Erp
VINUKUMAR A
Purchase assistant manager
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic technology consultant with over 12 years of experience in information technology and procurement, adept at leveraging market analysis and competitor insights to optimize purchasing strategies. Proven expertise in vendor management, procurement processes, and inventory control, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products at competitive prices. Recognized for enhancing operational efficiency through strategic sourcing initiatives and maintaining strong supplier relationships. Collaborative team player committed to driving results and adapting to evolving business needs while effectively managing multiple projects and deadlines.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Purchase Assistant
Sree Chandra Auto Components
2023 - Current
- Negotiated favorable pricing with suppliers, achieving significant cost savings for the company.
- Maintained records of transactions and contracts for tax and future purchase reasons in Software.
- Researched competitors' market and revenue to determine shortfalls and opportunities for new business and market capture.
- Assisted in the development of annual budgets, ensuring timely procurement of necessary materials and resources.
- Communicated with vendors and distributors to negotiate prices and purchase contracts.
- Coordinated with logistics providers for timely shipments, minimizing delays in receiving critical supplies.
Yesodha Engineering
Purchase Assistant Manager
01.2017 - 2019
- ANSIBLE :
- Working with Ansible Inventories ,Playbooks ,Roles, Variables Vaults and Modules.
- Creating offline Chocolatey packages and creating ansible plays for various department for software deployment in windows.
- Automating the Linux task like creating User , initializing with proper permission , disk partitioning ,disk mounting and rpm packages installation for multiple host.
- Automating AWS tasks for EC2, VPN, ROUTE, SGW, IGW,VGW, S3, SSM.
- LINUX ADMINISTRATION :
- Logical Volume Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Installing programs using rpm & yum
- Performance monitoring using Top and PS
- Backup and restore
- Configuring NFS Drive and Samba share
- Scheduling Cron Jobs
- Installing and configuring FTP
- Shell Scripting Configuring
- Squid proxy Server.
- AMAZON WEB SERVICE :
- Launching Stopping terminating EC2 instances.
- Launching RDS based on requirement.
- Creating VPC,Subnets and VPN for connections.
- Configuring Security group,network acl and route table for security enhancement .
- Patching Unix flavours and windows machines using SYSTEM PATCH MANAGEMENT .
- Working with Storage EBS and EFS.
- Managing Simple Storage Services.
- Working with Identity and Access Management .
- Working Cloud Watch (Configuring merits and Creating alarm)
- Monitoring Instance performance using Cloud Watch.
- Creating Launch Configuration for Auto Scaling.
- Configuring Elastic Load Balancing .
- Configuring VPC Peering .
- Working with AWS CLI .
- WINDOWS ADMINISTRATION :
- Administration of windows ADDS,DHCP and DNS Server
- Configuring RDS for Jumpbox
- Deployment using WDS
- Group policy management
- Configuring NAS Folders and providing access.
- Configuring WSUS and ensuring the patch updates
- Negotiated favorable payment terms with suppliers, improving cash flow management for the organization.
- Optimized warehouse space utilization by collaborating with logistics teams on efficient material handling practices.
- Oversaw budget planning and forecasting for the purchasing department, identifying areas of opportunity for cost reduction.
- Conducted market research to identify new suppliers, expanding the company''s vendor network and increasing competitive advantage.
- Reduced order lead times through effective supplier negotiations and strong vendor relationships.
- Developed and maintained key performance indicators for supplier evaluation, ensuring the highest level of quality and on-time delivery from vendors.
- Coordinated closely with production teams to address any material shortages or delays promptly, mitigating potential negative impacts on lead times.
- Enhanced inventory control by implementing a comprehensive stock management system.
- Leveraged data-driven decision-making tools to analyze spend trends and identify opportunities for further savings.
- Managed purchase orders and invoice reconciliation, minimizing discrepancies and resolving issues in a timely manner.
- Sourced vendors, built relationships, and negotiated prices.
- Coordinated paperwork, updated spreadsheets, and maintained permanent records.
- Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
- Monitored and evaluated vendor performance to determine compliance with quality standards.
- Generated reports, documents and analysis in Software for senior management review and approval.
- Used Software to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
- Generated reports on purchasing activities to support management decisions.
- Communicated regularly with suppliers to uphold accountability for quality standards and timely delivery of goods.
- Tracked contract performance metrics and reported issues or non-compliance with appropriate stakeholders.
System Administrator
COMP TEC
12.2012 - 12.2016
- SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:
- Experience in the installation, configuration and administration of ESXi 5.x/6.x, VMware vCenter.
- Administration and troubleshooting of vSphere components.
- Monitoring of Virtual Machine's &ESXi servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization).
- Configuration and Management of HA, DRS Clusters and Fault Tolerance.
- Capacity Planning of Existing Virtual Infrastructure.
- Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion and Storage VMotion.
- Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations, Hot Migrations of VM.
- Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups (Management Network, VMkernel for VMotion& Virtual Machine).
- Creating Templates from VM's, deploy VM's from templates and allocate resources
- Storage configuration: - iSCSI, SAN, NFS and VSAN.
- Analysis of the VMware logs and help to understand and isolate the issue.
- VMware Update Manager.
- Organize tasks, events and Configuring alarms.
- Configured Resource Pool, vMotion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.
- Performance Analysis & System Performance.
Desktop Support Engineer
Karvy innotech Ltd
06.2011 - 11.2012
Education
Diploma - INFORMATION TECNOLOGY
SUN Polytechnic College
NagercoilSkills
ERP
Certification
NETWORK AND HARDWARE Certified TAMILNADU GOVT – Associate
Software
Tally
Timeline
Yesodha Engineering
Purchase Assistant Manager
01.2017 - 2019
System Administrator
COMP TEC
12.2012 - 12.2016
Desktop Support Engineer
Karvy innotech Ltd
06.2011 - 11.2012
Diploma - INFORMATION TECNOLOGY
SUN Polytechnic College
Purchase Assistant
Sree Chandra Auto Components
2023 - Current
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