Kunal Rathod

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in strategic procurement for advanced air mobility.
  • Led successful launch of electric scooter with significant cost savings.
  • Indigenizing aerospace supply chain ecosystem in India.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic procurement expert in the automotive and aerospace industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic ProcurementSupply Chain ManagementStrategic SourcingProduct Development

Other Skills

Contract NegotiationPlanning and technologyStrategic PlanningSustainable DevelopmentSupplier Relationship ManagementQuality ManagementTotal Quality Management (TQM)Engineering change request (ECR)Group PurchasingGlobal SourcingProcurementEU Deforestation Free Regulation (EUDRABC AnalysisCostingCommodity Strategy

About

Contributing to India growth with technological advancement in advanced air mobility (AAM) eVTOL "MAKE IN INDIA" programme in area of Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain.

Experience

Sarla aviation

Procurement Lead

Aug 2025Present · 7 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

  • Driving sustainable development and strategic procurement for India most advanced eVTOL aircraft.
Contract NegotiationPlanning and technologyStrategic PlanningSustainable DevelopmentSupplier Relationship ManagementQuality Management+7

Tvs - bmw motorrad - norton motorcycle

Strategic Sourcing

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hosur · On-site

  • Developed commodity strategies and future technology roadmaps for super premium projects.
  • Implemented change management initiatives to drive efficiency and cost savings in the sourcing process.
  • Led supplier selection, assessment, evaluation, and settlement of cost norms for sub-assemblies to optimize supply chain operations.
Group PurchasingEU Deforestation Free Regulation (EUDRStrategic Sourcing

Simple energy

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Feb 2021Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Lead strategic sourcing and supply chain activities for high-speed electric scooter project, including supplier selection, evaluation, assessment and onboarding.
  • Sub assemblies zero-based costing, and norms settlement with suppliers for low and high volume SOP.
  • Successfully launched "SIMPLE ONE" electric scooter model with efficient SOP implementation.
  • Generate 2.5 Cr saving with commodity strategy, cost saving and VAVE ideas.
ABC AnalysisSupplier Relationship ManagementStrategic Sourcing

Olectra-byd commercial vehicles

Procurement Engineer

Feb 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Product development, costing and purchase of commercial vehicle parts such as HV and LV cables, Bus body wiring harness, IoT, ADAS, LFP batteries, Electric Powertrain, Multiplexing system, ITES module and completed target of selling 215 Buses to gov. of India across various FAME-II schemes.

Jbm auto limited

Purchase Engineer

Aug 2016Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune Area, India

  • a) responsible for sourcing, development & costing, purchase of BIW parts, cold forging machined parts, imported fasteners for major customers like Vinfast, Bajaj, M&M, TML, VW, FCA
  • b) Core team member of TML X104-Nexon, X451-Altroz , Q501-Harrier Projects CFT team of product development and Purchase coordinating timely development and material planning as per customer schedule.
  • c) procurement of sheet metal parts and fasteners.
  • d) proficient in SAP MM and PP module
  • e) material requirement planning (MRP Run)

Education

Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur

Bachelor's Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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