Narayan Reddy Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Pune Area, India

I played a significant role in establishing Procurement & Engineering vertical from scratch within GSCM COE for Global Sourcing & Procurement projects including RFX & Price Management, Should Costing & New Product Introduction (NPI) Sourcing, Indirect Sourcing, Project Management (Resourcing) & Tail Spend Management. Contributed towards promoting strong culture of standard Project Management processes & excellent service delivery as per standards/SLAs. Interacted with clients & company for Project Management Methodology & PMO Standards in developing detailed plans and completed required documentationKey Outcomes Successfully established Procurement & Engineering function in Global Supply Chain Management CoE for Direct & Indirect commodities  Ensured better sourcing decisions by implementing best-in-class practices, tools & creating knowledge warehouse  Stellar role in in-sourcing “Should Costing” capability from 3rd party vendors to set up CoE for production parts, new programs & VA/VE resulting in achieving Design to Cost (DtC) & Design to Value (DtV) Merit of being the part of the core team to implement ONE Eaton Standard Sourcing Process as a major “Business Process Improvement” (BPI) project across businesses & standardized sourcing process across the enterprise. Developed and implemented the ONE Eaton Price Change Management tool to integrate Global Commodity Impact Tracking mechanism with surcharge invoicing & price increase approval process Established the process and team to improve the technical (Enovia) and commercial data (Supplier Insights) globally Pivotal in implementation of Tail Spend Management (TSM) for Electrical Americas to manage tail spend worth $200Mn across 3600+ suppliers.

Columbus, Ohio

• Joined as Sr. Process Lead in 2008; promoted as India - Team Lead in 2010; again promoted as Process Lead in 2011; elevated as Assistant Manager in 2012; promoted again as USA – Operations Manager in 2014 ; last designated as Senior Consultant-Sourcing & Procurement in 2016.I was responsible for maintaining relations with key client stakeholders, proactively address customer issues. Liaised between offshore teams & client stakeholders; executed business transformation opportunities in order to positively impact client metrics. Displayed keen acumen of supporting Project Management Office (PMO) in framing intelligent solutions/transition plans. Led governance meetings with internal/external stakeholders to ensure compliance to SLA & sustain delivery predictability. Pivotal in enhancing revenue by identifying new business opportunities, work with sales team on opportunities within existing and new service lines. Developed reports & statistical data to support process assessments and performance measurements through data mining. Achieved benefits for the customer in the S2P process by spend reduction, compliance & ops efficiency.Key OutcomesSuccessfully transitioning S&P process for a major insurance client in less than 3 weeksLed transition operations of European client sites to Infosys centre leading to a revenue gain of $100K in 2015Delivered cost savings of $2+ Mn by resourcing, negotiations & developing cost models through regression analysisImplemented Shared Service Center (SSC) based on Toyota Production Systems (TPS) resulting in direct benefit of $52K & revenue gain of $120KSteered the Tail spend Management & led a Green Belt Project resulting in 24% reduction of tail end suppliers & 6% increase in supplier diversityManaged the knowledge transfer for complex Direct Purchasing processes of 33 FTEs worth $1.5Mn. which was for the first time done Direct Purchasing process by Infosys BPO

Columbus, Ohio

- Work closely with client’s stakeholders on process compliance and technical issues- Collaborating with business units on new projects to identify, assess and mitigate risks - Support offshore team with client’s supplier facing activities and training on process, policies, system and compliance- Develop, plan & execute complex sourcing strategies by parternering with business units & conduct internal & industry analysis- Identify cost reduction opportunities, explore alternatives and assess impact of alternatives- Define & execute the optimal sourcing solutions by leveraging business unit requirements, funding, suppliers and industry knowledge- Execute moderate to highly complex RFPs & new/renewal contracts against client’s guidelines to optimize the purchase of prod-uct/services- Analyze & interpret category metrics & identify opportunities to ensure category performance- Continuous process improvement to increase the transactional accuracy of the entire team- Lead governance meetings with internal & external client stakeholders

Peoria, Illinois

-Manage & build rapport with key client stakeholders, proactively address customer issues and enhance relationships-Communicate effectively by acting as liaise between offshore teams & client stakeholders-Identify and execute business transformation opportunities in order to positively impact client metrics-Support the Project Management Office(PMO) in framing intelligent solutions/transition plans- Lead governance meetings with internal/external stakeholders to ensure compliance to SLA & sustain delivery predictability- Enhance revenue by identifying new business opportunities, work with sales team on opportunities within existing and new service lines- Develop reports & statistical data to support process assessments and performance measurements for customer through data mining- Organize and implement training programs to improve the skills of team members- Participate in risks assessment and risk management along with the project teams- Continuous process improvements using six-sigma, lean techniques, built-in-quality (BIQ) for efficiency gains & reduction in quality defects- Provide inputs from operations perspective to SOW in order to complete the contractual process

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois

Pune Area, India

Pune Area, India

Pune Area, India

-Supplier assessment/audit as per VDA 6.3 or TS 16949, up gradation, new supplier release.-Quote comparison and price negotiation.-Conduct run at rate for capacity evaluation at initial stage of the project.-Process improvements using statistical tools such as SPC, problem solving techniques (7QC tools) & carrying out rejection analysis (Pareto, Trend charts, Cause-effect analysis). -Improve processes at supplier end by working closely with quality team. -Implement third party inspection during initial serial manufacturing of parts.-Change management without affecting customer’s line and avoiding obsolescence.

Pune Area, India

- Prepare quality plans for Supplier and in-house product.- Track supplier quality using statistical tools & tracking PPM etc.- Attend day to day line and assembly quality problems for supplier parts and accordingly initiating strong containment and corrective actions for the quality issues, using QC tools and structured 8D’s involving suppliers in order to get the right preventive action in place.- Part of new product development team.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class

Activities and Societies: President of Mechanical Engineering Students Association (MESA) Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)

Science, Science

Activities and Societies: Cricket team, House captain