Swapnil Zade

• Result-driven techno-commercial professional with 7.5+ years of experience in supply chain management and sourcing across automotive, oil & gas, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical and industrial power sectors.
• Focused on boosting plant revenue through cost optimization, modern methodologies, and leading a 10+ member team, achieving ₹70+ crore in savings.
• Created data visualizations using Power BI to present insights to leadership, driving the achievement of organizational goals.
• Proven expertise in overseeing end-to-end Purchasing operations, including Contract Management, NPD Sourcing Strategy, Cost Finalization & Planning, Vendor Management, and Negotiations
• Fostered strong relationships with customers and vendors, leading pricing and performance reviews to identify opportunities for service improvement, revenue growth, and cost management.
• Successfully transitioned from ERP to SAP implementation, enhancing operational efficiency and system integration.
• Extensive expertise in product costing, P2P cycle, contract management, vendor development, procurement optimization, logistics, inventory control, and techno-commercial negotiations.
• Extensive expertise in strategic sourcing and materials management for wire harnesses, control panels, fabrication, castings, forgings, and hardware.
• Conducted monthly material market price indexing using LME and SIAM reports.

• Multiple Spot Recognition Awards (2023-2024 | 2016-2022)
• Best Kaizen Award

Oracle Cloud Applications, SAP Ariba, SAP-ECC 6.0- MM , SAP Business one PLM Windchill, Coupa, VPCR CAPPM, Mactrack, Oracle RFQ Informatica GSAR, Sieve Spend Analysis, CQMS Metric stream and MS Office etc.

• 2023 – Zero Base Costing.
• 2023 – Sourcing Practical Methodology - Udemy
• 2022 - Data Analyst, SQL, Hadoop Ecosystem.
• 2021 - Negotiation Strategy
• 2017 - ISO-TS-16949 System, ISO-14001 System, ISO audit.
• 2016 - G8D, VSM, 7 QC tools, 5S, KAIZEN, Productivity, Cost Saving

Area of Savings’: Resourcing, Localization, Dual Sourcing, Digitization of Operation, Process improvement, Lead Time Reduction, Inventory Control, Cost Negotiation, Rate Revision, YOY, Should Costing, VAVE and Logistic

• Achieved ₹10 Cr in cost savings at Cummins India (2023-24) through resourcing, localization, dual sourcing of control panels and harnesses (₹6 Cr), and HMI localization for the DMC project (₹4 Cr).
• Achieved ₹65.3 Cr in cost savings at Nirmal Industries (2019-22) through part conversion from sand casting to investment casting (₹34 Cr), development of DBM system for inventory control (₹7.8 Cr), VAVE and process improvements (₹4 Cr), and dual sourcing for sand casting (₹19.5 Cr).
• Achieved ₹4.5 Cr in cost savings at Kalyani Technoforge (2018-19) by reducing excess oil consumption during forging (₹1.3 Cr), optimizing machining setup time and improving quality (₹2.6 Cr), and modifying fixtures and tooling (₹0.55 Cr).
• Achieved ₹1.6 Cr in cost savings at Metalyst Forging (2017-18) by switching RM from square rod to round (₹1.0 Cr) and implementing in-house short blasting hanger repairs and material reuse (₹0.6 Cr).
• Achieved ₹0.45 Cr in cost savings at Om Forge (2016-17) by improving green quality inspection, reducing rejections from 15% to 2.3%.