Lithish Kumar V Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sourcing and spot buy of indirect commodities.  Analyzing the PR with the PDT and starting the RFQ activities  Floating RFQ to vendors who are all able to supply the materials based on the commodities.  Working closely with vendors to obtain bids and finalizing the bid, which is cost effective to thecompany.  On board of new vendors and RFI for the new materials on SAP ARIBA system and resolving the queried and clarification pertaining to process for the supplier  Getting quotation within SLA time after regular follow-ups with suppliers  Negotiating materials price as per the market standard and business requirement with including the incoterms for material collections.  After finalizing the quotation and started creating purchased order (PO) in SAP along with the valid inputs.Weekly connect with suppliers to discussing the SLA’s and feature requirements.  Attending weekly meetings with clients and sharing the weekly reports, discussing the weekly achievements and upcoming volumes.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Sourcing and procurement of direct & indirect commodities.• Working closely with vendors to obtain bids and finalizing the bid, which is cost effective to thecompany.• Validate and processing the purchase order for the proposed delivery dates in feasible cost andensure material availability for production process.• Analyzing the PR with the PDT calculation and starting the RFQ activities• Converting the PR to PO with suitable Quote (L1) after completing the Negotiation if required• Familiar with International Commercial terms (INCOTERMS) for expediting.• Expediting the material by coordinating with IBL and clearing the shipment as before thedeadline• Working with Cross-functional teams for implementation of process and quality improvements.• Action taken on vendors on rejected materials and disposition plan for quality rejectedcommodities.• Initiating weekly call for critical materials to understand the status and liaising with planningteam come up with solution and action to be taken.• Resolving the payment issue on time to facilitate smooth business transitions there by avoidingcredit holds.• On board of new vendors and RFI for the new materials on SAP ARIBA system and resolving thequeried and clarification pertaining to process for the supplier.• Automation completed for few process to reduce the workload through SAP scripting andMacro.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Sourcing of Direct Commodities in manufacturing industries• Identifying potential vendors for cost cutting and bringing new business and strategicallyplanning of New Products as per Business requirement towards quality & costing• Analyzing the Drawing share, it to vendors for developing new products• Technical feasibility study before finalizing the vendors by calculating the PPM & PPAP• Maintain received quotes from suppliers & prepare comparison with historical price data ifsimilar / equivalent material procured• Contributed to the overall procurement process by negotiating /maintaining to the last price• After finalizing the vendor, Started Creating the vendor code and new part code creation fornew materials• Issuing PO to selected Vendor and started follow-ups• Maintain safety stock, minimum & maximum order level and reorder point for the products andfollowing the EOQ (Economic Ordered Quantity)• Inspecting the sample materials once received from supplier by using instruments like Profileprojector, CMM and suitable Gauges• Reviewing the PPAP from supplier and initiating the PTR (Production Trail Run) process• After Successfully completing PTR and started the regular purchase as per business requirementIf PTR fails started correcting the drawing as well as materials as per requirement.• Following Quality control and preparing documents by using 7QC, 8D, FMEA, MSA & SPC.Achievements✓ Successfully completed new project EIP (Electric Inline Pump) with in brief period✓ Ensure 100% stock availability to accomplish zero-time line stoppage with Maintainsafety stock and buffer stock✓ Individually managing “milk run concept” for daily consuming parts✓ Issues resolved behind Plunger and Valve Body by using Correlation with “µ” tolerance