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Manage spend of Electronic and Electrical commodities that include switches,batteries,lamps and wiring harness etc

Manage spend of Electronic and Electrical commodities that include PCBAs, Box-Built Products, Power Semiconductors, Sensors, Capacitors, Fans, Motors, Wire Assemblies, Transformers, Energy Meters etcVendor Identification & Development: Identification & Selection of new vendors based on technical skills, capabilities, financial strength, current capacity, scope for future expansion.Conduct on-line reverse auction and Dutch auction for various commodities.Work with break-up costing and negotiate on price, freight, delivery times and credit period with vendors/suppliers and sub-contractors.Co-ordinate with Product Marketing for finalization of prices with respect to rates of finished goods. New Product Development: Co-ordinate with Engg to get components developed as per required specification.Management of investment recovery activities.Co-ordinate with corporate and other divisions to get advantage of global resources.Conduct audit based on Emerson's checklist in conjunction with Quality.Development and approval of Tier-2 vendors.Contributions:Indegenisation: Developed imported PCBAs with local vendors to get annual savings of approx Rs.80lacsDeveloped DC Energy Meter to get annual savings of approx Rs.2.5 crores.Drive initiatives with Engg for supplier and material consolidation to reduce complexityProjects:NXA: Handled complete project of transferring NXA line from China to IndiaLocalization: Participation in developing products like GBB, EMU & BTS in India.

Procurement of imported items such as plastic powders, aluminium foils, PP cores, hardenerPlan for production with respect to demand from market for reactors, relays, TSM modules, controllers.Co-ordinate with suppliers by providing weekly plan, monthly schedules as per capacity planning.Co-ordinate with sales for forecasting, monthly targets, pricing and delivery schedules.

Procurement of basic raw material required for sub-contracting and components required in electronic ballast assembly.Components / material procured includes various powders for moulding, copper wires, ferrite cores, aluminium sheets, polyester films, PVC wires/cables, brass parts.Decide rates for raw materials by collecting information from market, standard calculations.Sub-Contracting: Provide raw material to processors for conversion into required finished component as per specification.Finalizing conversion rates taking into account all direct & indirect costs.Oversee material reconciliation of material given to processors.Co-ordinate with QA for inspection & taking necessary preventive & corrective steps in event of non-conformities.Maintain data of prevalent market prices, monitor London Metal Exchange prices for metals.Initiate RoHS awareness & its compliance among the processors/suppliers.Contributions:Participation in Make-or-Buy analysis & Costing.

In process inspection for sequencer, axial insertion, SMD insertion, manual insertion, wave soldering, touch-up line, visual inspection and electrical testing. Handled final inspection of ballast consisting of visual inspection; testing for electrical properties like current, phase angle, wattage; temperature test, endurance test, breakdown test, burning test and environment test.Performance of product for 'General & Safety Requirements' with the help of various tests as per IS: 13021 Part 1.Customer Complaint Analysis and take the necessary preventive & corrective actions.Faced quality audits and implemented ISO 9001: 2000.Developed in-house training programmes to instill quality awareness among the workforce.Contributions:Practicised Cause-Effect Analysis at various stages to reduce rejection.Participation in implementation of 5S, 8D and development of Quality Circle.

Handled sales of electronic measuring instruments (analog and digital) of Rishabh, Phoenix, and Goots to industries and institutions in Nasik, Aurangabad, Dhule and Jalgaon.

M.B.A, Finance; Course

M.B.A, Production And Materials Management

B.E, E&Tc

First Class (61%), 2003