Sriraman Kuppuswamy

Experienced professional in entrepreneurial, indirect procurement, SCM, and operations with over 25+ years of diverse industry and domain expertise. Skilled in managing end-to-end processes including sourcing, development, CAPEX, indirect procurement, and IT services. Hands-on experience implementing RPA and digitalization initiatives in sourcing and procurement operations. Provided procurement operations and contract management support to multiple business units and client engagements. Background in manufacturing operations in automobile OEMs and inventory control in computer and laptop assembly. Successfully led a team of 80+ FTEs and managed team leaders. Experience in discrete manufacturing of machined components and small-scale start-up food and beverage products co-op production. Expertise in project and services procurement for the resale of fit-out, construction, data centers, and IdAMS in the consulting domain.

• Led Infra Services portion of prestigious Bangalore Intl Airport Project (04/01/20 - 04/01/21)
• Led Two Hackathon Projects (2019-2020) from BU which involves NLP, ML, Cognitive Tools.
• Concluded I/SA Pintail Model which is a 5 year RC model for construction projects (12/01/16 - 12/01/17).

• Coursera Translator Community
• Tell a story to a Kid via Team Everest NGO

• Sourcing RESO-CM, Data Center, packages effectively in time critical Projects, as a procurement SPOC for the assigned deals, managing a spend of ~30Mil US$ / year.
• Sourcing Cloud, SAAS solutions, Licenses for Enterprise Security Tools.
• Infra Services Lead for prestigious Bangalore Intl Airport Project worth 100MilUS$.
• Delivered sourcing requirements for 30 different engagements worth 70Mil US$ as a Team Lead for 6 senior buyers.
• Installed & Commissioned – Project Management – a new age f&b plant to the tune of US$1Mil.
• Kaizen, Kaikaku – Process improvements for PQCDMS improvements.
• E&O Reduction of ~ US$1Mil on an inventory of ~US$150Mil (Raw, WIP, FG & 3PL VMI).
• Led a team of 80 FTEs, Module Controllers, Team leaders to deliver 3000 Vehicle parts per day for 3 different LoBs.
• Imparted 80Hrs of training – OJT & Classroom based – per year.

• Achieved a 5% yield savings by negotiation, alternate sourcing, VA, NVA Reduction with accuracy and efficiency.
• Supervised team of 10+ staff members.
• Achieved inventory accuracy by introducing an in-house developed Excel Track for inward,outward, consumption tasks.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

• ISM India