S VIGNESH VISHWANATH
Supply Chain Professional
Nagpur
Summary
Seeking challenging assignments in Supply Chain Mgmt. (SCM) functions like Material Planning, Procurement & Sourcing activities in Manufacturing Organization.
PROFILE SUMMARY:
- Result oriented professional with 4.9 years of experience in Planning, Procurement and Sourcing in both Global and Domestic.
- Expertise in material planning, scheduling, procurement of components & raw materials from various sources.
- Capable of implementing cost saving measures to achieve inventory reduction in terms of raw materials, procurement, and reduction of logistics costs.
- Active team player with good analytical and communication skills.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager - Planning & Procurement
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Private Limited
9 2022 - Current
- Responsible for Planning & Procurement activities along with inventory optimization, P2P activities.
- Preparing monthly rolling forecast for spare parts demand at pan India level.
- Defining norms like re-order point and safety stock level for individual spare parts.
- Coordinates with engineering /design department for any technical clarifications.
- Maintaining and fulfilling availabilities of child parts and processing kitting of Filter kits.
- Prepare Purchase order (POs) in ERP system (SAP HANA), send approved POs to suppliers and follow-up to get materials on time.
- Maintaining inventory at Target level and timely release of schedules for suppliers.
- Weekly and monthly review and improvement of first fill of Spare parts at all regional warehouses.
- Liaison with suppliers to resolve price increase issues and settle price claims.
- Preparing KPI reports for various suppliers and to enhance their improvement of DIFOT.
Executive - Procurement
Synergy Maritime Private Limited
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Responsible for all Planning & Procurement Activities (Supply of Ship Spares, Stores, Gas, chemicals, paints & lube oil) for allocated vessels.
- To maintain a full record of all Purchase Requests (PRs) received from the vessels, sending RFQs to various suppliers for vessel requirements, getting quotations from different countries and creation of Purchase Orders for L1 quotation.
- To plan annual requirements of critical ship spares and execute procurement activities with maximum savings.
- Handling Logistics for Ship requirements, dispatch of Ship Spares from various countries to required convenient ports & coordinating with local agents for connection of spares to vessels.
- Assisting Technical superintendent for Dry Dork, Repair jobs and arranging Class Annual Services / LSA & FFA Services.
- To follow-up on Machinery Troubleshooting with Spares Makers.
- Negotiating with vendors for maximum discounts on vessel's Bulk purchases and contracts.
- Sourcing New Vendors as per company and vessel requirements.
- Conducting vendor evaluations.
Graduate Engineering Trainee (GET)
Wheels India Limited
07.2019 - 5 2021
- Responsible for Procurement of Raw Materials, Pressure Die Castings, Forgings and Fasteners.
- Maintaining close track of shipments for (Domestic and Imports).
- Global and Domestic Sourcing materials for New Product and Regular Components.
- Maintaining KANBAN for the JIT (Just in Time) materials to control & reduce high space occupying parts.
- Meeting customer orders by designing & monitoring Material Planning & Procurement.
- Regular follow up with supplier for material receipts ensuring Zero Line Stop & optimum Inventory.
- Often visit supplier facilities to conduct inspection, getting supplier performance reviews and ensure required standards are met.
- To Ensure zero defect and quality raw materials are supplied without time delays.
- Understand Operations and develop strategies to reduce total cost.
- Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress.
- Identifying the right sources, requesting for quotation, and comparing & negotiating to fix the price by Analyzing the market trend.
- Responsible for 25 Suppliers - 25% Global (Import) from China, Germany, and Denmark.
Education
B.E - Production Engineering -
Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai
Chennai, India05.2019
Higher secondary Course -
Sri Ahobila Math Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
Chennai, IndiaMatriculation Course -
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar, Chennai
Chennai, IndiaSkills
Accomplishments
- Reduction in lead time of imported filters from 150 days to 120 days at Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery.
- Successfully handled purchasing activities in the African Region at Synergy Maritime Ltd.
- Reached maximum additional discounts (USD 11000 approx.) by advance planning and negotiating with suppliers at Synergy Maritime Ltd.
- Yield optimization (Scrap Reduction) by Changing the width and length of the plates at Wheels India Ltd.
- Cost savings by stock reconciliation at Wheels India Ltd.
- Developed New source of Forgings with optimized Cost (Rs.20 Lakhs) at Wheels India Ltd.
- Cost savings by elimination of non-moving fasteners at Wheels India Ltd.
- Developed alternate tubes supplier Savings of 1.6 lakhs at Wheels India Ltd.
- Localization of suppliers for Bought outs (Fasteners) cutting down imports at Wheels India Ltd.
- Part of the NPD team developing 100+ Components in a single project at Wheels India Ltd.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge. (S. VIGNESH VISHWANATH)
Timeline
Executive - Procurement
Synergy Maritime Private Limited
06.2021 - 09.2022
Graduate Engineering Trainee (GET)
Wheels India Limited
07.2019 - 5 2021
Assistant Manager - Planning & Procurement
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Private Limited
9 2022 - Current
B.E - Production Engineering -
Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai
Higher secondary Course -
Sri Ahobila Math Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
Matriculation Course -
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar, Chennai
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