Ishan Gupta Email & Phone Number

Scarborough, England, United Kingdom

Budapest, Hungary

Contributing to enhancing operational efficiency, cost savings, and supplier relationships while managing procurement activities for Plastics and Copper Fabricated Components amounting to 40ME of Spend across global ETO Europe plants.Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation: Developing and executed strategic sourcing strategies to optimize costs and quality. Leading negotiations with suppliers resulting in substantial cost savings while maintaining product quality and delivery timelines.Supplier Relationship Management: Fostering strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and issue resolution. Conducting QBRs.Quality, Value, and Engineering (QVE) Enhancement: Spearheading initiatives to improve quality, value, and efficiency. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas for process enhancement, resulting in streamlined operations and increased product quality.Productivity Enhancement: Leveraged technology and data analysis to identify bottlenecks, reduce lead times, and increase overall efficiency.Collaborative Cross-functional Work: Collaborating closely with engineering, operations, and finance teams to align procurement strategies with business objectives. Participating in cross-functional projects to drive innovation and achieve operational excellence.Supply Chain Risk Mitigation: Evaluating and addressing potential supply chain disruptions and risks. Developed contingency plans to ensure business continuity in challenging situations.Market Research and Trend Analysis: Conducting ongoing market research and trend analysis to stay informed about industry developments, supplier capabilities, and emerging opportunities for cost savings.Sustainability: Proactively engaged with suppliers to align with our Global Program: Total Zero Carbon Program. Integrating supplier contributions into our sustainability objectives, resulting in a reduced environmental footprint across the supply chain.

Vadodara Area, India

- Boosting Sourcing from India Initiative- Supplier Mapping according to the commodities- Developing Suppliers to match the requirements of Overseas plants- Act as a project manager to drive the project end to end.- Negotiating T&Cs, Capex costs with suppliers.

Vadodara Area, India

Leeds, United Kingdom

Grenoble Area, France

- Support Project management team in new projects by early supplier involvement.- Supplier Mapping according to the commodities- Risk Analysis of mapped Suppliers- Signing of Service level Agreements with Suppliers.- Negotiating T&Cs, Capex costs with suppliers.- Responsible for FD – Connected Projects(Electronics)

Paris Area, France

- Managed RFP and RFQ with the Sourcing Tool ARIBA.- Implementation of Purchasing Excellency Service (PES) and responsible for its Audits.- Single Point Contact for a IT Services Procurement tool PAPS.- Negotiation and Briefing Meetings with Suppliers and Stakeholders.- Defining and Signing of Contracts (MSA) with Suppliers.- Managed the Rebate on Global Turnover Project.

Pantnagar Uttrakhand India

Procurement for Electronic Commodities- Handling 4 Million Euros of Spend spread across five major commodities.- Sourcing commodities like- Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes, LEDs and LCDs.- Raising RFQs/RFIs using ARIBA after optimum Market Analysis.- Inventory Management using JNI Tool.- Need Analysis and cost Analysis.- Ensuring zero impact on supply chain utilising SRM

Kolkata Area, India

Sourcing and Procurement of Electronics part and Overall Imports- Procuring all the Electronic components (Discrete, PCBs, Ics, Controllers, IGBTs).- Vendor Development & Control.- Imports and Logistics (Inward).- Material Requirement Planning.- Responsible for Importing of all types of components (Electronics and Mechanical).

Master'S Degree, Purchasing Manager In Technology And Industry(Pmti)

Bachelor'S Degree, Electronics And Communication Engineering