Karthikeyan M Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Cultivated and nurtured robust relationships with both new and existing suppliers, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration.• Acted as a pivotal liaison between suppliers, manufacturers, and internal teams, including supply chain, planning, marketing, and sales, facilitating alignment and synergy across departments.• Spearheaded cost reduction initiatives through Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE), benchmarking, and localization strategies, optimizing expenditure while maintaining quality standards.• Conducted thorough analysis to forecast price trends and their potential impact on future procurement activities, enabling proactive decision-making and risk mitigation.• Provided supervision and oversight for production-related tasks, including planning, control, and troubleshooting, to uphold scheduled timelines and achieve production targets.• Led the vendor selection process to identify and onboard suppliers for existing parts, evaluating candidates based on stringent criteria such as quality, cost-effectiveness, and compliance.• Motivated and guided the procurement team towards meeting monthly requirements, setting clear objectives and implementing strategies to ensure attainment of goals.• Assumed responsibility for monthly inventory reconciliation, conducting audits and investigations to ensure accuracy and integrity of inventory records.

• Managed procurement activities with a portfolio of 48 vendors across a range of components, overseeing the acquisition of up to 400 parts.• Coordinated with vendors to ensure timely development of samples according to established timelines, collaborating closely with the quality team to validate sample quality.• Generated and communicated monthly schedules to vendors, ensuring prompt delivery of parts to prevent assembly delays and maintain production timelines.• Prepared and presented Management Information System (MIS) reports, providing insights and analysis on procurement activities to support strategic decision-making.• Conducted critical material monitoring and implemented proactive planning strategies for the procurement of essential components, minimizing the risk of supply chain disruptions.• Led the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for new processes, ensuring adherence to best practices and driving efficiency improvements.• Monitored Supplier Score Cards, evaluating vendor performance and providing assistance to suppliers in enhancing their scores through feedback and support.• Acted as a liaison between the procurement and finance departments, facilitating timely payment of bills to vendors and maintaining positive supplier relationships.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Creating accurate documentation for all material transactions.• Maintaining and overseeing FIFO (First In, First Out) principles during component issuance.• Supervising the accounting and disposal of shelf-life limited components.• Preparing Goods Receipt Notes (GRN) and conducting material counts.• Conducting regular cycle counts and unscheduled counts to identify stock variations.• Ensuring compliance with inventory management policies and procedures.• Collaborating with relevant teams to resolve inventory discrepancies.• Updating inventory records and systems with accurate information.• Identifying opportunities for process improvement in material management.• Providing support during audits by maintaining organized and accurate documentation.

Receiving part inspection, FOS inspections and providing reports, Updating drawing as per latest amendments, Providing root cause and action plan report for assembly complaint parts.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Diploma Of Education, Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician