Sunil B.J
Assistant Manager-Sourcing And Purchase
Bangalore,KARNATAKA
Summary
Assistant Manager - Purchase leads supplier sourcing, cost negotiation, benchmarking,for castings,sheet metal ,fabrication ,bought-outs precision component categories. Drives strategic buying across domestic and overseas vendors, including RFQs, rate contracts, and vendor development for quality and delivery control. Delivered major savings through localization, insourcing, and procurement-led cost reduction initiatives while managing a 4-member team.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager - Purchase
Kennametal India Pvt ltd
BANGALORE
02.2011 - 04.2026
- Responsible for new domestic & overseas supplier identification ,Assessment, selection and Strategic Supplier development & sourcing of diversified parts including castings, Heavy Fabrications, Sheet metals, Precision Machined components, and bought-out parts .
- Leading a team of 4.Setting KPI, evaluating and suggesting improvement.
- Achieved a cost reduction of 12 crores for purchase value of 100 crores by leading team of 12 Buyers, Responsible for spend analysis, letter campaigning and negotiation.
- Achieved CR of 5% ,value worth 15 lakhs by localization of vendor and process engineering.
- Strategic Sourcing and Global Procurement, commodity management.
- Supplier Relationship management, Supplier risk management.
- RFQ management and supplier evaluation, contract negotiation and commercial management.
- Total cost of ownership management(TCO) analysis.
- Price benchmarking and cost analysis,spend analysis and procurement analytics.
- Market intelligence and supplier market research,
- Source to pay (S2P) Process knowledge.
- Procurement system and procurement documentation.
- Identify,assess and mitigate supply chain risks by implementing supplier risk management strategies,dual sourcing and business continuity plan.
- Support purchase requisition approval and ensure timely procurement execution to meet operational requirements.
Production Engineer
Weir Minerals India Pvt ltd
Bangalore
09.2009 - 05.2010
- Preparing daily production plan.
- Capacity planning for machine shop.
- Coordination in the new development pumps and valves.
- OEE Improved from 80% to 96% by SMED and cycle time improvement.
- OEE analysis for critical machines.
- HIRA, Aspect and impact analysis
Supplier Quality Engineer
GE Healthcare
Bangalore
07.2010 - OCT2010
- Working within a team developing medical devices with manufacturing systems, which will consistently produce high quality/performance, low-cost products.
- Performs Supplier Qualification activities as designated.
- Defects Monitoring: Responsible for generating Global Sourcing and Business/function/site supplier performance data reports for the monitoring of defects.
- Presentation of data to the internal team and to all the suppliers.
- Evaluates and approves Change Requests from suppliers as assigned.
- Regulatory registrations and certifications Maintaining certifications for Approved Suppliers as required per Work Instruction. Maintained and verified all the supplier records for Qualification docs and in the process of closing the gaps.
- Develop a trusting partnership with supplier, so that both customer and supplier can learn and grow.
- Inclusiveness: Continually working with few suppliers to improve performance and quality plans. Working closely with the internal team in giving all data related to SQ related issues.
- Achievements Involved in solving some of the top Quality issues for F&M(Fabrication and Machining)
- Corrective Action Report Analysis of defects as an outcome of product complaints, Manufacturing quality if found to be supplier related and leading the activity of getting the CARs and approving the same.
- Reviewing SPQP (Supplier part Quality Plan) for all the new products for part qualification and providing the feedback for the improvement of the NPI's (New Product Introduction).
- Supplier Visits ,Visited 50 suppliers and improved the process control and Quality methods at supplier end RFT improved from 85 to 95%.
- Interact routinely with Purchasing, Engineering and Suppliers to proactively improve quality of components.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
R.V College of Engineering
Bengaluru, India06-2009
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
M.E.I Polytechnic
Bengaluru, India05-2005
Skills
Supplier identification
Supplier assessment
Supplier selection
Strategic sourcing
Vendor development
Purchase order processing
RFQ management
Price negotiation
Supplier performance management
SAP purchasing
Contract management
Spend analysis
Category management
Procurement policy compliance
Purchase requisition approval
Timeline
Assistant Manager - Purchase
Kennametal India Pvt ltd
02.2011 - 04.2026
Supplier Quality Engineer
GE Healthcare
07.2010 - OCT2010
Production Engineer
Weir Minerals India Pvt ltd
09.2009 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
R.V College of Engineering
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
M.E.I Polytechnic