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Lead a team of costing professionals across India, US, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan business of Lam Research. Responsible for establishing & driving Commercial Strategic commodity vision, evaluating supplier cost & managing relationship to drive projects to achieve goals of global cost efficiency. Determine cost targets during design & development phase, recommending cost effective solutions. Investigate and identify cost reduction opportunities. Establish costing of products, production & assembly processes, tooling costs and review alternatives. Negotiate cost increase from suppliers related to RM , Process, Labor & other input cost to mitigate impact. Utilize cost methodologies, appropriate tools & software models & packages to prepare and maintain reliable & accurate data.. Assess cost effectiveness of products & track actual costs relative to targets & report status on a regular basis to ensure costs are in line with forecasts. Research and analyze various commodities for function to price and price to cost evaluation. Continuously scan markets & global landscape to explore and evaluate strategic & cost-effective suppliers. Evaluate new suppliers considering their organization capabilities, Technology expertise, Production capabilities, Financial performance, customer orientation & Supply chain robustness. Define & monitor metrics in line with AOP objectives relative to supplier cost performance, monitor against the expectations to ensure continuous improvement then drives team to address and close gaps to meet objectives. Supplier Performance Management through Score cards and other related parameters. Encourage and coordinate early supplier involvement on new product designs using the suppliers’ expertise to optimize cost and manufacturability. Manage commodity spend by Negotiation/Mitigation of Price increases. Plan & Execute cost reduction strategies through Negotiations, Material cost reductions, Alternate sourcing, technology changes.

Category Management, 7 Step Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Strategy Development & Implementation, Contract Management, New Vendor Selection & Development, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Risk Management, Procurement Policies & Procedures, Automation, CAPEX Procurement

Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, New Supplier Evaluation, Selection & Development, Supplier Capacity Assessment, Supplier Performance Management, Cost Management, Contract Management, Advanced Product Quality Planning, Driving VA/VE projects, Internal Auditing.

Global Sourcing, Category Management, Cost Estimation, Vendor Negotiations & Finalization, Tool Development, Supplier Performance Management, Contract Management, New Vendor Evaluation, Selection & Development, Market Intelligence

Energy meter plastic parts & injection molds sourcing: Strategic Sourcing, Cost Estimation, Initiating RFX, Getting quotes from suppliers, Cost Analysis, Vendor Negotiations & Finalization, Vendor Capacity Assessment, Demand & Supply Planning, Scheduling, Production Ramp Up, On time Delivery of Components, Inventory Management, Payments to Suppliers, Drive Cost Reduction Initiatives, Conduct Supplier Audits, Supplier Quality & Performance Review, Engineering Change Order Implementation, Packaging Cost Optimization, New product development, Raw material global sourcing, Driving cost reduction initiatives.

Implementation of Lean Principles in Fabrication Shopfloor which includes VSM, Kanban, Poka yoke, SMED, Bottleneck Analysis & Line Balancing, JIT, OEE, Waste Elimination, 5S.Process Improvement of CNC Machining Line CNC Programming & Cycle Time Estimation of Machined Parts.