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Seasoned Professional, offering a significant career with over 25 years in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product Development, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement with judicious deployment of resources to achieve overall milestones. Professional with expertise in devising strategies aimed at enhancing overall growth, sustained profitability of multiple programs and improved business performanceA domain expert in translating organization’s goals into strategies and building a competent global supplier base, end-to-end supply chain processes to support the growth with a win-win strategic partnership with the suppliers with strong belief in innovation, technology to achieve cost efficiencies and de-bottleneck material flow. Supply Chain specialist with an experience globally in the areas of Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory Management with proven ability to solve complex supply chain problems and in establishing SCM as a key business driver. Exemplary & accelerated career growth with a proven track record in continuous cost reduction, establishing operations and large scale Project(s) with experienced in multi-culture, cross-country environments. Achieved cost savings on products through value engineering, alternate/new source development and negotiations. Skilled in selecting and negotiating with suppliers on the basis of quality, cost, delivery, development, and financial terms etc. Expertise in Material Management activities involving procurement planning, scheduling and movement from different locations, globally. Experience in logistics support including shipment from various locations worldwide, consolidation, freight, custom clearance etc. Adept in managing and deploying resources with focus on optimization and cost savings. Selected as a part of core group of emerging leaders globally for international exposure with various business units in UK and USA, and managegement development program under structured program from Cranfield University. Additionally, Keynote speaker in Economic Times Purchasing conclave, visiting speaker for CII on Supply Chain Management forums, CII Institute of logistics and Supply Chain and Faculty with Procurement and Logistics forum by CII

Listed skills include Supply Chain Management, Global Sourcing, Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, and 28 others.