Sekhar Visvanathan

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, United States
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Sekhar Visvanathan's Current Company Details
Veralto

Veralto

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Sekhar Visvanathan Work Experience Details
  • Veralto
    Vice President Corp Procurement And Supply Chain
    Veralto Oct 2023 - Present
    Waltham, Ma, Us
    Leading the launch of our Fortune 500 enterprise in pursuit of our commitment to higher truth, building the best-in-class, driven teams delivering sustaining, innovative solutions with our storied process steeped in Veralto Enterprise Systems built on DBS principles.
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  • Danaher Corporation
    Vice President Corporate Procurement And Supply Chain
    Danaher Corporation Jul 2023 - Present
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
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  • Mercury Marine
    Vice President Global Procurement
    Mercury Marine 2017 - Jul 2023
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Direct the global commodity, forecasting, and direct/indirect procurement strategies overseeing the $4B annual procurement spend, resources, programs, and projects for 6 manufacturing sites and facilities in the US, China, EU, and Mexico, generating $6B in annual revenue. โ€ข Manage the $30M cost center leading a team of 6 Directors across Project Management, Procurement Operations, Supplier Quality, Indirect Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, and Asia Procurement, and 114 indirect professionals located in the US, Mexico, Korea, and China.โ€ข Formulate and drive strategic improvements in cost, revenue, service, and staff capabilities, educate the leadership team on the need for additional controls, processes, and culture change initiatives, and establish quality and cost control as core business priorities.โ€ข Responsible for procurement of Direct Materials (electrification, internal combustion engines, castings, plastics, SMC, Aluminum, aftermarket, complex hydraulic systems, engine fuel & air management systems, lubricants, and electronics) across 20 countries and 4 continents to ensure availability and maintenance of optimal balances of inventory and product costs.โ€ข Accountable for sourcing of indirect services, including purchased services, Capex, MRO, Travel & Hotel, Real estate, energy and sustainability initiatives, and supply chain contracts โ€“ freight, warehouse, and fleet acquisition/lease.โ€ข Led the project management office responsible for managing key IT projects for the business and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on business goals, including ERP rollout and warehouse management of D2C initiatives.โ€ข Delivered on-time launch of key platforms by implementing processes with formal KPIs and institutionalized business analytics to drive data-based dialog to streamline processes and focus.
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  • Mercury Marine
    Key Achievements
    Mercury Marine 2017 - Jul 2023
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Creating an enhanced portfolio view to drive cost and quality improvementsby 12%+ - $500M in key categoriesโ€ข Delivered synergy savings of $7.5M in merger and acquisition dealโ€ข Improved DPO metrics by 12 days leading to $500M+ in cash flow improvementsโ€ข Spearheaded negotiations on a $700M contract to deliver a 12% cost reduction in an inflationary environmentโ€ข Enabled a best-in-class performance with minimal impact on operations through supply chain innovation, delivering operational performance over 50% increase in output from pre-pandemic levels.โ€ข Actively led commodity hedging strategy avoided cost increase of over $12M through a deep understanding of commodity markets.โ€ข Lead New Product Sourcing, including technology and innovation sourcing for the V12 engine, added the leadership of supply chain innovation to deliver best-in-class performance enabling business growth of over 50%.
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  • Mercury Marine
    General Manager, Mercury Plm Services
    Mercury Marine Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Led the full P&L and global PLM implementation projects for Mercury Marine corporate and Mercury PLM Services external consulting practice to deploy Teamcenter and SharePoint solutions to clients in the Aerospace, Healthcare, Automotive, and Industrial industries.Directed a team of 2 Directors, 3 Managers, a Financial Project Manager, and 15 support employees (Engineers, Dr. Engineers, and Project Managers) located in US and India, specialized in internal and external implementations and deployments of Teamcenter, with end-to-end deployment experience on all major Teamcenter releases.โ€ข Participated in business development activities, including sales presentations, statement of work writing, and pricing negotiation for global PLM services engagements. โ€ข Accountable for the brand strategy, online and print content, promotional collateral, trade show, and Information Exchange event planning.โ€ข Developed project execution and client delivery processes and frameworks resulting in FFP project execution.โ€ข Client engagement lead for all phases of external PLM implementations, including commercial relationships, assisted clients in โ€˜vision-crafting,โ€™ process mapping, and change management, and drove key engineering system programs for PD&E reporting to Chief Technology Officer (CTO).โ€ข Championed Go-To-Market strategies, created partner channel networks to grow the business, and facilitated pricing strategies to optimize returns and risk-reward balanced programs.โ€ข Oversaw pre-sales activities, including module arrangement and demo preparation, and facilitated client discussions.โ€ข Facilitated and documented business requirements with cross-functional stakeholders for internal and external projects, communicated those to the technical team, then led development resources through customer validation.
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  • Mercury Marine
    Key Achievements
    Mercury Marine Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Improved P&L driving margin expansion of 20%+ through supplier partnerships, sales growth in targeted channels of 75%+, and grew revenue CAGRโ€ข Drove accountability and utilization within multiple areas driving resource utilization to 85%+, and resulting in 3 FTE capacity improvement
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  • Mercury Marine
    Director, Global Commodity Management
    Mercury Marine Jul 2007 - Dec 2015
