Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Functional understanding of Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Strategic Sourcing, Direct/Indirect Procurement, Forecasting, Vendor Development and Contracts Negotiation across various industries. Possess proven track record of having excellent management, presentation, communication, interpretational and motivational skills. Hands-on experience on various tools such as, SAP, Oracle, MS Office and E-procurement. Competencies: Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Vendor Management, Procurement, Risk Mitigation, Contracts Negotiation, Inventory, Demand Planning, Project Management, FOB/MOQ settlement, Supplier Audit, Budgeting. ERP Knowledge: SAP, Oracle, Batchmaster, Supplier Portals, E-procurement and ERP Implementation. Operational Expertise: Process Improvement, Just-in-time and Lean manufacturing. Computer Literacy: MS Excel, PowerPoint and Office.
• Lead strategic sourcing and category management for cost optimization and generated RFQ, analyzed quotations, settled prices and procured materials as per the business requirements. • Created the MS excel-based weekly reporting tool that helped to mitigate the risk of over or under inventory and reinforced the demand planning process by digitalizing the forecasting data. • Negotiated contracts with various international vendors for the digitalization of procurement operations and implementation of Oracle’s cloud-based ERP system. • Developed various supplier performance measurement controls based on quality, cost and delivery parameters for initiating vendor performance meet. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams like design, sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing and production planning for ensuring smooth procurement operations and timely implementation of critical projects. • Managed inventory control project for the packaging supplies from various international suppliers. • Assisted top management in budget preparation, risk mitigation, cost-savings and inventory control projects.
• Lead the procurement team to develop RFQs, analyze quotes, generate POs and settle FOB/MOQ/freight for ensuring smooth delivery of the locally and globally sourced parts via E-procurement portals. • Achieved total cost reduction of 1.2 million USD by implementing several supply chain operations’ improvement projects in alliance with R&D, manufacturing, quality, marketing and sales planning teams. • Digitalized Honda’s inventory control and forecasting mechanism by implementing auto-ordering system in Oracle for all the Honda dealerships in India that reduced the response time of back-orders by 50%. • Performed primary market research to analyze spare parts’ market potential and applied strategic sourcing to reduce the buying costs that helped to alleviate the selling price and doubled the sales of parts in the market. • Successfully lead and implemented the GST (Goods Service Tax) project in Oracle from procurement side. • Recommended annual supplier awards by evaluating their monthly cost, quality and delivery performances. • Negotiated, revised and settled the prices and supply terms and facilitated supplier selection and audits. • Provided end-to-end support to various stakeholders for the resolution of any Honda related issues.