Vendor Management• Identifying and developing a dedicated and alternate vendor source for achieving cost effective purchases of materials and equipments.• Implementation of proper documentation of purchase agreements and contracts with vendors.• Assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms etc.________________________________________Purchase /Procurement • Establishes purchasing policies, procedures and criteria.• Negotiates purchases to ensure lowest cost consistent with desired quality standards of goods and services required.• Implementation and coordinating of centralized procurement, cost reduction through consolidated purchases, standardization of products; improve processing time for all purchases and development of a documentation system for vendor approvals for each and every SKU.• Designing & scheduling material procurement plans in conjunction with sales forecasts for indigenous and imported materials to ensure continuous supply at optimum costs.• Researches identify and compile data for the preparation of the annual operating purchase budget.________________________________________ Supply chain• Adept at managing profit centre operations with experience in handling logistics, with proven track record of achieving cost effective transport solutions.• Handling operations to provide timely delivery of consignments, involving liaising with various regulatory authorities for establishment of Distribution Centers.• Negotiating and dealing with transporters and various other agencies, to ensure seamless and cost-effective movement of consignment.• Handling the entire inbound / out bound shipments which include interacting with different Vendors, customers & C&F agents etc.