TANAJI WALEKAR
Procurement Professional
Pimpri, Pune
Summary
- Procurement Professional with 16+ years of expertise in meeting business needs in a fast paced, expanding MNC environment. Capable to formulate & implement tactical initiatives for achieving corporate strategic goals, targeting assignments in Materials Management, Procurement Operations, Sourcing strategies & Vendor Management.
- Excellent track record of building a sustainable supply chain, Skilled in handling techno-commercial aspects, entailing procurement activities, technical bid analysis, contract negotiations, order placement, monitoring progress until delivery & resolution of vendor disputes.
- Team-based management style coupled with Excellent Analytical skill, Relationship Management, Leadership, Communication, Decision-Making, Problem-Solving ability & Organizational skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Procurement Manager
Protego India Pvt. Ltd (100% Subsidiary of German based MNC)
Navi Mumbai
02.2020 - Current
- Heading a Procurement function within the operations, by leading a team of 3 buyers for annual spend of 200 Million INR and additionally managing inbound & outbound logistics with 2 commercial personnel.
- Monitoring department & team KRAs to be delivered effectively and compliance to ISO & EHS with zero non conformities.
- Managing annually 2000+ POs on 76+ vendors with achievement of >90% vendor OTD & >95% RFT quality.
- Completed 7 projects under lean program to improvise & strengthen the procurement processes.
- Led sourcing strategies by conducting spend analysis, structured negotiations to bring 70% spend under annual rate contract, which resulted 4% saving YoY.
- Improvised material availability matrix form 60% to 90% to achieve zero production loss.
- Preparation, monitoring & presenting monthly commodity price trend, purchasing trends and cost savings to the management.
Deputy Manager - Materials
Thermax Ltd
Pune
12.2009 - 02.2020
- Led a team of 6 buyers for 150 MT/Month Pressure Part fabrication from IBR approved vendors as per defined manufacturing process & quality norms.
- Handled annual spend of 300 Million INR for Procurement of Raw Material & Bought out components and contributed towards the revenue target within the project schedule.
- Prominently worked on new vendor development and preparation of annual rate contracts for long terms business association.
- Executed 10,000 MT boiler pressure part fabrication in a year from South India, by close monitoring the manufacturing activities to meet project delivery timeline & to maintain the desired quality.
- Core member of the sourcing team for one of biggest order (11,000 MINR) of supplying pet coke based CFBC boilers to one of the leading Indian Petrochemical company, where we achieved 12% saving by deploying various sourcing levers.
Sub Contract Engineer in Corporate Material Div.
Walchandnagar Industries Ltd
Pune
02.2007 - 12.2009
- Undergone 18 months graduate engineer training in corporate material division for sub contracting of Heavy Fabrication & Machining components required for Boiler and Cement EPC projects.
- Independently performed buying duties by floating enquiry, review vendor offers techno-commercially, Compile, Negotiate & prepare proposal to finalize the order, where budget control was the primary aspect.
- Purchase order release & liaison with suppliers for timely receipt of material.
Engineer - Production Planning & Control
Parmar Techno Forge
Pune
08.2006 - 02.2007
- Served in production shop to supervise the production activities of pipe fittings.
- Production Planning, Inventory control, release of material requisition and monitoring its availability
- Preparation & publish daily production report to monitor delivery compliance and quality requirement of the customer.
Education
Certification in Supply Chain Management -
Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak
Online 12.2020 - 03.2021
PG Diploma - Materials Management
Indian Institute of Materials Management
Pune 06.2009 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Production Engineering -
SVER's College of Engineering (Shivaji University)
Pandharpur, Solapur 06.2002 - 05.2006
H.S.C -
Shivaji Mahavidyalaya
Barshi, Solapur 06.2000 - 02.2001
S.S.C -
Maharashtra Vidyalaya
Barshi, Solapur 06.1998 - 03.1999
Skills
Project Procurement
Contract Negotiation
Price Trend Analysis & Sourcing Strategy
Vendor Assessment & Development
Supplier Risk Mitigation
Team Management
Accomplishments
- Awarded as a ‘Best Employee 2021-22’ for contributions towards sustainable improvement plan under Protego Lean Program
- Achieved “Recognition & Rewards” in Protego for ;
- Established tolerance by CMM & CAD Digitization and developed inspection fixture to ensure the dimensional tolerance of intricate shape, which resulted zero rejection & increase in productivity.
- Indianization of imported ceramic casting product, which resulted 22% saving.
-Reduction of turnaround time for 2 long lead products
-Excellent execution of FOAK job, within timeline & quality norms
-Alternate product development to target low cost market segment
IT Skills
- BAAN, Infor LN 10.4 ERP, Office 365, MS Office (Word, Advance Excel, Power point)
Personal Skills
- Good at planning and optimal utilization of resources Strong willingness to learn new skills and techniques.
- Acumen for taking responsibility and high interpersonal skills.
- Ability to establish report and work in a team.
Timeline
Certification in Supply Chain Management -
Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak
12.2020 - 03.2021
Procurement Manager
Protego India Pvt. Ltd (100% Subsidiary of German based MNC)
02.2020 - Current
Deputy Manager - Materials
Thermax Ltd
12.2009 - 02.2020
PG Diploma - Materials Management
Indian Institute of Materials Management
06.2009 - 06.2011
Sub Contract Engineer in Corporate Material Div.
Walchandnagar Industries Ltd
02.2007 - 12.2009
Engineer - Production Planning & Control
Parmar Techno Forge
08.2006 - 02.2007
Bachelor of Production Engineering -
SVER's College of Engineering (Shivaji University)
06.2002 - 05.2006
H.S.C -
Shivaji Mahavidyalaya
06.2000 - 02.2001
S.S.C -
Maharashtra Vidyalaya
06.1998 - 03.1999