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Bengaluru Area, India

• Drive new programs by coordinating between commodity leaders, STA/DE with other stakeholders internally such as R&D, Validation, Quality and Manufacturing.• Budgeting for complete vehicle and discussing with top management on the risk factors and taking decisions on the costing. • Project Time line tracking, exclusive list tracking & highlighting delay.• Follow-up for MRD commitments from commodity leaders or DE/STA’s.• Maintaining project documentation.• MIS preparation… Show more • Drive new programs by coordinating between commodity leaders, STA/DE with other stakeholders internally such as R&D, Validation, Quality and Manufacturing.• Budgeting for complete vehicle and discussing with top management on the risk factors and taking decisions on the costing. • Project Time line tracking, exclusive list tracking & highlighting delay.• Follow-up for MRD commitments from commodity leaders or DE/STA’s.• Maintaining project documentation.• MIS preparation for project review.• Interact with commodity leaders, SE/STA’s for commitment for Design, MRD for Parts.• Maintain project documentations such as “Gate Clearance” etc.• Reviewing of the parts availability with all the stake holders of Manufacturing, Quality, R&D and Validation.• Competent in handling cost reduction, value engineering projects and establishing lean and responsive manufacturing processes and production systems at supplier end for a defect free on time delivery of parts. • Competent in BOM Cost monitoring & management, target cost deployment. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

Central Team is a specialized team in Volvo/Mack/UD/Renault for the identification of parts released from design team grouping and dividing it in purchase team on basis of vast manufacturing, segments and purchasing experience, having more than ~1 lakh parts grouped into ~300 segments divided among 500 buyers globally.Responsibility-• Identification of parts and grouping them into segments and corresponding buyers.• Classification of segments based on manufacturing, material… Show more Central Team is a specialized team in Volvo/Mack/UD/Renault for the identification of parts released from design team grouping and dividing it in purchase team on basis of vast manufacturing, segments and purchasing experience, having more than ~1 lakh parts grouped into ~300 segments divided among 500 buyers globally.Responsibility-• Identification of parts and grouping them into segments and corresponding buyers.• Classification of segments based on manufacturing, material, design criteria, supplier diversity• Understanding the diversity of purchasing strategies globally and adopting the changes soon.• Handling two continents APAC and South America, supporting more than six projects, and assigning parts to more than 500 buyers in VOLVO, MACK, UD and RENAULT.• Managing two continents individually and rest two continents i.e., Europe and North America during Back up. Very strong experience on each and every part going into truck and value addition on process improvements. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

• Supported company’s highest spent portfolio ~500 million Euros/Year globally• Responsibilities included assisting the buyers in managing to meet the requirement of Wheels and Tires complete portfolio. • Successfully chosen to lead & train the team in handling one of the crucial steps of projects & also manage the team’s performance in the same. • Analysis and reporting of the annual global supplier’s performance for Global Sourcing Projects. • Analysis of rubber raw material… Show more • Supported company’s highest spent portfolio ~500 million Euros/Year globally• Responsibilities included assisting the buyers in managing to meet the requirement of Wheels and Tires complete portfolio. • Successfully chosen to lead & train the team in handling one of the crucial steps of projects & also manage the team’s performance in the same. • Analysis and reporting of the annual global supplier’s performance for Global Sourcing Projects. • Analysis of rubber raw material cost in market by capturing it on daily basis.• Negotiations on delivery of parts with suppliers.• Assisting supplier for unblocking invoices/payments, System connections, queries.• To perform review meetings with project managers and all buyer’s concerned to specific projects and project directors.• To make presentations on status of project and suggesting the core areas of improvement.• Handling PCR’s (Product Change Requests) and hosting meetings with Buyers, DPCs, PD, Supplier, Quality and Cost Engineers to finalize on the PCR’s. Show less

Volvo-Daf Cab Parts,

• Lead cross-functional team to define and maintain segment purchasing strategies and ensure implementation. • Knowledge about the global supplier market, manage supplier selection, partnership and negotiation• Involved in sourcing process & activities CABIN Controls (DAF components), Instrument Panel & Door Panel, Electronics, Chassis and Sheet metal parts/segments.• Make supplier selections and deliver to projects on time• Negotiating on part, tooling development costs and… Show more • Lead cross-functional team to define and maintain segment purchasing strategies and ensure implementation. • Knowledge about the global supplier market, manage supplier selection, partnership and negotiation• Involved in sourcing process & activities CABIN Controls (DAF components), Instrument Panel & Door Panel, Electronics, Chassis and Sheet metal parts/segments.• Make supplier selections and deliver to projects on time• Negotiating on part, tooling development costs and commercial terms (payment & delivery)• Supplier Relationship Management for Delivery• Have handled supplier base of Middle East for a spend of ~20 Million Euros• Manage the working relationship externally with suppliers & Internal Cross Functional teams in solving Project, Quality & Delivery issues.• Manage interactions with engineering in development of technical roadmaps. • Analyze the suppliers' long term performance in terms of QDCF (Quality, Delivery, Cost and Feature) and request improvements from supplier management when needed• Initiating RFI/RFQs to suppliers• Managing the supplier agreements, procurement and negotiations• RFQ kick off with the potential suppliers to understand our need on the segment• Preparing negotiations with part & quote analysis• Participating in RTS – Review of Technical Specification• Involving in SIPD – Supplier Involvement in Product Development.• Follow up with Product Finance (CFO) for the cost objectives• Leading a team of Sourcing Support Engineers for successful completion of sourcing activities• Working in accordance with the Volvo Group Purchasing. Show less

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering, First

10+2, Science

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering