• Responsible for Preparation & Execution of purchase order and sending the same to suppliers.• Ensuring timely supply to avoid stock out situations which can cause Production & Financial loss.• Selection of appropriate supplier, Negotiation, Cost consolidation & Strategic procurement to achieve cost targets and timely supply. • Releasing monthly schedules to Vendors as per space availability in plants & maintain optimum inventory. • Supplier assessment & Periodic Vendor visits/Audits at regular intervals, Vendor performance monitoring/delivery.• Interaction with the factory stores-In charge and collecting indent time to time as per requirement.• Finalizing the rate and quantity with Purchase Head.• Follow up for the material vigorously with the suppliers to ensure the dispatch on time for production.• Developing Alternate sources for Costing savings & avoiding stock out situations.• Evaluating New vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms and conditions with them.• Timely clearance of payments & handling vendor inquiries.• Working closely with cross functional teams for implementing New Packaging development projects for New & Existing products.• Responsible for Artwork Approvals and Vendor developments.• Benchmarking, Factory trials, Trouble shooting of PM and PM machines.• Material selection and technical support to Marketing and Production.• Ensuring Availability & Quality of PM material at factories in-time.

> Vendor development, packaging suppliers audit & ensuring that the packaging quality is as per the specifications agreed along with cost, quality & service as per our requirement.> Provide technical support & contribute to trouble-shooting for pkg issues in entire product range.> Development & optimization of packaging specifications for all packaging formats> Provide innovative solutions to any packaging issues raised by market> Provide support to the project team in relation to implementation of packaging machines available in the market in line with the packaging requirements.> Liaise with vendors / Markets on technological development & improvements in packaging.> Creating & releasing pkg specifications, instruction & testing procedures for all the new projects.> Identify opportunities & lead pkg process improvements with objective of lower operational cost, better product quality & safety, lower impact to environment in our factories & at co-manufacturers / co-packers.> Work in conjunction with Operations to understand & resolve any material & equipment performance problems on new designs. - Trouble shooting, technical support, problem definition, interaction with the supplier & documentation of results.> Technological evaluation & implementation of innovative pkg options for existing & new products. Identify cost savings opportunities through packaging design improvements (primary & secondary packaging) in coordination with factory team / vendors / HO for all products> Artwork management for existing & new development projects from its release to implementation which will include dimension, design, layout checks, submitting engg. Drawing, online/offline approvals, issuing shade cards etc.> Coordinate & evaluate packaging trials such as machine trials, proofing, transport & storage tests, consumers’ acceptance test etc.> Doing Packaging standardization wherever possible to reduce cost & inventory.

Employed excellent interpersonal skills to streamline Marketing requirements related to Product Packaging development in co-ordination with Purchase & Vendors to deliver materials as desired in time.• Assisting Marketing team in packaging development activities.• Handling Advertising agencies, PM- suppliers for new developments.• Artwork approvals, online-proofing, Vendor & Material selection & quality evaluation.• Maintenance of CIB registration copies, Approved Proofs, Labels & shade-cards etc.

Packaging Development activities such as preparation, review, development & control packaging material specification for primary, secondary & tertiary packs for Export as well as Domestic Market Prepare & maintain Packaging Dossiers. Testing of packaging materials. Monitor & control the Art work development & approval process for global market. Evaluation & implementation of new concepts in packaging design. Coordinate with Purchase department to undertake new vendor development. Vendor Audits for Packaging material supplier. Cost optimization of packaging materials. Study Competitor profile & product range. Rationalization & cost optimization of all packaging materials. Vendor development & Vendor audit for packaging material supplier (Laminate/Corrugate box/Pallets/carton /HDPE containers)

• With sincere approach in Techno-Commercial role achieved targets by giving Customers Cost, Man- power, Material saving solutions with Signode products.

Internship Projects: Study of Steel Coil and Sheet Pkg. Designing and costing of a Plastic Sheet for replacement of GP sheet used in Pkg. of Steel Coils. Study of Cold rolling, Annealing, Galvanizing, Color coating process, products and their packaging. Cost and Wood reduction Projects in a Pallet. Demonstration of Battery Operated Strapping Tool. Current Pkg. study at Tata steel and Viraj Steel.