Ranjith Shivapathri Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for outsourcing of New Product/Part including Supplier Identification, Price negotiation, Supplier Assessment & Approval, Supplier on-boarding & new contract release.Lead Product/part qualification process from Sampling to serial production release.Responsible for supplier performance evaluation and management for listed suppliers, consolidate input from relevant peers and communications.Ensure contract management with Global & Local Suppliers - Develop, Maintain and Execute. Lead business reviews with the supplier to ensure supplier market trends, performance and future needs of the relevant business / markets are aligned to organizational requirement's.Aligning preferred suppliers to organization needs by organizing channelized supplier trainings on design, development & qualification topics.Supplier capacity plan for individual supplier & business allocation from output to ensure overall smooth supply chain.Lead Supplier escalation on the topics raised by Purchase, Quality with Global & Local Suppliers.Responsible for price revision, approval & SAP release, Lead time management in SAP.Interface with intercompany Global teams to escalate supplier concerns with respect to Commercials, Price & Delivery for the local production requirements.Develop alternate sources for global procurements to switch over to local procurements.Review & Update of the organizational purchase policies.

Bangalore

Supplier identification and manufacturing capability assessment, commercials finalization & contract releaseNew Product development of Parts/Materials/Assemblies.Part manufacturing feasibility review with supplier & design team for new projects.Part & tool costing, project price budgeting, spend AnalysisTooling and Process review with suppliers & development thru’ AQP process.Provide direction to suppliers on the company requirements and expectations, ensuring requirements are clearly defined and understood across the supply basis.Ensure that Tier 1 suppliers are using capable Tier 2 suppliers for material and outside processing services.Interface with Suppliers, Engineering, Service, Manufacturing and Sourcing to Drive Quality Improvements that minimize Costs of Quality, Factory defects and Field failures.Contract management & price revisions due to RM price fluctuations. Monthly/Weekly Supplier business review meetings

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Driving the localization project to reduce direct material costTooling and Process review with suppliers & development thru’ AQP processResponsible of assessing supplier capabilities and implement improvement plans to support strategic projectsDevelopment of components/products for continual improvement, defect prevention, reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain.Lead Supplier AQP-process for new components, new tools and new suppliersManage required control instructions for incoming inspectionCoordination with supplier for deciding and finalizing type of packaging, transportation mode and handling

Bengaluru Area, India

• Managing and controlling all the company’s external suppliers on the purchase of Materials and finished parts for production.• Ensure parts and materials are bought at the most competitive price and delivered on time for production.• Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers (probably turnkey including design) who are aligned to the company's needs.• Identify new suppliers, agree terms, and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.• Experience in the purchase of casting items like aluminum cooling fin, casting wheel, Base grids and Fan shafts.• Foster close working relationships with associated departments e.g. Sales, Engineering, Production and Business Development.• Tracks order acknowledgement, communicates shortages, backlog reports, and provides visibility of potential interruptions to internal customers.• To carry out a comprehensive review of the Purchasing function with its methodology and identifying the areas to implement improvements.• Maintain complete updated purchasing records/data and pricing in the system. • Responsible for preparation and process purchase orders and documents in accordance with company policies and procedures. • Plan and manage inventory levels of materials or products.• Leads finance and logistics staff in resolving reception and invoice discrepancies.• Intimating vendors for over/ short/ rejected/ damage items (OSRD).• Receipt of items in stores & arranging inspection of materials by user department.