Responsible for directing and leading procurement and supply chain management activities for the largest construction equipment manufacturer in the country. Led the development of strategic sourcing and support activities that ensures the customer has exactly the right kind of equipment for all Mining, Infrastructure, Construction and Agricultural needs. Provided mentoring and coaching to team members in building end to end procurement strategies, and ensuring compliance to optimize and leverage spend. Delivered financial goals and negotiated savings targets, innovation, and continuous improvement in total cost of ownership year over year, while improving product quality and supplier service levels. As chief of global Tata-Hitachi internal audit team, made recommendations to reduce product defects and improved efficiency for achieving global business targets.

Key SCM executive for the Tata Steel that has annual steel production capacity of 28 million tons and 81000 employees spread across 5 continents. Responsible for developing SAP centric solution for operations planning, inventory management, master production scheduling, MRP and shop floor automation. Worked closely with consultants from Arthur D. Little (strategy) and IBM Global Services (BPR) to redesign enterprise business processes to improve customer focus, facilitate better credit control, and ensure reduction of stocks. Led a cross functional team to implement SAP modules FI, CO, MM, PP and QM. Delivered Asset Management & Budget management sub-modules of FICO, Plant maintenance, Human Resources, Production Optimizer (APO) to extend SAP to the shop floor.

Responsible for analysis, design, development and enhancement of commercial software applications for management of University’s IT infrastructure. Taught graduate level courses in computer organization and software engineering. Built and mentored the engineering team and provided training in all aspects of applications development.