supply base for domestic requirements.
• Expertise in implementing cost-saving measures to achieve substantial reductions in terms of raw materials, consumable/indirect materials, CAPEX (by tendering), and reducing cycle time on production machines by VA/VE from suppliers in material handling, while reducing in-house processes.
• Implemented various copper (RM) sourcing strategies for business group AM and CI, as per the working model in coordination with HQ, and established the process of copper hedging.
• Indirect / Capex – APV – €10 million. Responsible for all indirect services, indirect/capex purchases for all BGs. Entire Capex sourced within the cost book, with savings of €2.2 million. LTA for all indirect services and recurring goods.
• Successfully handled contracts for services (AMCs).
• Initiated the material forecasting system based on a linear model and the moving average of the monthly consumption method.
• Handled various analyses and implemented them successfully, such as Fast, Slow, Non-Moving, XYZ, ABC, etc., for reducing the inventory level.
• Super Key user for the implementation of SAP – MM Module, for the successful execution of the procurement to supplier payments cycle in the system.
• Understanding business processes, study and analyze workflow to design solutions (As-Is and To-Be Analysis and finalization of BBP) in SAP, and also in QMS (Quality Management System).
• Monitoring the legal compliance and export control check before vendor finalization.
• An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills, with the ability to relate to people at any level of business.
• Attended training sessions in Germany and various locations in India.

Training implementation on the Global Purchasing process and Supply Chain Management with global strategic sourcing team and related to SAP implementation.

• Streamlined operations for increased efficiency by identifying bottlenecks in sales processes and implementing targeted solutions.
• Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement by promoting open communication channels for feedback from all levels within the organization.
• Responsible for NPD (New Product Development) from RFQ, feasibility, estimation, costing, proposals, customer orders execution, to bulk supplies.
• Working out detailed costing, both in the forging and machining processes, with the internal CFT team (with Engineering and Finance).
• Key account manager for various customers (domestic and exports), increasing our company's SOB, NPD.
• Responsible for order processing, coordination, and interaction both internally and externally for the execution of orders.
• Expediting the new product development cycle to 25 days from the date of receipt of the trial PO from the customer.
• Handling marketing statistics, new product development, sales reporting systems, and debtors analysis.
• Exploring new vendors in Forging for the items where there were internal capacity constraints, and also in the Machining division as well (for crankshafts, connecting rods, and stub axles).
• Played a very important role in developing (forged and machined) Mahindra XUV W201 knuckles, MDI crankshafts, etc., by outsourcing and ensuring no line stoppages at our customer end.
• Key member while running business cases, making vs. buying decisions, and setting the vision/mission for the company, etc.
• Certified SAP super user for MM and SD modules by Mahindra and Mahindra for project HARMONY – certificate copy enclosed for your reference.
• Exposure to successful end-to-end life cycle implementation projects, experience from the biggest SAP project in Asia, project name – HARMONY, and two rollout projects.