Managing $20 million in open orders across industrial & automotive customer bases, comprising end-to-end procurement processes. Experience in both NPI, mass production, compliance & contract based purchasing projects with global vendors. Supporting high-level data updates to management on KPIs to promote data-driven, informed decisions. Ensuring due diligences is performed, adhering to escalation paths, & to drive strategic actions to exceed targets. DMS document & data maintenance to ensure audit compliance & 5S approach. Assisting team members in resolving high-level challenges & backup for critical NPI requests. Collaboration/ dependency review meetings with site counterparts to resolve discrepancies & expedite approvals. Ensured effective cross functional collaboration to achieve seamless operations.Key Roles With Suppliers:•After validating approval check points, PO is released•Followed up for order confirmation based on the need date/LT•RFQs are floated for NPI buys, decommitments, & to cover shortages•Strategically negotiated price, LT, quality etc., to favor execution•Based on T&C, negotiations involved to eliminate incoming excess, realize payment benefit, & limit shipments taking WH space without demand•MRP execution, forecast commit gap validation, open order backlog, exception validation, pricing reconciliations based on order/delivery, follow up on shipment documents•Resolving decommit & early shipments•Resolving quality, receipt, & payment related issues•Arranging for return/scrap in exchange for credit/replacement•Items that have a chance of being converted from Full LT to SMI/CRP/JIT are identified & worked on•Manual suppliers identified for migration to the EBS, to improve PO Automation•CAPA & Supplier performance scores on various factors are validated & actions are taken to improve quality standard•Master data at the item level is validated & kept up to date•Governance/follow up calls in place to speed up the execution

Key learnings:Effective leadership triumphs by focusing on people, strategy, and results. To cultivate a lean culture by encouraging ideas and strive for excellence. Positive leadership, especially in the face of conflict and escalation, resilience, critical thinking, visioning, and inventing (data-driven analysis to find root cause, correlation, and design the solution). Importance of delegating, data presentation, and persuasion skills. Also strengthened my expertise in operations and people management to deliver true exceeded results.

R&R:Planning, monitoring, and managing airline flight operations are critical duties. Responsible for ensuring flawless and on-time flight execution while adhering to regulatory requirements. Determined the aircraft's center of gravity (authorized by DGCA), prepared load sheets, and coordinated with the Pilot in Command (PIC). As part of the daily operations, I oversaw the security checks, ramp, and loading instructions.