Nousha Surendran

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 6 years of procurement and engineering experience.
  • Achieved significant cost savings through strategic sourcing.
  • Strong analytical skills driving productivity improvements.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Procurement and Supply Chain Management expert with a strong background in Telecom automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

ProcurementSupply Chain ManagementAnalytical SkillsCustomer Satisfaction

Other Skills

Strategic RoadmapsBudget ManagementSAP SystemData AnalysisSupply ManagementTest Automation ToolsMicrosoft ExcelPython (Programming Language)LinuxMicrosoft PowerPointC++C (Programming Language)Public SpeakingOrganizational LeadershipCommunication

About

Procurement manager with expertise in developing supplier sourcing strategies and risk management; and executing them to build a robust and reliable supply base for the business. With over 6 years of procurement and engineering experience, I have a growing record in executing sourcing projects, bringing TCO savings/productivity, mitigating risk and optimizing OPEX & CAPEX. My strong analytical skills and quick learning has always aided me in delivering the best results. I am a dynamic team player with excellent communication and people skills that help to establish strong relationships with vendors, colleagues, and leaders.

Experience

8 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr
Current Experience

Apple

Global Supply Manager

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Philips

2 roles

Procurement Project Manager

Jul 2021Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • MR Coils: Electronics Cluster Procurement
  • De-risked 17 tail spend suppliers by consolidating them to 4 suppliers & improving the savings by 10%
  • Executing localization of PCBAs worth €1.6M to bring in savings of €0.4M
  • Leading manufacturing transfer project to ensure timely delivery of parts and mitigate revenue recognition risk of €19M
  • Drove demand & price corrections in system to bring in €1M savings
  • Developed procurement strategies to consolidate 86 vendors to 30 vendors
  • Identified benchmark price discrepancy in system as part of plant relocation & brought in €0.8M savings
  • Productivity management: Performed trend analysis and drove the improvement of €100M business funnel
  • Recognized at Global Philips Procurement Meet for driving clarity & corrections on productivity funnel
  • Mitigated supply chain risks & shortages through timely issue resolution to ensure production continuity
Strategic RoadmapsProcurementBudget ManagementSAP SystemData AnalysisSupply Management+2

Summer Intern

Apr 2020May 2020 · 1 mo

  • MR Coils: Global Strategy & Supporting Tools for Business Transformation
  • Collaborated with 50+ Suppliers & developed a Tool End-of-Life Predictor & Tracker for uninterrupted parts supply
  • Performed Cost Benefit Analysis & proposed a robust sourcing strategy to aid supply chain localization
Analytical Skills

Confederation of indian industry

Supply Chain Consultant - Live Project

Feb 2020Mar 2020 · 1 mo

  • Performed Root Cause Analysis & proposed an ML-based Early Warning Inventory Planning Tool integrated with ERP
  • Proposed IoT-based solutions to reduce gate-in/out time & identified potential cullet sourcing locations
  • Proposed sustainable packaging and recommended solutions to increase warehouse space utilization

Enactus nitie

Student Coordinator

Oct 2019Apr 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Tata elxsi

Senior Engineer

Nov 2016May 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Thiruvananthapuram Area, India

  • IT Solutions for Telecom client in Broadband & Video Sector
  • Spearheaded the automation to validate features impacting over 25M subscribers in the US
  • Automated 400+ test cases & a ticket logging tool, saving 2500 man-hours
  • Led Agile methodology meetings, scrum calls and retrospectives, driving continuous improvement and project success
  • Recipient of Bravo Award for identifying over 100 critical bugs & timely completion of the project
  • Trained & mentored 3 new recruits in the broadcast domain & frameworks to provide customer service
Customer SatisfactionTest Automation Tools

Education

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

Jan 2019Jan 2021

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

Jan 2012Jan 2016

Chinmaya vidyalaya

Jan 2003Jan 2011

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