DEV KRISHNAN

**** **** *** ***, **********, OH - 45342

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920-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Mechanical Engineer with 10+ years of purchasing experience includes manufacturing

ordering, contract pricing, cost reduction, order tracking, expediting, sourcing, MRP and

vendor relations.

Superior negotiating skills gained through purchasing and supply chain management

experience, with track record of working with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing and

Material teams to meet deadlines.

Track record of significant achievement, to include reducing costs, developing and

improving purchasing programs to meet corporate objectives.

Professionally trained in supplier assessments and focused facilitator of several

workshops (5S / Control of Non-Conforming Materials / Capacity Planning / Error

Proofing / Value Analysis) with suppliers to improve their performance and have a track

record of improving Quality and delivery metrics to meet the goals of organization.

Competently juggle multiple assignments while maintaining the highest standards of

professionalism.

SKILL SETS

Commodity Leadership / Purchasing Operations – Strategic & Tactical / Manufacturing

ordering / Contract Development / Contract Negotiation / Cost Containment / Cost

Reduction / Order Tracking / Expediting / Vendor Sourcing / MRP / SAP / JDEdwards /

Strategic Planning / Process Improvement / Inventory Control / Risk Assessment /

Change Management / Team Building / 5S / Six Sigma / JIT / KANBAN / Consignment

models / 8D / 3Leg 5Why’s / Supplier Development / MS Office tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STANADYNE CORPORATION Global Sourcing/Supply Chain Engineer

Windsor – Connecticut 3/2008- till date

www.stanadyne.com

Commodities Handled – Raw Material (Steel), Powdered Metals, Forgings, Electronics

Responsible for Strategic & Tactical functions of Global sourcing. To develop contract

agreement and drive cost optimization. Responsible for procuring material to support

production schedules and deliveries. Request for Quote (RFQ) administration, including P&E

approval. Perform negotiations with suppliers on price reduction activities, support operational

buyers for mitigating price increase requests. Make sourcing recommendations in line with

sourcing strategies. Initiate and send PPAP checklist on new/supplier change parts and follows

up results with Engineering and suppliers. Responsible for global outsourcing activities.

Responsible for Supplier development to meet/exceed the company’s metric on delivery, cost

and quality. Analyze industry and market trends (markets, major suppliers, new technologies

and materials, raw material pricing, currency fluctuations) to understand opportunities or

exposures and incorporates those in the commodity strategy to mitigate risks and capture

opportunities.

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Improved the supplier delivery performance from 89% to 95% by monitoring the open

order status and weekly follow up calls with the key suppliers

Improved the supplier quality PPM from 660 to 300 by providing help to the supply base

to focus on the opportunities. Facilitated several workshops on 5S, Capacity

Improvements, Control of Non-Conforming materials, Error proofing and Value analysis

at the supplier site.

Consolidated the total number of suppliers on the Steel commodity from 20 to 5 and thus

created an annual savings of $700K.

Created metrics and reporting tools to measure the suppliers by classifying them into

Chronic and Potential landmines.

Created and monitored the PPV data every month for all the commodities and align the

focus to meet the organizational goals

Streamlined and continually improved procurement operations during tenure, enabling to

outsource manufacturing (China & India) and achieved significant savings of $1.5M.

Key member in analyzing the root cause of the delivery/quality issues by performing an

8D and 3Leg 5Why tools.

CUMMINS Inc. (CES) Senior Buyer/Master Scheduler

Mineral Point – Wisconsin 3/2007-03/2008

www.cummins.com

Commodities Handled – Raw Material (Steel), Electronics, Filters

Responsible for directing and controlling the production planning, material management and

Global sourcing teams to ensure schedules are being met and all customer orders are satisfied.

Accountable for managing the planned inventory levels of $5 million along with the

replenishment/distribution process. Responsible for coordinating with cross functions to

establish material procurement and tooling. Establish priorities for expediting machined

components from critical suppliers. Serve as the subject matter expert for and continuous

development of the Sales and Operational Planning. Develop projects to improve the

procurement process to minimize the impact of demand volatility.

Created metrics and reporting tools around the production planning/scheduling processes

to improve information visibility and enhance the ability to set, measure and track goals

Key member of effort to introduce a MRP system and concepts into the organization

while successfully leading the effort to centralize production planning/scheduling, sales

forecasting, and the replenishment/distribution processes

Made a significant contribution towards improved product availability, placement and

placement resulting in reduced production schedule interruptions, improved capacity

utilization, and reduced re-distribution of product

Streamlined purchasing and shipping process to achieve annual savings of $1.2 million

Created the communication process to establish the Engineering changes/revisions to

the suppliers and improved the supplier delivery performance from 86% to 95%

Negotiated for cost reductions of 6%-10% while managing relations with 16-20 suppliers

(large and small). Regularly sourced and consolidated vendors to maintain profitability.

Developed JIT programs to match sub-contractors production schedules. As a result,

increased turns and cut raw inventory by 8% in 6 months (beyond goal of 5%).

Key member in the VA/VE team to enhance the value addition of the critical components.

