Sep 2023 – Jan 2024 · 4 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Managing team of 5 responsible for supply chain & production planning for MB India's CKD plant
• Responsible for planning and scheduling kits delivery from MB Germany, USA and China based on sales plan with 95% commitment at VIN level
• Managing short term and mid term production planning and sequencing for body shop, paint shop and assembly line for all CKD models
• Analyze long term sales business plan and work out Production Plan & net asset planning
• Reporting of KPIs to Management, HQ, and Sales

Nov 2022 – Sep 2023 · 10 mos

• Working as a Material Planning Team lead, managing team of 8 people and 500+ global suppliers in all aspects of global planning and buying.
• Responsible for planning and buying of Components, Mechanical service tools, Hazardous parts, Allied parts (seasonal products) for Cummins Global Aftermarket business based out of North America
• Driving Sales and Operation Execution (S&OE) with cross functional teams
• Maintained and monitored master data; revise essential system planning data to ensure system is effectively planning future requirements, support Plan for Every Part (PFEP)

Jul 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Managing 120 global suppliers in all aspects of global planning and buying
• Responsible for planning and buying components, mechanical service tools, hazardous parts and allied parts (seasonal products) for Cummins Global Aftermarket business based out of North America
• Plan and establish production schedules per sales order demand and forecasts to efficiently support customer requirements
• Increased customer satisfaction by resolving delivery and service level issues
• Created Microsoft Excel base Masterfile with SQL queries to track past due, customer backorders, shipped material and future orders which helps to follow-up and expedite shipments proactively
• Presented with Star Winner Award for process automation saving 5-man hours
• every week using MS Excel, Power Automate, SQL & Power

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pithampur · On-site

• Responsible for the Vendor Development, New Model Sourcing, Regular Procurement, Vendor Management, Material Planning & Price negotiations for both direct material and indirect mateiral
• Managed a team of 3 engineers to achieve business targets
• Involved in liquidating SLOB items
• Prepared MIS and Spend analysis of department worth INR 140 Cr spread across 2 plants
• Sourcing Responsibility of ~ INR 45 Cr
• Assisted in assessing performance of the vendors based on QCD
• Responsible for identifying supplier risks and mitigation plan for the suppliers on a timely and proactive basis, ensuring quality and industry compliance across the program
• Coordinated chemical supplies for phosphating by improving supply adherence from 95% TO 98.7%.
• Achieved annual cost savings ~ INR 40 lacs by change management, value engineering and negotiations
• Projects undertaken- introduction of color hydraulic oil, indigenization of filtration aid powder

Jun 2016 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Uttar Pradesh, India

• Responsible for Vendor development and management for food ingredients and packaging
• Used forecasting techniques for material Planning & scheduling
• Day to Day coordination with variety of vendors
• Supplier Evaluation & Source Selection for new models
• Managed contracts for logistics, annual maintenance, and advertisement
• Achieved cost savings 3% YOY of total inventory value
• Successfully reduced inventory value by 3 days using JIT and vendor managed inventory

Jul 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Responsible for development of application using .NET technologies
• Tools used- MS Visual Studio, MS SQL Server, GIT, TestLodge, Redmine, Jenkins, Sandcastle Document builder
• Assisted QA in identifying and writing test cases
• Successfully completed 2 projects (FbF LiveScan, FbF Listener)
• Developed version control tool which is being used till date

Jun 2013 – Jul 2013 · 1 mo · India · On-site

• 1. Introduction to the basic layout of a Heavy Commercial Vehicle (HCV) Assembly Line.
• 2. Introduction to a fundamental overview of Process Improvement Techniques
• 3. Enhanced the safety during Chassis Turnover process
• 4. Introduction to Bill of Materials (BOM)

Jul 2012 – Aug 2012 · 1 mo · Manesar, Gurgaon

• 1. Introduction to the basic layout Horn Manufacturing plant
• 2. Introduction to Production & Process Improvement Methods
• 3. Introduction to designing tools especially Pro-E and Catia.
• 4. Testing of horns under different conditions, Noise testing, Pressure testing, Water and thermal testing