Sushma Kambanna

Senior Material Group Manager at Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte

Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

About

Currently working in electronics purchasing, with a strong technical foundation through Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, a specialization in industrial management through my master's program coupled with my passion for purchasing and an inclination towards supplier interactions, I am looking for opportunities to catapult myself in the field of purchasing and contribute to the industry. Always open to exchanging ideas and experiences!

Experience

  • BSH Home Appliances Group (Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany)
    • Senior Material Group Manager, Electronics Purchasing
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      • Supplier Strategy – Leading new supplier scouting, strategic evaluation, and procurement-driven onboarding. • Material Group Strategy Ownership – Responsible for shaping and executing the material group strategy across categories. • Contract Development – Driving the full creation of new ODM/JDM contract framework from scratch. • Global Negotiation Strategy – Preparing negotiation strategies through consolidated target setting, cost insights, and market analysis. • Management Reporting (MTT) – Providing MTT reporting to senior leadership, ensuring transparency on cost development, savings, and project progress. • Distribution Business (BSH Electronics) – Overseeing purchasing responsibilities within the BSH Electronics distribution business.

    • Global Commodity Manager, Electronics Purchasing
      May 2021 - Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Commodity: "Control Power Modules" for BSH Dish care business division • Responsible for the entire purchasing cycle: RFQs, supplier rating, risk analysis, part price negotiations and contract negotiations • Implementation of localization projects • Coordination of regional buyers throughout BSH dish care factories • Preparation of "Material Group Strategy" for CPMs • BSH Commercial Key Account for two suppliers • Project lead from purchasing for an upcoming platform project for Dishcare business

  • Master Thesis, Strategic Purchasing at STADLER PANKOW GMBH
    Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 · 8 mos

    Topic: Make or buy decision for traction battery procurement • Introduction of alternative suppliers as a measure of cost reduction and risk mitigation. • Assessment of in-house production possibility: Market analysis, supplier selection, cost-benefit-analysis and risk analysis.

  • Intern Purchasing Management Quality at Bosch
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2020 · 7 mos

    • Responsible for the PPAP process (from initiation to evaluation) after the supplier has been sourced. • Purchase quality planning, implementation and approval support. • Support in technical supplier discussions, pre sourcing and sourcing meetings to clarify the project requirements and project timelines to the suppliers. • Support the team in evaluating and confirming supplier capability. • Developed "Virtual Team Board" for project tracking as a part of project management. • Layered Process Control: Participation in the internal audit for process and parts approval.

  • Purchasing Project Management at Bosch
    Aug 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • In charge of complete purchasing cycle from product development to start of production. • Responsible for sending RFQ’s and evaluating the supplier offers. • Conducting shadow calculations for aluminum die casting, plastic and rubber parts to arrive at the target price. • Technical supplier discussions, negotiation with suppliers to meet the target price. • Identifying possible cost reduction projects and implementing the same for series production (RPP). • Tool refurbishment. Business divisions: Robert Bosch Starters Motors and Generators India Private Limited (Aug’16-June’17) Robert Bosch Automotive Electronics India Private Limited (June’17-Sep’18; Onsite)

  • Project Intern and Bachelor Thesis at ABB
    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016 · 4 mos

    "Transformer Protection and SCADA" As a part of internship and Bachelor thesis, the following was done at ABB: • Power system automation. • A substation in a village of India, by name Ananthapuram was configured for four different transformer protection namely, Percentage differential protection, Restricted Earth fault protection, Overcurrent protection and Overexcitation protection. • Configuration of a relay RET 670 using the software PCM600. • A bay control unit which also acts as a backup protection was configured in order to control every device in the substation.