Prashanth P Email & Phone Number

As Manager – Vendor Development & Purchase Delivering continuous process improvement and enhancing coordination with departments such as the Supply Chain, Purchase, Design, Production Material Management, Spares, Services,  Setting-up direction and guidance to management by designing, developing and promoting product delivery best practices  Working in the areas of budget development and tracking, value capture assessment, reporting, communications as well as leading various corporate-wide and operations-specific initiatives as required Designing and executing global procurement strategy, developing strategic relationship with vendors through long term contracts, ensuring optimal price and availability of raw material at all manufacturing locations Administrating planning function including demand forecast, raw material planning, production scheduling and inventory management Developing procurement strategies to de-risk availability and price fluctuations of raw material Re-engineering the planning processes, introducing dynamic safety stock management and creating alignment, through modifying SOPs, between demand and supply planning Managed the demand forecasting, production planning, procurement & manufacturing to deliver excellence, reduce cycle time, on time deliveries and achieve annual business sales targets Engaged in vendor management, vendor consolidation, identifying new vendors, assessing and closing agreements Controlled costs by conducting strategic and best price sourcing and performing inventory management to plan material inwardand built up stock from local & regional market as well as international market Procured material by breaking down the finalized monthly estimations into weekly and daily schedules Participated in New Product Development Product In-charge for ORTNER (Sand Washing Machine) Vibrating Screens & Feeders, Jaw Crusher, & VSI Fabrication (Stone CrushingMachines) Selected & developed commodity new suppliers in Casting, Forging, & Machining parts, Planning, Procurement, Inventory control Met customer requirements by forecasting spares components for after sales machines like wear plates, and any other Crushingmachine related components Facilitated new product process & development by managing estimations & checking the accurate Costing Customer Returned Machine has been refurbished by organizing & reconditioning the shafts , Machining components , Casting components with suitable Plating ,welding & machining as per originality