Prashant Mankar Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Vendor Assessment: Travels to inspect factories & ensure it meets the specified standards of HomeTown.• New Product development & Validation: Managed new product development activities in co- ordination with design; merchandising team & vendor to ensure product must be as per specified quality standards. New product validation & performance testing. Major thrust on Joinery and constructional details, finishing, technical feasibility, packaging and product quality.• Value engineering of Process & Product: Value engineering of process & product to take decisions on cost effective solutions without compromising on process effectiveness & product quality.• Managed Quality Control Inspection at source (Import / Local) & at Warehouse: Deploy retainers & QC inspectors at factory as per vendor inspection request & category requirement to ensure stock consistency at warehouse.• Continues Improvement (CAPA): Analysis of customer complaint; inspection rejection & PDI rejection data to find the frequently failed products & repetitive issues to generate corrective & preventive Measures to avoid the same in future lots. Co-ordination with vendors & merchandising team for product quality improvement & monitoring of effectiveness of CAPA to evaluate action plan & closure.• MIS Reports: Preparing & sharing quality assurance monthly MIS report with upper management with vendor performance rating.• Manage & Handle Customer Complaint: Managed customer complaint approvals & resolution in co-ordination with regional service team within TAT.• Training Program Planning: Identify the training requirement & liaise with other managers & staff to provide training to fitters; repair technician; last mile delivery associates & warehouse teams for product fitment; repairing techniques, handling & stacking norms to achieve overall quality standard & the business goals.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Purchase related all responsibility - New Vendor Development, Price Negotiation with vendor for Rate, Delivery and Payment Terms, comparative statement, PO releasing, Material Delivery. • Screening of Requisitions Prior to Procurement.• Preparing RFQ's and forwarding it to relevant suppliers to obtain Quotations. • Procurement of Material, Physical Inspection, Stacking, Maintaining Minimum & Maximum Level of Critical & Fast Moving Items. • Evaluation of vendors based on the feedback from internal stake holders, Delivery and Payment Term.• Effective management of vendor database.• ABC classification of vendors on the basis of criteria like cost, quality, timely delivery etc. • Development of new vendors.• Timely clearance of payments & handling vendor inquiries. • Reconciliation vendor Statement with SAP & Manual. • Stock Verification, Analysis of Vendor Performance & Price Variance. • Ensure the quality & quantity of material purchase at site. • Ensure appropriate and adequate documentation is in place for process & action. 

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Vendor Assessment: Travels to inspect factories & ensure it meets the specified standards of HomeTown.• New Vendor development: PAN India vendor development as per HomeTown standard.• New Product development & Validation: Managed new product development activities in co- ordination with design; merchandising team & vendor to ensure product must be as per specified quality standards. New product validation & performance testing. Major thrust on Joinery and constructional details, finishing, technical feasibility, packaging and product quality.• Value engineering of Process & Product: Value engineering of process & product to take decisions on cost effective solutions without compromising on process effectiveness & product quality.• Managed Quality Control Inspection at source (Import / Local) & at Warehouse: Deploy retainers & QC inspectors at factory as per vendor inspection request & category requirement to ensure stock consistency at warehouse.• Continues Improvement (CAPA): Analysis of customer complaint; inspection rejection & PDI rejection data to find the frequently failed products & repetitive issues to generate corrective & preventive Measures to avoid the same in future lots. Co-ordination with vendors & merchandising team for product Quality improvement & monitoring of effectiveness of CAPA to evaluate action plan & closure.• MIS Reports: Preparing & sharing quality assurance monthly MIS report with upper management with vendor performance rating.• Manage & Handle Customer Complaint: Managed customer complaint approvals & resolution in co-ordination with regional service team within TAT.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• New Vendor development: New vendor development in Nagpur & Mumbai region.• New product development: Coordination with Merchandising & Production Team for new product development.• Order verification before production: Verification of BOM & BOQ with respect to approved drawing & Purchase order to avoid last moment chaos & delay in orders.• Monitor complete vendor operation: Manage complete vendor operations from raw material procurement to dispatch of orders to ensure smooth flow of orders.• Maintain order tracker: Maintain & share production order status tracker with concerned team to have clear visibility of production status.• Quality control inspection at factory: Conduct 3 stage inspection at factory & ensure product meets the specifications & quality standard. Maintain & share inspection report with concerned team.• Handling project snag list & customer complaint - Coordinate with project team & vendor for snag list & customer complaint resolution within SLA.• Coordination with third party vendors: Coordinate with third party vendors for timely delivery of accessories, mechanism, hardware & other raw material at vendor factory.• Continues Improvement (CAPA): Conducting CAPA (Corrective action & Preventive action) meeting with vendor team for all service & quality related issues.

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

• Project Planning: Collect approved order copy, layout drawing; product specs & finish from sales team. Arrange site measurement & marking as per approved layout drawing & BOQ. Preparation of BOM/ BOQ & product drawing with designer to place the purchase orders to vendors.• Rate Negotiation: Rate negotiation with vendors to get the best deal without affecting product specs. & timeline.• Project approval from management: Prepare project cost & margin report for management approval.• Managed Quality Control Inspection at source: Deploy QC inspectors at factory for quality control inspection to ensure product meets the client specification & quality standards.• Project Execution coordination: Coordinate & follow up with vendor & warehouse for dispatch of material to site. Coordination with installation team for site execution planning & completion as per set project handover timeline. • Vendor Payment Management - Coordinate with sales team & accounts team for receipt of client payment & release of vendor payment to ensure smooth flow of operations.• New Vendor & Product Development - New vendor development & product development as per client requirement in Indore region.• MIS Report - Preparing & share Project progress report (Gantt chart) with all stakeholders to ensure smooth flow of communication & operations.• Handling project snag list & customer complaint - Coordinate with project sales / installation team & vendor for snag list & customer complaint resolution within SLA.• Set Standards & Process: Prepare & set quality standards & SOP’s to ensure smooth flow from project approval from client to site completion certificate.

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

• Inward Quality Control Inspection Management: Responsible for incoming material inspection includes visual, dimensional, functional & lab test to ensure material meets the specified standard as per IS norms & SFPL standards. Maintain & prepare all incoming material quality control reports & timely share with concerned departments. Reject all materials that fail to meet quality expectations & coordinate with concerned team for return / repair of material.• Manage 4S Quality Control inspection: Responsible for first part, in process, final & pre delivery inspection to ensure end products meets the specifications & quality standard & defect free delivery to customer.• New Product development & Validation: Responsible for new product development activities in co-ordination with design & production team. New product validation & performance testing to ensure product meets the quality standards.• Reduction in production rejection & rework: Analyzed & review rejection & rework data with production team to arrest the repetitive defects through 4M analysis.• Continues Improvement (CAPA): Take corrective & preventive measures through root cause analysis on repetitive defect by taking actions with production & planning team to arrest the defects by process audits, product audit to ensure end product meets the QC specifications.• Prepare & Maintain QAQC records & documentation: Prepare & Maintain SOP’S; QAQC Manual, reports & formats for the smooth running of department & ISO audits.• Handle Customer Complaints: Customer complaint approvals & resolution in co-ordination with sales, dealers & project team. Coordination with concerned team for timely dispatch of replacement spare & complaint closure with SLA.• Dealers & Project Site Visits: Responsible to check quality standard & execution status of ongoing projects by visiting the sites through PAN India.• Preparation of MIS reports: QAQC monthly analysis report & site visit reports preparation for management review.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, First Grade

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