Shanmukha Srikanth K

• Worked as an Associate Executive - Strategic Sourcing & Vendor development in TI Cycles of India for a period of 3 months with a specific focus on Sourcing & Part Development activities for the manufacturing of the Electric 2 Wheeler (E-Bike) & 3 wheeler Project and Interacted with different Subject-Matter experts in Supply Chain & Project Management

• Interact with key stakeholders of Strategic Procurement in identifying business needs, building supplier relationships and managing vendor contracts for China, Korea, and Vietnam & Taiwan etc
• Maintain master price lists for specific categories of material supplies from overseas vendors
• Responsible for ensuring that shipments are received within specified delivery timelines through effective coordination with both the logistics function and vendors
• Handling Inspection Agencies for quality control over importing key raw materials
• Analyze monthly actual vs budget variances and prepare reports with the help of ERP and Power BI dashboard tools
• Responsible for creation, placing, and making sure purchase orders (PO's) abide by proper signature levels in SAP MM Environment
• Perform the onboarding process of new vendors by coordinating with cross-functional teams across the organization
• Perform continuous improvement in the supply chain procedures and implement new policies as required by global management policies and changing business needs
• Acting as the primary contact between vendors and diverse internal functional teams within the organization

• Company Overview: (Third party vendor payroll)
• Substantially worked in Electric Bus Development Project for the pilot batch of 40 Electric buses production in EV production shop floor
• Actively involved as key team member in setting up the Electric Vehicle's battery development center
• Ensure smooth material flow from key vendors in Sheet metal and power train components categories
• Performed new vendor development activities and provided alternative vendor research reports to the procurement leaders
• Incharge of ensuring reduced quality clearance failure rate in Sheet metal segment

• Worked as a Purchase Engineer based on the monthly production orders from OEM industries
• Acted as a single point coordinator for Prabha group's business units for New product Development and Purchase Engineering Activities
• Participated on site at various locations: Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Dharwad & Delhi for new project activities and new vendor development
• Participated and presented department performance reports in monthly review meetings

Managing Global Procurement Operations across Various Clusters, Collaborating with
Technology Leads, Specialists and Analysts & Regional procurement Heads for Source to
Contract, Procure to Pay, and Vendor Management .
• First point of contact for the various Sites & Suppliers across Various Continents.
• Ensured compliance with organization's ,Policies ,Guidelines, and foreign trade control laws.
• Working Closely with Subject Matter Experts to Drive GPDP & GP Indirect Spends.
• Analyze Business Requirements and identifies Reliable Suppliers to meet Business Requirements.
•Participate & Support in the Development of Sourcing Strategies.
•Liaise with Regional and Global Buying Teams ,Providing Information and Analytical Support in
alignment with their Goals on Portfolio management and Savings.
•Evaluate and select suppliers in terms of quality, service, cost and capability.
•Support buyers in supplier analysis and research data.
•Manage Spot Purchases under the approved threshold Sourcing the Supplier as per Company
strategy, Receiving Quotations from Suppliers, negotiating with Suppliers on Price & Payment Terms
(as per process).
.Participate in Projects, SME Networks, Process updates, Best Practice Implementation.