Experience

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  LG India

  • Pune Area, India

  • Manager -Procurement

    • Jan 2013 - Present
    • Pune Area, India

     Pivotal role of Managing Resin, Steel and Copper for all Products i.e REF, WM, AC and TV divisions. Purchase amount handled @ $ 155 Mil USD /annum Raw Material Strategy, Costing and SOB management Contract negotiation  Finalising the cost logic with suppliers and implementing the cost contracts  Value Innovation for Raw materials,

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  LG Electronics

  • Pune Area, India

  • Dy Mgr

    • Jan 2009 - Jan 2013
    • Pune Area, India

     Managing a team of 9 engineers to establish Import and Local Buying systems for Mobile handset production.  Assessment and evaluation on the basis of Supplier Profile, Facilities, Quality Systems, and Employee Profile etc. Identified & assigned Continuous Improvement Projects for suppliers in areas of Cost Reduction, Capacity Utilisation, Rework etc.  Improvement in Product quality levels through On the Job Training and scheduled Audits. Production Vs Material Availability visibility improvement for Import parts.

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  GKN Sinter Metals

  • Asst Mgr - PPC

    • Oct 1993 - Apr 2004

     Set up Sub Contracting & Production Planning Dept. at the Ahmednagar Plant from scratch FMEA and Document Control activities  Supervised a network of 15 Sub-Contractors Instrumental in conducting Cost of Quality Analysis & presenting the same in Management Review Meetings Achievements:  Recognised by Top Management for removing major bottlenecks and throughput improvement at a supplier for valve grinding process to double the orders from Ford Motor Co(USA)  Pivotal role in getting ISO 9001:2008 & TS 16949 certification for the company  Best supplier recognition from Customers for on Time delivery and consistency