Sudharshan Biradar Patil
Bangalore
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with 7+ years experience and expertise in Sourcing interpreting RFQs, supplier qualification, and procurement operations, supplier negotiations, Global Purchasing and cost analysis. Adept at cross-functional collaboration, supplier development, supplier relationship management and ensuring ability to scale operations and lead teams in global sourcing environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Sourcing Manager
Bendable Solutions pvt ltd(Karkhana.io)
Bangalore
08.2025 - Current
- Research and identify potential suppliers for required goods and services.
- Develop new vendors to ensure dual sourcing, and reduce dependency.
- Conduct supplier audits and capability assessments.
- Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, delivery, and compliance.
- Negotiate contracts, pricing, payment terms, and delivery schedules.
- Ensure suppliers meet sustainability and risk management standards.
- Interpreted customer RFQs, developed actionable sourcing specifications, and identified and qualified suppliers.
- Optimises sourcing strategies through supplier negotiations and cost analysis, ensuring compliance with sustainability standards. Develops strong vendor relationships and implements effective risk management practices to enhance operational performance.
- Led complete RFQ lifecycle, including quotation requests, clarifications, negotiations, and award recommendations.
- Managed supplier contracts, monitored performance, and built long-term relationships.
- Drove dual sourcing strategies to ensure supply continuity and mitigate lead-time risks.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.
- Handle amendments, renewals, and dispute resolution.
- Monitor supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, and responsiveness).
- Address issues such as shortages, wrong shipments, or quality concerns.
- Conduct supplier risk assessments (financial stability, operational risks).
- Develop contingency plans for supply disruptions.
- Track procurement KPIs (cost savings, lead time, and supplier performance).
- Results-driven Sourcing Manager specialising in global purchasing, and supplier development. Evaluates suppliers rigorously to ensure quality and compliance while negotiating contracts that align with business objectives. Drives continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on sustainability, and efficient procurement practices.
SCM OFFICER
Ohmium Operation private Limited
Bangalore
07.2022 - 07.2025
- Procurement of Primary raw materials, packing materials, consumables, and Maintenance items of machinery.
- Purchase orders follow up with international suppliers on pending orders.
- Monitor suppliers’ performance and enforce proper follow-up as per business needs.
- Plan raw materials as per lead time.
- Ensure production orders are completed as per plan.
- Ensure timely confirmations of sales orders as per target.
- Working on inventory reduction plan
- Achieve Ship to request & Ship to Schedule as per set target.
- Purchase orders follow-up with local suppliers on pending orders.
- Support purchase department for planning the procurement of required equipment and material for stores.
- Handling Supplier Queries related to Material Rejections, Payments issues, shipment dates and back-log orders.
- Creating the Purchase order based on the Purchase Request.
- Closing working with Supplier to ensure that material is reached on time.
- Vendor Development.
- Proactive Supply Chain Specialist with a comprehensive understanding of inventory management and vendor development. Implements innovative sourcing solutions that enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs. Drives continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen supply chain resilience and performance.
Senior Buyer
Adi-Deere Technologies
06.2018 - 06.2022
- Preparing material flow process charts and establishes and maintains material lead-time elements for establishment of material due dates from manufacturing operation/suppliers.
- Handling more than 35 Vendors for various parts. Introduced 10 New Vendors after conducting Initial assessment to add capacity and develop dual supplier strategy Monitoring & Controlling the issue.
- Inward, Storage of RM and other semi-finished products to supplier in a FIFO manner.
- Inventory Management (Both In-house & Supplier Managed Inventory) and reports to management to take the timely decisions.
- Overall responsibility of checking out deviations and control of stores inventories.
- Review the audit reports and take correction measures as suggested.
- Conduct the departmental/Contractor’s reconciliation and carry out adjustments with finance as per the outcome of the report.
- Review of slow/non the ageing moving materials and conduct their disposal as per the laid down policies.
- Lead the cross functional Supply Chain NPI Team in successful implementation on new products into the Global Supply Chain.
- Plan for materials quantity for stores, including future stock requirements through tools for forecasting and previous records analysis.
- Evaluating vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms and conditions with them.
- Review overall planning of materials on a regular basis to ensure that inventory is managed in an optimum manner.
- Review shortages of materials and ensure action steps for fulfillment of shortages.
- Responsible for complete inventory resource in terms of sales, orders, inventory etc.
- Implement systems and processes for stores and their operations.
- Implement systems like Min Max etc. for enhancing capability, efficiency, and performance of store operations.
- Implement processes for smooth operations of stores, such as tracking systems for ensuring proactive reduction of storage.
- Implement process for slow moving / project surplus in terms of options to use existing inventory or sell off extra materials.
Education
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
KLE Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology
Belgaum01-2016
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement, P2P, S2P process
- Vendor management
- Inventory management and process control
- SAP ERP
- DYNAMICS 365
- MS office and excel
- Supplier evaluation
- Contract negotiation
- Supplier audits
- Risk assessment
- Global sourcing
- Stakeholder management
- Exceptional negotiation skills
- Supplier relationship management
- Budget forecasting tools
- Piece price analysis
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Hindi
- Marathi
Timeline
Sourcing Manager
Bendable Solutions pvt ltd(Karkhana.io)
08.2025 - Current
SCM OFFICER
Ohmium Operation private Limited
07.2022 - 07.2025
Senior Buyer
Adi-Deere Technologies
06.2018 - 06.2022
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
KLE Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology