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Detail oriented professional with an ability to resolve sourcing, procurement & supply chain issues across industries. Over 10 years experience in product category strategy, sourcing strategy, category opportunity identification, product roadmap operationalization, Supplier relationship management, Supplier development, Demand Planning & Supplier Capacity Analysis, new product introduction, supply chain mapping, should cost modeling, value driver quantification, cost optimization, , RFx, & contract negotiation Sourcing experience in data center equipment such as electrical/mechanical equipment, connectivity equipment such Fiber Optic cables, PCBA, PLC controllers, commodities, engineering & indirect services. Spend influenced between $50M to $600MTechnology:Coupa S2P (end-2-end implementation) | Oracle P2P | SAP SD | Tableau | Alteryx | Advanced Excel Work done:Worked with strategic & design engineering teams on new product introductions as well as value engineering of existing products to develop baseline product configurationWorked cross functionally to resolve supplier issues related to product & servicesDeveloped product category strategy for new data center in Singapore and translated those into supplier specific sourcing strategies. Developed sourcing roadmap and executed sourcing strategies Negotiated multi year master agreements with suppliers on items such as IP, warranties, epidemic defects, indemnification, limitation of liability, manufacturing capacity commitment etc. Mapped end to end supply chain for products and identified strategies to source longest lead time components and developed supplier capacity plan to identify true capacityIdentified cost savings of over $1 million for a global hi-tech contract manufacturer in their existing demand forecasting process and excess & obsolete inventory. Created total landed cost model for a large global CPG company and proposed supplier selection

Listed skills include Sourcing Strategy Development, Sourcing Execution, Category Management, Supply Chain Management, and 30 others.

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  Supply Chain Cost Management

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  Sep 2019 - Present

  Product Category Expertise - AI HPC, Compute and Storage, ASIC, PCB / PCBA w SMT), Data center rack chassis, Racks, Power Supply, Air Assisted Liquid CoolingCost Modeling - Should cost, TCO, Lifecycle & target costing, Cost benchmarking for custom engineered products, value engineering Cost Modeling Tool Expertise - IC Knowledge, Apriori, McKinsey Cleansheet toolSourcing - Negotiation strategy and execution, value analysis, supplier performance mgmt, supplier business reviews, contract optimization, New Product IntroductionSupply chain footprint mapping, supply risk assessment, capacity planning, lead time reduction, demand planningCategory Management - Product roadmap development, category planning with cost focus, develop cost & supply chain metrics