Vaibhav Sodani
Supply Chain Manager
Vadodara
Summary
Award winning Supply chain professional with experience of 8 years in different verticals of supply chain/Materials management e.g., S&OP Planning, Plant Inventory control, Procurement, Subcontractor Management and Warehouse management along with having strong ability to work in green-field projects with extra ordinary leadership skills. Proven track record in Global Sourcing, Costing & Negotiation, Logistics, Localization, Risk Mitigation & Compliance management. Currently spearheading as Assistant Manager – Materials & Resources / Supply Chain with A GE Renewable Energy (GE Vernova). Productive Materials Specialist possessing excellent documentation, problem-solving and multitasking abilities. Hardworking individual with Number years of experience identifying operational requirements, researching new and old materials and assessing usability of materials. In-depth knowledge of supply chain management and materials management protocols and procedures. Proactive Purchasing Manager helping businesses meet fulfillment obligations through reliable vendor partnerships and streamlined ordering processes. Performs detailed research in supplier selection, sourcing and value assessment to form best overall strategy for long-term gain. Manages purchasing budget to determine feasibility of contracts and exceed savings goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Matarials Manager
GE Vernova, LM Wind Power
VADODARA
2015.07 - Current
- Plant Inventory Management/Optimization: -
- Leading the team of 5 members of Direct Material buying & Planning; Inventory optimization for Plant to achieve the global targets of 14 Days of Inventory (DOI or DOH) in challenging situation of 50-60% import materials with 100-140 days of leadtime with ensuring Zero Production
- Line stoppage
- Driving Inventory reduction through VMI concept, controlling new orders through MRP, weekly/Bi-weekly deliveries schedules, Non-moving & slow-moving inventory reduction, Inter-Plant material movement
- Localization Team efforts, MOQ/MPQ modifications, supplier lead time and transit lead times review
- Global logistics situation review, Open PO Reviews/pushouts, etc
- Preforming inventory data analysis & presentation (i.e
- OLAP cubes, MOS, MS Power BI, Tableau, etc
- Fetching the data from ERP MS Axapta12)
- Working with Finance team for Cash Disbursement activity
- Forecasting Input-Output & DOI/DOH for next 2 quarters for presentation to CEO in monthly MOR/RER
- (i.e
- Keeping 5-7 m$ of on-hand stock where monthly consumption of 12-14 m$) Developed Supermarket for subcontract kits (Volume~4 m$/month) and keeping stock of 0.5-1.5 days of inventory
- Key member of COGS Reduction Team-Working on DM (MEV initiatives and analysis, PPV initiatives and analysis), FPC projects,etc
- S & OP Planning/Production Planning: -
- The prime responsibility is to schedule the production activities by aligning sales & operationrequirements with ensuring availability of materials for production as per the Bill of material
- Ensure needs/resource balance, MRP (Material requirement Planning) running
- Analyze Production workflow and Forecasting based on the customer demand and plant capacity
- Materials Requirement scheduling based on S&OP (Sales and operational planning) and highlight supply constraints
- On-time material availability (Raw Material / Consumables) and WIP control at production line based on requirement
- Co-ordinate with production, stores, purchaser, logistics to smoothen the supply to production line
- Weekly Review of Bill of material with Engineering Team to align the actual consumption of raw-material and its ordering to avoid excess or less inventory level
- Making out Management Informative system (MIS) reports i.e
- WIP and FG, Inventory turns, Production
- Progress report, Material consumption, etc
- Managing sub-contract Assemblies: -
- Accountable lead for sub-contract outsources kitting activities which contains 45-50% of volume in final product: Provide forecast to the kitter and ensure the capacity along with all resources aligned with demand
- Developed KANBAN system to pull the kits from subcontractor with keeping minimum inventory
- Conducting 3rd party stock audit of Raw material/WIP/FG and reconciliation with book stock
- Drawing and Engineering change implementation and tracking at subcontractor
- Review the BOM and % waste at subcontractor and get actions to reduce the same
- Ensure zero quality complaints in sub-contract assemblies and if any, route through SQR/SQC Team and get it resolved
- Developed and implemented the MIS tool for daily tracking of raw material transection and its reconciliation to control its consumption
- DM Procurement: – Responsible for managing Imports Procurement Process for High lead time Raw materials (Core & Liquid
- Commodity) from Different sources in China, Ecuador, PNG, Switzerland, Belgium, etc
- Working closely with commodity and regional sourcing team for price finalizations inputs