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EGGERS INDUSTRIES Senior Production Planning Engineer/Buyer

Two Rivers – Wisconsin 01/2006-03/2007

www.eggersindustries.com

Responsible for the overall handling and coordination of Materials Management, including

forecasting, master scheduling, production and procurement/material planning, inventory

management. Develop standards for continuous business and process improvements and work

with manufacturing/procurement to optimize supply chain strategies. Responsible for developing

and monitoring ATO inventory levels to achieve customer lead time, service level and inventory

turn goals. Sphere heading the committee for communicating issues/opportunities,

recommending alternatives and working on solutions for capacity constraints. Generate and

analyze the MIS reports to monitor productivity and efficiency.

Improved the customer delivery from 80% to 94% by planning the bottleneck work center

and managing the material flow from suppliers. Created shortage management systems

that are proactive in identifying delivery issues to the end customer.

Implemented the procedures and process to review and resolve Purchase Order to

Invoice issues with suppliers within the deadline of 24 hrs.

Initiated and facilitated the meetings with Supplier Quality team to identify cost recovery

issues with suppliers.

Converted 15% of the suppliers from traditional procuring process to Kanban system.

Persistent follow-up with production on turning in the scrap tickets and store cards

improved the Inventory accuracy in all of the material crib locations.

Performed Value Stream Analysis and mapped the current state and future state

process maps of the critical production lines and reduced WIP and improved cycle times.

Key member in the Continuous Improvement initiatives and actively involved in lean six

sigma projects.

TYCO International Materials Buyer/Planner

Fire & Security Division - Marinette – Wisconsin 06/2004-01/2006

www.tycoint.com

Commodities Handled – Raw Material (Steel, Aluminum), Electronics, and Chemicals.

Responsible for procuring all materials necessary to support the manufacturing schedule on a

timely basis using MRP, negotiating favorable contracts with key suppliers. Drove cost reduction

activities and maintained purchasing documentation Ensured stock inventory levels were

maintained to adequately meet operation needs. Responsible for maintaining the Safety stock

levels and ROQ based on the demand fluctuations. Responsible for scheduling the product flow

throughout the manufacturing process and ensure timely completion of manufacturing orders by

ensuring availability of resources. Make or recommend revisions to planned production schedules

as necessary when schedules cannot be met, which includes planning, and preparing backup

schedules for MTO/MTS product lines.

Implemented KANBAN system with the Steel suppliers and improved the inventory turns

from 3 to 6.

Developed and executed the VMI, Vendor Managed Inventory concept with the Suppliers

and reduced the on hand inventory by 20%

Negotiated with the TOP 3 chemical suppliers and initiated CONSIGNMENT program

which improved the tactical procurement activities.

Active participant in the MRB meetings and ECR meetings to implement the procurement

changes as part of the ECR revisions.

Reduced the Expediting process by communicating with the suppliers (Domestic and

international) on the open order status calls on a weekly basis.

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Increased the Inventory Accuracy from 85% to 90% by monitoring the store cards, scrap

tickets and inventory adjustments.

HIGHTECH OPERATIONS/PRODUCTIONS INC Senior Production Planner

www.htcinc.com (Operations/Material) 07/2002-01/2004

Responsible for devising the Master production schedule for the production units. Responsible for

analyzing the critical path details to provide more efficient utilization of key resources. Monitored

the current planning processes and suggested enhancements to improve efficiency of the

operating procedures. Initiated and sphere headed the troubleshooting and brain storming

sessions to identify the root causes by TQM Analysis. Formulated the process of using 8D’s and

3Leg 5Why tools to analyze root causes.

Minimized the WIP inventory by practicing the Drum-Buffer-Rope Theory and

maximized the systems overall efficiency.

Sphere headed the cross functional meetings to determine root causes for the late

deliveries and quality spills

Assisted in development of the internal database to track the demand history, future

forecast and capacity of production which in turn helped the material planning

organization to order and procure long lead time materials.

Practiced planning the critical bottleneck work centers and thereby improved the

production efficiency by 20%.

Acting as a Change Agent by practicing 5S and railing the teams to fix the real root

causes in the system and thereby reduced the planning errors.

NEWGEN IMAGING SYSTEMS Project Coordinator

www.newgenimaging.com (Production planning & Control / Operations)

06/2001-07/2002

Responsible for the management of all Production Planning & Material Management to include

Production Operations, Production Control, Materials flow and Supply chain.

Led the team of 4 planning engineers. Responsible for validating the newly developed Article

Tracking System, ERP software. Responsible for constructing the Standard Operating

Procedures for the Materials and planning organization and evaluating the Production layouts.

Established core processes and business practices around production planning,

scheduling and forecasting that had failed to exist prior, resulting in a significant

improvement in costs, customer service and credibility.

Through improved scheduling processes increased machine utilization resulting in a $1.2

million benefit

Created metrics and reporting tools around the production planning/scheduling processes

to improve information visibility and enhance the ability to set, measure and track goals

Implemented client based teams and improved the delivery performance by 18%

Implemented an ERP system including a management information reporting system for

the materials department. The reporting tool helped to realize a savings in material

inventory of 9% and improved the inventory turns by 20%

Implemented 5S office program at the Materials organization and hence improved the

efficiency by 15%

Designed and conducted several 5S workshops around the factory to eliminate waste

which increased the production efficiency by 15%

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LASON Inc. Officer- Production Planning & Control

www.lason.com (Materials Management /Operations) 06/1998-05/2001

Responsible for the production planning & control and manufacturing process engineering

activities. Evaluated and determined current & future production planning requirements. