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SANTHOSH KUMAR RAJANNA

Bengaluru

Summary

Procurement Analyst with 9+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, purchase order management, and vendor management. Proven negotiation skills and problem-solving abilities enhance supply chain efficiency and drive impactful results. Expertise in optimizing procurement processes and managing supplier relationships. Open to opportunities in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, and project management.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Procurement Analyst

BOEING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
BANGALORE
06.2022 - Current
  • Worked with over 100 suppliers globally and within India to support sales and programs teams to expedite the parts.
  • Facilitated milestone calls with critical suppliers to mitigate risks related to AOG, LINE DOWN, and other urgent part needs, driving resolution through cross-functional coordination.
  • Regularly collaborated with suppliers and internal stakeholders (buyers, AP team, QA team, SPM, and sales) to resolve supply chain issues, including PO holds, credit hold issues, documentation gaps, and delivery delays.
  • Proactively worked to reduce supplier and customer past dues, and worked on critical requests from sales by aligning with BDSI KPIs, ensuring visibility and accountability across all functions.
  • Supported strategy and operations through brainstorming sessions, identifying sourcing opportunities, and aligning supplier development efforts with business goals.
  • Partnered with the US BGS-Commercial strategy team to identify potential Indian suppliers by understanding their capabilities, capacity, experience, and certifications, and getting NDAs signed.
  • Supported the BDSI Strategy team in initiating and following through on RFQ packages (e.g., fittings), ensuring timely quote submissions aligned with project timelines.
  • Conducted detailed quote comparisons using criteria such as part pricing, MOQs, lead times, and tooling/NRE costs, ensuring data-driven supplier selection decisions.

Senior Purchasing Analyst

VOLVO INDIA PVT LTD
BANGALORE
06.2018 - 05.2022
  • I was involved in the NPDI process in collaboration with the XFT team all the way from making a strategy for a new product, sending RFIs, RFQs, comparing quotes, and negotiating until the business was awarded to the best supplier.
  • I will be involved in the RTS meetings, CPOT-IPD parts, Prototype parts, and work closely with SQE to get PPAP approved on me.
  • I have led a team of 8 and was responsible for work allocation, mentoring, hand-holding, motivating them to provide some CI ideas, and also teaching them some soft skills.
  • Handled VOR and RTB urgent service market requisitions, and was able to reduce the lead time from over 50 days to less than a week, which was appreciated by top management.
  • Leading a team to work on a cost-saving project: cost weight analysis showed an opportunity to save about 50 MSEK. I also worked on a supplier switch and a price inconsistency toolbox.
  • Helping segment leaders and commodity managers to build the strategy using dashboards in Power BI.
  • I have identified areas to automate several mundane and repetitive tasks, and saved several hundred man-hours per month using macros and VBA.
  • Was responsible for allocating a segment and assigning a buyer to a new part using the segment boundary rule within 24 hours of the part inflow.
  • Strategic sourcing by sending RFQ and RFI to suppliers, followed by staggered benchmarking.
  • Was responsible for raising new internal PRs and doing GRNs as per the company’s requirements using the EBD tool (Volvo's ERP tool).
  • Hands-on experience in all order management activities, timely placement, and expediting of purchase orders in GPS (Volvo-owned ERP system) in line with the project priorities, and ensuring parts availability for proto builds and production.
  • Monitor and follow up on deliveries to the plant, and ensure there are no line disturbances.
  • Implementation of design changes on parts and PCRs, coordinating with design engineers, SQEs, and suppliers to secure them on a timely basis.
  • Implement productivity and raw material impact as per agreements in the Volvo cost-saving database tool.
  • Working closely with the Finance team and suppliers to solve price discrepancies and blocked invoices, so as to maintain a good relationship with the supplier.
  • Auditing the activities done by the team on a monthly basis, giving them feedback to improve, and also sharing best practices and lessons learned with the team.

Buyer

HCL TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD
BANGALORE
12.2016 - 06.2018
  • Strategic sourcing by sending RFQ and RFI to suppliers, followed by staggered benchmarking.
  • Subject matter expert (SME) in Project Management Purchasing.
  • Part of sourcing governance is helping projects secure the deadline.
  • Price and lead-time negotiation with the supplier.
  • Supplier quote analysis and coordinating the business award process.
  • Project management and part status analysis using Microsoft Excel.
  • Analyzing the logistic overhead (mark-up) cost for the supplier.
  • Placing and authenticating 'blanket orders' and 'contract orders' to suppliers, using ERP tools.
  • Preparing customized dashboards and reports for the Project Management team on the PO and delivery status.
  • Was responsible for handling price block issues with suppliers and the accounts team.

Procurement Specialist

IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
BANGALORE
09.2015 - 12.2016
  • Initiate the registration process for the supplier, and help guide the supplier to onboard for the ARIBA Network.
  • Creating several transactions, such as creating a PR, placing a PO, checking an ASN, doing a GRN, receiving an invoice, and also checking inventory using SAP MM.
  • Creating and releasing Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders.
  • Check on requisition approvals, and follow up with stakeholders to get it approved.
  • Resolving any queries related to invoices, payments, and purchase orders from internal and external departments.
  • Responsible for handling escalations.
  • Suggest preferred vendors to the requesters. Deal with vendors through email and call regarding pricing documentation.
  • To create purchase orders, enter and process all incoming carts/orders, performing a list of checkpoints.
  • To expedite orders on a priority basis. To report the order list as per the client's requirements.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

JYOTHY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BANGALORE,INDIA
06-2015

Skills

  • Strategic sourcing
  • Vendor management
  • Purchase order management
  • Spend analysis
  • ERP systems (SAP MM, SAP HANA S4, SAP Ariba)
  • Data analysis (Excel, Visual Basic, Power BI)
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Negotiation and communication
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Time management
  • Decision making and leadership

Accomplishments

  • Under the Boeing Recognition Program, received the Pride Award for Q1 2025 for engaging with a critical supplier for one of our critical customers, helping to mitigate risks
  • Winner of the Volvo Group Purchasing Award 2021 in the category 'In Constant Motion' for being part of the Citizen Developer team for driving in-house digitalization
  • Purchasing excellence for customer success and prosperity - contributed to customer success, buyer KPIs, and improving service market performance for NAM vehicle buyers by reducing the lead time for VOR and RTB ordering - 2021
  • Recipient of the 'Star Performer' award for the quarters of April to June and July to September 2017 at HCL Technologies Ltd

Affiliations

Volunteering activities

  • Volvo active CSR task force member Goy of Giving; COVID Vaccination, Cleanathon Drive and Many more
  • I volunteered at the National Achievers Conference in 2014
  • Participated in the Quarantine Watch follow-up during COVID-19 in association with Bangalore City Police and the NGO Let's Be the Change
  • Take part in events organized by NGOs

SPORTS

  • Won silver and bronze in badminton in the Swedish Corporate Championship in 2018 and 2019, held in Bangalore
  • Won silver in volleyball in the Swedish Corporate Championship 2019 held in Bangalore
  • Represented school, college, and engineering in badminton, football, softball, volleyball, singing, mad ads, and other events

Languages

Kannada
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Procurement Analyst

BOEING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
06.2022 - Current

Senior Purchasing Analyst

VOLVO INDIA PVT LTD
06.2018 - 05.2022

Buyer

HCL TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD
12.2016 - 06.2018

Procurement Specialist

IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
09.2015 - 12.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

JYOTHY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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