Velaga Vidyasagar
Sourcing & Vendor Development Specialist
Hyderabad
Summary
A challenging growth oriented position in a progressive organization where Design, Vendor Development,Sourcing and Manufacturing experience are effectively utilized to improve operation and to contribute to organization’s success.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Sourcing Development Specialist
Tech Mahindra
Hydearabad
10.2023 - Current
- Identifying & on-boarding new supplier base across globe for Castings & Forgings commodity with Machining.
- Managed and developed relationships with suppliers to attain maximum cost efficiency and leverage buying power.
- Calculated and reported actual and projected sourcing savings by doing spent analysis.
- Developed requests for proposal and issued requests for quotes to support sourcing efforts.
- Developed 3 Suppliers for Investment castings and Centrifugal castings.
- Preparing proposals for cost saving and alternate vendor base development by studying technical details and spent analysis.
Asst. Manager, Vendor Development
Signode India Limited
09.2019 - 05.2023
- Responsible for Ordering & Manufacturing of complete project starting from Design to Installation
- Development of New Vendor Base along with Improving Existing Vendors Quality & Delivery. Developed 20+ Suppliers for different commodities like Castings, Forgings,Machining & Fabrication.
- Closely monitoring vendors to meet Signode standard quality and delivery expectations with all aspects
- Executed more than 50 Projects starting from Design stage to Dispatch with 0 GP by delivering first time Rite Job
- Achieved EIP Savings of more than 15 LPA every year
- Cost Estimation for MFG Items,Price negotiation and ARC
- Alternate design concepts & alternate mfg,Process Implementation, Dispenser wheel and Sensor Block Development in Casting route EIP savings achieved 17 Lakhs.
- Close Monitoring of vendors during covid pandemic with Virtual Tools by which can able to deliver all projects with 100% Quality before delivery schedule
- Supporting assembly team in timely completion of Projects with seamless communication and Co- ordination with all cross functional teams.
Engineer-Vendor Development and Purchase
ZEN Technologies Limited
02.2018 - 09.2019
- Total Vendor management and Developing New Vendor Base for Castings, Forgings, Fabrication, Machining & Raw material.
- Supplier Rating based on Quality, Delivery, Documentation and communicating the same to the vendors suggesting them to improve by giving Inputs.
- Responsible for RFQ, Price Negotiation, PO Release, OTD.
- Appraisal Team Member (ATM) for CMMI Level-5 Appraisal of Organization. Auditees from Purchase Department for all the QMS, ISMS, EMS Audits both Internal and external
- Responsible for New Projects development like T-90, CTSR, and CSWS Procurement
- Departmental Objective Analysis,Identifying ECO friendly vendors,5-S Implementation,Daily Plan Display System Implementation,Daily Review system Development,Weekly and Monthly plan Implementation by suppliers to meet delivery dates.
Planning and Development Engineer
Nikshepa Machining Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2015 - 01.2018
- Total order management,Preparing Monthly planning of sales and Purchase,Planning the Raw material required and releasing POs to the suppliers accordingly
- Planning the outsourcing activities and ensuring the delivery date to the customer
- Developing new vendor base for Castings, Forgings & Machining.
- Sound knowledge in Handling of Sand, Investment and Centrifugal Castings, Forging Materials.Materials like Stellite-6, Stellite-12,Duplex, Ultimet, 17-4Ph and D2.
- Responsible for Total Project development of “Pressure Sensor housing Assembly”
- Process control Plan Preparation for newly developed components for Production
- Coordinating with customer and ensuring their requirements by daily basis review
- ISO 9001:2015 Certification and QMS Coordinator.
Project Intern
HHV Pumps Pvt. Ltd.
07.2012 - 01.2014
- Research in designing and developing Booster pump lobe with the aim of developing Mathematical modeling of lobe profile using novel concepts and innovative ideas
- Modeling and drafting of lobe using Solidworks12 and UGNX 7.5. Testing the newly generated lobe using test setup.
Design and process Planning Engineer
SLV Tool Comp.
06.2010 - 07.2011
- Modeling of Press tool parts like punch, die and Sheet metal components,Developing strip layouts for manufacturing.
- Performed Planning In-house production activities and shift planning.
Education
M. Tech (Machine design) -
BMSCE
Bengaluru 08.2011 - 05.2014
B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) -
Vignan's Engineering College,
Vadlamudi 08.2006 - 05.2010
Class XII (A.P State Board) -
SDI Jr College
Tenali 07.2004 - 04.2006
Class X (A.P State Board) -
Z P High School
Narakoduru 06.2003 - 04.2004
Skills
Product Development
Vendor Development
Strategic Sourcing
VA/VE
Should Costing
Project Management
Software Familiar With
- MS-Office
- SAP-MM
- Power BI
- Oracle & Java Based ERP
- Basic CAD tools like UGNX, Solidworks & Auto CAD
Personal Information
- Pan Number: ALRPV5655L
- Date of Birth: 06/30/1989
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above given details are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Timeline
Sourcing Development Specialist
Tech Mahindra
10.2023 - Current
Asst. Manager, Vendor Development
Signode India Limited
09.2019 - 05.2023
Engineer-Vendor Development and Purchase
ZEN Technologies Limited
02.2018 - 09.2019
Planning and Development Engineer
Nikshepa Machining Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2015 - 01.2018
Project Intern
HHV Pumps Pvt. Ltd.
07.2012 - 01.2014
M. Tech (Machine design) -
BMSCE
08.2011 - 05.2014
Design and process Planning Engineer
SLV Tool Comp.
06.2010 - 07.2011
B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) -
Vignan's Engineering College,
08.2006 - 05.2010
Class XII (A.P State Board) -
SDI Jr College
07.2004 - 04.2006
Class X (A.P State Board) -
Z P High School
06.2003 - 04.2004