• Develop Sourcing & Purchase Strategies, Drive efficiency improvement projects, Cost reduction projects etc.• Maintaining positive relationships with suppliers, develop effective vendors, coordinating with internal teams regarding their supply needs, and overseeing the purchase team in their daily activities.• To stream line source to pay process for increasing product mix growing business.• Identify supply risks & work on mitigation plan. • To manage and optimize sourcing, purchasing activities and processes. Streamline the NPD process.• Settle better terms of business like MOQ, EOQ, Lead times, Credit terms, Delivery terms to ensure flexibility for meeting production/customer demand.• Drive NPD (New product development) for new machines effectively by early supplier engagement, technical reviews, backup plans, risks identification, project time plans & proto parts charters, first time right part development etc. • Develop & implement right processes for Supplier identification, evaluation & Qualification, and Performance evaluation. • Dealing with overseas suppliers, Import parts planning, shipment, clearance & on time deliveries at plant.• Monitor & maintain ongoing compliance with purchasing policies and procedures.

Responsible for Strategic Sourcing & procurement of Engines & Coolers for Air compressors application. Leading New Product Development & Project Management (New Product feasibility costings, Master Specifications, BOM finalization, Timeline Management, Cost Benefit Analysis. Set based approach, Support Proto builds of project (timely technical reviews, Costings, POs, Parts availability). Achieve value proposition & TCO for end customer, Exclusivity of parts from suppliers, Ensure Initial Service support. • New products strategy formulations (3 yrs) & associated category strategies alignment. Align local sourcing vision with global sourcing vision periodically. • Driving the Product Modularization project to reduce variants by interchangeability. Optimize cost, performance & manufacturing lead time matrix, reduce the variety, Have a respectable MOQ with Suppliers. Accelerate the product development by facilitating early supplier involvement.• Projects Risk Identification, Avoidance in all stages of product development. Brainstorm on project Pull events with CFT to have early solutions for probable & severe risks.• Gear up for future technology changes by working on available better options, benchmarking on SQCD parameters to formulate decision matrix.• Category- cost modelling formulations to help negotiations with proprietary suppliers. Formulate commodity indexation agreements for better cost mappings. Digitization of sourcing dashboard for commodity movement tracking & impact on costs.• Manage and facilitate problem resolution related to supplier relationships and supplier negotiations.Establish & maintain strong working partnerships with key suppliers. Ensure to achieve development, delivery, reliability & Quality goals.• Drive Service level/Supply agreements to ensure Field failure management within time (Settlement of failures claim costs, clauses for cost recovery, Field support, response mappings, standard & extended warranties, parts branding).

Responsible for Powertrain & Vehicle -Casting & Machined parts commodity. (Costing, Negotiation, Sourcing & Contract Management, Cost reduction, Price escalation & de-escalation mapping & regularization, BOM costing, Localization content improvement).Parts portfolio: Cylinder Head, Cylinder Block, Cylinder liners, Axle Housings & Bogie suspension parts, Exhaust Manifold, Flywheel & Pulleys, Brake drums, Wheel Hubs, Chassis Brackets, Gravity die casting parts like Air Intake Manifold, Water Manifolds, Charge air pipes & elbows, Clutch & Flywheel housings, Pressure die casting parts like crankcase bottom covers, brackets, Oil filter head, Pedal support etc.

Responsibilities:Worked at General Motors-Power train- Global Purchasing & Supply Chain function (Costing, Negotiation, Sourcing & Contract Management, Cost reduction, Price escalation & de-escalation mapping & regularization, BOM costing, Localization content improvement).Parts portfolio: Cylinder Heads and Blocks, Exhaust Manifolds. Flywheels, Forged & casted Crankshafts, Aluminum PDC bed plates. Brackets, Cam carrier housings, Power train plastic Moldings like Air intake manifolds, Oil baffles, Covers etc.

Worked at Materials Department at Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd, Baramati for LCV plant.Responsible for Costing, Price negotiations & Contract management, Component development, Scheduling and Procurement, Inventory management, Logistics trigger planning, Cost reductions etc. Parts portfolio: • Transmission parts: Gears, Axles, Couplings, and Propeller Shafts.• Ferrous castings: hubs, brake drum, Differential cage etc.• PDC components: Engine covers, gear box cover, housings, clutch cover & small parts• Plastic molded parts: speedometer gears, name plates, fuel tanks etc• Aesthetics: Stickers, Decals, logo, protective films, reflective tapes etc• Small machined turned parts and Hardware etc.

Procurement of Capex items- equipment’s, machines & structural parts for MUSCO’s new stamping unit at Rudrapur, Uttaranchal, Which was under installation & commissioning(Press shop, Assembly shop, and CED Paint shop)