Rukmini Shrike

Current Designation: Buyer

Jabil is a Fortune 500 company that offers end-to-end solutions in manufacturing, testing, and distribution including printed circuit board assembly, new product introduction, technical and design capabilities, manufacturing know-how, supply chain insights, and global product management expertise to enable success for the world's leading brands.

Achievements /Tasks: -

• Ensured timely delivery of products by closely monitoring vendor performance and proactively resolving supply issues.
• Created, released, and tracked purchase orders in SAP, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and delivery schedules.
• Supported business continuity by ensuring 100% order visibility and timely material availability.
• Maintained accurate order status, lead times, and supplier commitments in ERP systems.
• Handled order discrepancies, including price mismatches, quantity variances, and delivery deviations.
• Managed 30+ global suppliers, handling shortage management, RTV/RTC challenges, and driving cost savings through opportunity identification and effective negotiations.
• Make sourcing decisions based on overall cost and benefit including price, duty, freight, flexibility, service, performance, quality, and terms & conditions.
• Built and maintained long-term supplier relationships to ensure quality, service reliability, and competitive pricing
• Built and maintained long-term supplier relationships to ensure quality, service reliability, and competitive pricing.
• Reduced procurement costs through strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, and effective negotiations.
• Worked across multiple work cells and customer groups, efficiently managing complex and high-pressure environments.
• Recognized by work cells and planners for prompt actions, process improvements, aggressive shortage management, and multiple cost-saving initiatives.
• Collaborated with SCDMs and BUMs on critical parts with million-dollar revenue impact, successfully driving material availability to protect customer commitments and prevent revenue loss.
• Analyze and project component purchase prices that accurately reflect the inventory value for a financial period in the Standard Costing process.
• Ensured compliance with inventory policies to avoid excess, obsolete, or slow-moving stock.
• Collaborated with planning, logistics, and warehouse teams to ensure material availability aligned with production plans.