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Sumukha KV
Senior Buyer
Bangalore
Summary
A professional with overall 10 plus years of experience in Supply Chain, Procurement, and Project management activities in the Automotive, Oil & Gas, Aerospace and Heavy Machinery industries. Possess excellent experience in working with global clients.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Associate Engineer (Global Procurement)
Collins Aerospace
09.2023 - Current
- Managed end-to-end procurement process from PO placement to delivery, ensuring on-time fulfillment while negotiating costs, approving payments, and resolving shortages/late deliveries.
- Expedited orders and collaborated with suppliers to improve delivery performance, maintaining Supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD) goals.
- Investigated root causes of supply gaps, implemented corrective actions (RCCA), and worked cross-functionally to prevent recurring delivery issues.
- Monitored contract performance, resolved supplier disputes, and ensured adherence to quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
- Partnered with planners, engineers, and leadership to address critical shortages, forecast demand, and align procurement strategies.
- Utilized SAP systems to maintain accurate material master data, PIR records, lead times and source lists.
- Reviewed exception messages, updated planning parameters, and reconciled supplier invoices for timely payments.
Lead Parts Product Analyst
Caterpillar India Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - 08.2023
- Determines the serviceability of repair parts based on the BOM and engineering recommendations to provide aftermarket spare part solutions to customers.
- Creates master record, issue cancellations, and submit changes to Numerical Parts Record (NPR) to generate purchase orders and provide worldwide stocking to support Caterpillar product in the first three years of NPI product life.
- Monitor the set-up parts released for the NPI programs to maintain service fill for the NPI period of 3 years.
- Ensures the optimum stock availability of service parts at suitable locations at the right time and in the right quantity based on the NPI program (New Product Introduction) timelines, Model distribution plan, and machine population.
- Find the alternate source for the parts that need to be reinstated for service by working with category buyers.
Senior Logistic Planning Analyst
Caterpillar India Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2017 - 09.2022
- Analyzed demand & dealer orders, managed material allocation across the distribution centers, and coordinated with customer service for aftermarket parts solutions consisting of approximately 200 end customers.
- Worked with the strategic suppliers to expedite the parts, released the orders via EDI, and encouraged supplier development in terms of their shipping performance (SSP) with feasible schedule collaboration.
- Determined priorities based on machine-down status, assembly shortage, and expedited orders to provide promise dates for critical dealer machine-down emergency orders.
- Co-ordinated with suppliers to resolve issues related to price discrepancies, quality problems, scrap disposition, etc.
- Handled Inbound Workload project and collaborated with a cross-functional team across the globe to deploy in the Salesforce platform and trained a Global Team of 150 analysts on the same.
- Guided the Bangalore team of 60 analysts on the roles and responsibilities of both Order Management and Global Parts Supply along with its execution.
- On-boarded and trained 10 new US-based suppliers on the Material Replenishment collaboration tool.
Procurement Analyst
Accenture Solutions Private Ltd
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Performed end-to-end process for different MRO categories - Project plan, Spend Analysis, Supply Market approach, Conducting RFI/RFP through e-sourcing module of ARIBA, Quote comparison & negotiation, final supplier evaluation based on right sourcing strategy, Contract Drafting, and Contract Management
- Driven continuous process improvement by analyzing spend, market data, and bench-marking a new price
- Prepared a negotiation strategy for each contract and achieved the hard savings for the organization of $1K
- Performed Supplier Screening & Counter Party Due Diligence to ensure that the suppliers are compliant & able to meet companies' requirements
- Managed to work on 2 different processes (i.e., supplier screening and End to End sourcing project) simultaneously for 6 months
Graduate Apprentice Trainee
Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd
12.2014 - 12.2015
- Managed multiple PCB projects - Initiated RFQs in PILUM software, compared quotations, conducted technical discussions with the suppliers and cross-functional teams, prepared preventive quality planning (VQP), and awarded the projects as per the project timeline agreed with stakeholders
- Maintained SAP master data & Views updates in SAP, created purchase requisition (BANF) and released Purchase order (PO)
- Created sampling requirement sheet (SRS), received part production approval process (PPAP) documents from the suppliers, evaluated & released PPAP, and worked to create schedule agreement (SA)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering
Mysore, Karnataka 04.2001 -
Skills
- Analytical Approach
- Negotiation
- Effective Communication
- AutoCAD, Pro-E, Catia, Solid Edge
- SAP MM, SAP SRM, SAP SPM, SAP EWM
- Ariba, Salesforce, Power BI, Microsoft Office
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt Trained, Caterpillar
Accomplishments
- Cost Saving of $21K - Through efficient negotiation with the suppliers on the Lead time reduction, MOQ optimization and Contract negotiation at Caterpillar & Accenture.
- Honored with Lead the Change Award 5 times- Improved the supplier SSP and reduced the past ship. Driven the Inbound Workload project and set up the SOPs. Achieved hard savings of $1000 on two MRO projects.
- Received multiple shootout's at team and supply chain level for exceptional contributions in improving supplier OTD and reducing BQ's.
Additional Information
- Team Player - Assist team members on the process update and share implemented ideas to achieve a better result
- Quick Learner & Flexible - Eager to learn new things and comfortable to work in any environment
Interests
Timeline
Senior Associate Engineer (Global Procurement)
Collins Aerospace
09.2023 - Current
Lead Parts Product Analyst
Caterpillar India Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - 08.2023
Senior Logistic Planning Analyst
Caterpillar India Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2017 - 09.2022
Procurement Analyst
Accenture Solutions Private Ltd
01.2016 - 07.2017
Graduate Apprentice Trainee
Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd
12.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering
04.2001 -
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