Ex Country Head Purchasing - India ( Retired In Jan 2018)
Current- National responsibility for procurement of all major commodities, like Natural Rubber, Tire-cord Fabric, Rubber Chemicals, Carbon Black and Steel wire across segments.
- Value Engineering and management of vendor relationships.
- Material Allocation and Inventory Management.
- Development of new manual / electronic bidding processes for more efficiency, transparency and cost competitiveness.
- Capital Expenditure based project management.
- Vendor mix / portfolio balancing for WC & OCF optimization.