• • Seasoned professional having 23+ years of blended experience in manufacturing and service industry verticals in medium to large scale organizations such as CBRE, Ford, HP, Tata, L&T, Panasonic....• Diverse experience from industries, such as automotive, home appliances, Engineering tools, Telecom, ITES, automobile and infrastructure/facility mgmt.Key accomplishments • @Cisco – Strategic Sourcing Supplier/contracts base consolidation from 172 to 114 within the span of 3 years• @Cisco - Independently managed online RFx for Soft & Technical services $800+K savings from the baseline spend• @Ford - Handled 30 + vehicle build events and 10+ power train global programs with different scalability • @Ford - Operated in a complex ecosystem supporting over 40000+ parts and 800+ suppliers globally• @hp - Independently managed 35+ NPI/NPD programs with 500+ spares parts across APAC region • @hp - Improved service level of spares on-time delivery from 82% to 94% (Target 93%)• @hp - Reduced backlog of spares orders from 450 to 50 within three months on Storage and Networking products • @hp - Led a program for AP region, made 250 spares self-sufficient in the span of 6 months $600K annual savings towards inventory levels and logistics costs • @hp - Championed EMEA RoHS compliance program, worked with AMERICAS and APJ operations team for effective utilization of non-ROHS materials that contributed to $500K new buy avoidance• @L&T - Worked on machine base fabrication costing and negotiated with suppliers, achieved savings of ₹2.5Mn YoY
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Deputy General ManagerEmbassy ServicesBengaluru, Ka, In
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Deputy General ManagerCbre Asia Pacific Jan 2019 - Jul 2022Bengaluru Area, India• Heading Sourcing and procurement for Cisco, PAN India, managing the annual procurement spend of $16.5Mn(120Cr.)• Developed and formalized Sourcing & Procurement strategy covering short term and long-term benefits • Managed Technical services online RFP independently and brought significant savings and value adds o Achieved savings of $415K (18%) from the baseline spend of $2.28Mn with no liability and risks for Cisco• Annual savings of 157K in CY21 from the existing contract's renewals ($48K Savings & Cost avoidance of $109K)• Contract volumes & 29% base reduction in the span of 3 years (171 in CY19 157 in CY20 (9%) 132 in CY21(8%) & projected 122 in CY22 (9%)• Stakeholders’ mgmt. - Working with Global, regional & platform sourcing, operations, and Finance leadership team• Implemented DocuSign for contracts sign-off between Suppliers and CBRE/Cisco towards sustainability• Identified, onboarded diversity suppliers and improved the associated spend from $7K to $61K YoY -
Deputy ManagerFord Motor Company Apr 2013 - Dec 2017Chennai Area, India• • Lead and mentored a team of 25 engineers to support various vehicle build (Pre-TT) across all CBGs• Vehicle part progress (VPP) – To ensure the PPAP/PSW as per the GPDS guidelines for new models • Managed Procure to pay process for powertrain machines and assembly run-off at Ford and vendor sites• Established weekly and monthly scorecard on business metrics (SQDCPE) -
Business Operations Manager – Materials Operations And Supply ChainHewlett-Packard Aug 2006 - Mar 2013Chennai Area, India• Worked on strategy development and deployment of spares for storage, business continuity, industrial servers across AP region; Engaged from NPI launch, sustenance, EoL and End of Service Life phases• Worked with global and regional teams for the strategy deployment during various Product life cycle phases• Contributed for the process governance to manage, E&O, ECN, LTB towards product EoL • Maintained Master data elements for 7000+ parts with high level of data integrity and quality• Mentored a team of planners and buyers for planning, Procurement, and Inventory mgmt., consistently met the customer SLA and KPIs -
Senior Executive - Supply Chain ManagementTata Tele Services Limited Sep 2005 - Jul 2006Chennai Area, India• • Managed telecom product’s demand-forecast based planning, procurement, logistics, distribution to channel partners, refurbishment of defective returns and re-deployment• Managed CAPEX, and OPEX on procurement of telephonic booth, telephone instrument, billing machine, NIU's, recharge vouchers, spares and accessories, printing materials for marketing campaigns -
Supervisor - Supply GroupLarsen & Toubro Dec 2003 - Aug 2005Chennai Area, IndiaPlanning and procurement of mechanical components & machine base for injection molding machines -
Engineer - Product Development And PurchasePanasonic Jun 2002 - Sep 2003Chennai Area, India• • Involved in product planning, pre-launch, mass production of electric cooker and mixer grinder• Vendor development, material planning, scheduling, and procurement of bought out parts -
Technical Assistant - Quality And Product DevelopmentDynamatic Technologies Limited Sep 1998 - May 2002Chennai Area, India• PPAP, APQP, FMEA. SOP and control plans• Inspection of components and assemblies at all stages (Receiving, in-process and final/pre-dispatch)
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Engineering Technology, General
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