Saurabh Suryawanshi

Material Planning & Logistics

• Tracking daily material shortages based on stock and monthly plans along with import & local part pick-ups as per EDI to supplier for eliminating stock out risk.
• Supplier interface for Purchase order, forecast & transit shipment related activities.
• On time communication & projecting visibility to all stake holders about critical parts, stock out conditions with the help of simulations.
• Continuous engagement with all stake holders about critical part to provide latest status .
• Digitalization and continuous improvement in daily tracking sheet for clear visibility, real time updates and to enable process simplification.
• Driving Qlik as a digitalization project to eliminate use of manual shortage tracking activity.
• Participation in supplier performance evaluation to enhance supplier reliability and delivery performance.
• Co-ordination with supplier quality team to ensure the timely pickup of vendor rejection.
• Inventory planning and controlling as per company target along with obsolete inventory mapping & reduction actions.
• Supported new project development along with the CFT by coordinating materials and packaging for trials, launches and project Ramp-up.
• Management of packaging data sheets and Material Master parameters for listed part and slow moving parts.
• Coordinated SAP-generated schedules with suppliers and managed purchase requisitions via SAP SRM.
• Acted as a liaison between material planning and Customs team to improve supply chain coordination.

Engineering Change Management (ECM)

• Represented logistics in ECM forums to ensure smooth implementation of part changes.
• Managed part obsolescence according to standard plant procedures.