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Responsible for creating and implementing short-term and long-term strategies for global commodity management, managing the $1B annual procurement spend for 2 manufacturing factories located in US and China, generating $3B in annual revenues.โ€ข Directed, coached, and mentored a team of 6 Sourcing Managers and an indirect team of 16 consisting of Technical and Commercial Buyers, a Packaging Manager, and Design Engineers responsible for sourcing materials from the US, Mexico, China, and Korea.โ€ข Implemented purchasing and supply management policies and procedures, developing and managing effective relationships with suppliers using supplier partnerships, strategic alliances, supply chain management, and supplier training programs.โ€ข Benchmarked best practices, managed scorecards and metrics to monitor success, and led process improvements and transformations within the matrix organization.โ€ข Communicated regularly with the executive team and business unit leaders and managed internal and external customersโ€™ expectations and goals. โ€ข Championed e-sourcing, spend analytics, savings tracker, project tracker, and contract management to effectively meet the needs of corporate-wide sourcing and procurement and P2P processes.
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  • Mercury Marine
    Key Achievements
    Mercury Marine Jul 2007 - Dec 2015
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Drove Annual Operating Plan and process for purchased components, streamlined process to enable process completion within 15 days, reducing cycle time by over 50% and minimizing transactionsโ€ข Helped facilitate alternate solutions in a constrained environment by creating a containerization program, reduced costs by 30% on the $20M spend categoryโ€ข Developed performance KPIs to align with business objectives to improve Total Cost and Value, improving metrics such as DPO from 39 days to 51 daysโ€ข Created Supplier Council program to better partnership with the supply base and drive value using a โ€œBe The Best Partnerโ€ approach, created formal โ€œBuy Mercuryโ€ program to cement the partnership. โ€ข Delivered financial performance on cash flow leading Brunswick-wide projects, with effective supplier negotiations to deliver $2M of P&L improvements in 1 year.โ€ข Instituted a โ€œpay for performanceโ€ program to have a shared risk program with the supply base that generated incremental cost recovery, while institutionalized recovery on supplier-driven issues exceeded an 80% recovery rate.
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  • Mercury Marine
    Director Indirect Sourcing
    Mercury Marine Sep 2003 - Jul 2007
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Managed the $300M spend for Indirect products and services, including MRO, travel, professional services, IT, telecommunications, office equipment/supplies, energy, and logistics supporting global operations generating $2B in annual revenue.โ€ข Led and coached a 9-person team, including 3 Managers and 6 indirect team members overseeing sourcing, selecting, and negotiating, as well as monitoring services and contracts for cost-saving benefits for the division.โ€ข Developed strategic purchasing approach for indirect and services segment resulting in significant cost reduction and cost avoidance.โ€ข Responsible for developing regional supplier relationships and performance management, implementing a strategic shift in how supplier relationships are managed by promoting strategic and collaborative supplier relationships.โ€ข Worked closely with the team to support strategic sourcing initiatives, including increasing internal partner engagement, identifying spend management opportunities, facilitating product standardization, and driving competitive bidding opportunities.โ€ข Analyzed spend from the previous years identifying key cost drivers and suppliers, and renegotiated contracts to better leverage cost savings opportunities.
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  • Mercury Marine
    Key Achievements
    Mercury Marine Aug 2003 - Jul 2007
    Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us
    โ€ข Drove sourcing for Integrated Supply Contract, driving savings of 5%+, and committed 3% savings annually on a $10M spendโ€ข Spearheaded the fleet leasing program for the enterprise, driving savings of 10%+ on a $5M spendโ€ข Implemented Oracle Procure to Pay project as a business champion and implementation lead, including organizing system planning, training, and solution implementation.
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  • Emerson Process Management
    Project Manager
    Emerson Process Management 1998 - 2001
    St. Louis, Mo, Us
    โ€ข Responsible for leading control systems development and deployment as part of the Automation Solutions group for global customers in the Pulp and Paper, Chemical, and Oil & Gas industries, including key customers BASF, Unocal, and Shell.โ€ข Project Management of key customer contracts from award to start-up Sub-contract management and Sourcing of technical buy-outs Technical Design of Process Control Systems including DeltaV, Provox, and RS3. โ€ข Systems Engineering lead for architecting the solution and implementing diverse control strategies for Batch and Continuous Process โ€ข Project Implementation - system conversions and launches for the Asia Pacific region and new Product Introduction for the Asia region.
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  • Emerson Process Management
    Senior Engineer Tech Support
    Emerson Process Management 1997 - 1998
    St. Louis, Mo, Us
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  • Emerson Process Management
    Senior Systems Engineer
    Emerson Process Management 1996 - 1997
    St. Louis, Mo, Us
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  • Emerson Process Management
    Systems Engineer
    Emerson Process Management 1994 - 1996
    St. Louis, Mo, Us
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Sekhar Visvanathan Skills

Strategic Sourcing Supply Management Global Sourcing Six Sigma Thought Leadership General Management Business Strategy Manufacturing Sourcing Lean Manufacturing Cross Functional Team Leadership Contract Management Product Development Management Continuous Improvement Supply Chain Management Outsourcing Supply Chain Supplier Evaluation Purchasing Financial Analysis Mrp Supplier Development Program Management Supplier Management Esourcing Spend Analysis Process Improvement Purchasing Strategy Strategic Negotiations Business Transformation Leadership Strategy Collaborative Working Scrm Collaborative Environment Strategic Partnerships Business Process Improvement P&l Management Operations Management Supplier Quality Cost Reduction Raw Materials Business Process Re Engineering Contract Negotiation Procure To Pay Direct Materials Indirect Purchasing

Sekhar Visvanathan Education Details

  • W. P. Carey School Of Business โ€“ Arizona State University
    W. P. Carey School Of Business โ€“ Arizona State University
    Supply Chain Management
  • University Of Mumbai
    University Of Mumbai
    Bachelor Of Engineering - Be

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