- Monitoring closely to achieve Stringent targets of optimum inventory levels (To avoid excess or less inventory) in order to manage cash and cost in most effective manner
- Ensuring materials are available in right quality, right quantity at right time
- Coordinating for end-to-end procurement activities in the plant (ECN implementation, Account payable
- NCR handling, etc.) Ensuring availability of Advance licenses (For Export FG) and MNRE certificates in advance through logistics colleagues to avail the Custom Duty benefits
- Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmark
- Develop and deployment of procurement strategies for the products along with unit procurement teams to drive cost and supply KPIs
- Ownership for delivering targeted bottom line results for the material group and provide material group and category communication Develop robust procurement operations and control framework
- Manage every aspect of the supply chain and notify the management team of any possible obstacles to ideal efficiency
- Track strategic
- Procurement targets by measuring KPI`s
- Monitor critical activities based on the schedule and advise the project manager Develop engagement model for successful deployment of procurement strategies
- Adhere to the quality framework rolled out for the team and support the audit
- Ensure that the sourcing process is robustly applied and push the stakeholders to position themselves to deliver maximum value
- Stakeholder management Program manage the yearly Cost-out target to achieve planed results
- Align with Global Logistics function and support standardization of processes and leveraging of spend
- Accountable and responsible for the timely, on budget delivery of projects managed
- Approve bills for payment
- Establish procurement
- SOPs
- Additional Projects: - Experience of 4PL Logistics implementation
- Managed Capex purchasing for 3 months during unavailability of buyer
- Handled Planned Order procurement (min/max) for 3 months in green-field face
- Experience in Managing warehouse activities (team of about 30-35 employees) in absence of warehouse in- charge
- SPOC for ERP upgradation and migration in 2017
- Got trained from LM-Spain plant on supply chain functions
- Certified in SAP MM & PP Module
- Experience in handling SEZ supplier transactions
- Worked on Global Project named “Material Waste Reduction” mainly responsible for BOM alignment across all the plants and bring the best practices to reduce the material consumption
- Developed an analytical tool for measuring and comparing the same
- Member of cross functional team of new projects to ensure all the material availability before start-up
- ACADEMIC/COURSES B
- E
- In Mechanical 2015 with 8.23 CGPA (77.3 %) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology (SVIT), Vasad
- Qualified GATE-2015 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering-2015) with GATE SCORE 451
- HSC 12th Standard passed with overall 83% and merit 88%
- (All Gujarat Rank-803) SSC 10th Standard passed with 88%
- 1 month of internship/training at LEAR AUTOMOTIVE PVT
- LTD
- Projects during College
- Achievements and Key skills Successfully fulfilled Additional responsibility of new projects i.e
- Ensuring CAPEX items on time, DM availability, subcontract parts development
- Received GE CEO award 2 times in 2022 Q2 & Q3 for delivering extraordinary results in DM BOM optimization and localization efforts
- Received GE impact award for BOM optimization for core material through kitter
- Certified as an internal auditor for ISO 9001:2015-Quality management system
- Trained in Lean Sensei
- Good analytical understanding of ERP system
- Leadership skill (Managing team of 5 people) Good working knowledge in computer Applications (MS Excel, MS word, MS PowerPoint, MS Tableu) and data analysis tools
- PTC Creo 2.0 Certified
- Date of Birth: 23rd
- October 1994
- Understood common material delivery methods using automated vehicles, conveyor belts and rail-guided distribution systems and determined best strategy for products.
- Coordinated implementation of complete and raw product changes to facilitate successful launch and exceed customer expectations.
- Maintained material control and information systems, supporting manufacturing and balancing inventory surpluses with customer demand.
- Communicated regularly with suppliers to uphold accountability for quality standards and timely delivery of goods.
- Managed subordinates and gave directives, drafted schedules and comprehensively evaluated performance.
- Improved resource allocation to promote efficiency and deadline management.
- Coordinated meticulous order management systems and production lifecycles for comprehensive customer development and satisfaction.
Education
Bachelors Of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology
Vasad 2011.06 - 2015.05
Skills
Requests for information
Timeline
Matarials Manager
GE Vernova, LM Wind Power
2015.07 - Current
Bachelors Of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology
2011.06 - 2015.05
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