Praveen Gupta Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore, India

• Managing and Leading a team size of 70+ Engineers.• Driving Strategic Sourcing initiatives like Dual Sourcing, Product consolidation, Product discontinuation, etc.• Working with Suppliers on implementing ‘Supplier Based Inventory’, thereby reducing Inventory Carrying Cost.• Discussing with Suppliers on product development aspects and involving them early in the development phase.• Leading & Managing overall Offshore delivery activities for Supplier transfer project• Responsible for strategizing and developing offshore team to implement EU MDR (Medical Devices Regulation) initiatives.• Leading & Managing overall Offshore delivery activities for Regulatory Approval Database support project.• Leading product consolidation activity by building product technical attributes library as part of Cost Saving strategy.• Reviewing Deliverables like Engineering rationales, Drawings, PLM documents, etc.• Interacting with different stakeholders on requirements gathering, technical discussions, approvals, new project implementation, etc.• Involving in identifying new Business opportunities & Proposal making.• Defining and publishing team metrics to management.• Driving Six Sigma, Automation & Value Creation projects.• Ensuring project compliance always meets the expectation of organization.

Bangalore, India

Identifying capable suppliers for various commodities like Plastics, Sheet Metal, Machined parts, etc.• Evaluating capable suppliers and onboarding them.• As part of Strategic Sourcing initiative, driving localization of commodities.• RFQ, RFS and RFI management.• Working with suppliers on Quality improvement.• Conducting regular Supplier Audits.• Identifying and realizing Cost Savings through various Sourcing strategies.• Cost negotiations.• Working on Lead Time reduction.• Managing Supply Chain.• Developing long-term supplier relationship through discussions, agreements and ensuring mutual benefits.• Training the supplier representatives on the product/part knowledge.• Implementing & driving Best Practices with supplier organization.

• Leading the Strategic Sourcing program initiatives.• Responsible for overall operations of Should Costing team.• Providing technical assistance for performing Should Cost analysis.• Recommending different cost effective manufacturing process to sourcing team.• Assisting Sourcing team in cost negotiation with evidence of technical data.• Initiate & participate discussions with global stake holders to ensure smooth operations.• Leading ‘Part Standardization’ initiative.• Design & prepare periodic reporting metrics to indicate overall strength of operations. • Ensuring skill-set development by conducting cross functional training.• Responsible for drafting & implementation of Rewards & Recognition program at account engagement level.• Plant EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) initiative representative.• Member of manufacturing plant Safety Committee.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for new vendor development for CNC machining, sheet metal forming, plastic injection molding parts etc.• Short listing the vendors based on their quality, delivery, cost & lead time.• RFQ Management & Cost negotiation.• New part Development in association with suppliers.• Releasing purchase order based on MRP.• Responsible for in-time supply of parts from suppliers across South India.• Responsible for quality inspection of parts being dispatched from suppliers.• Co-ordination with internal departments for payments, logistics etc.• Root Cause analysis and implementation of Corrective/Preventive actions.• Follow Up for parts & solving the issues related to Supply, Quality, payment etc.• Conducting supplier audits to measure supplier performance and to evaluate their adherence to QMS.

Singasandra, Bangalore

• Incoming inspection, Online inspection & Final inspection of parts.• Conducting first-off inspection for new production.• Shifted few parts to ‘Green Channel’, thereby reducing WIP inventory by 10%. • I was a part of team which was responsible for implementation of 5S in the factory.• I was involved in designing & development of special packaging material for one of the export customer.• Part of Cross Functional Team to resolve customer issue.• I was also involved in conceptualization of ‘modern quality dept’ for SKF’s new facility in Mysore.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Fcd

Activities and Societies: Debating, Event Organizing, Manufacturing researchConducted College level Seminar on 'Foundry Technology'..

Higher Secondary, Science

Activities and Societies: Archer, Class rep, etc* Class Mentor * Bagged National level Individual medal in Archery sports * Lead.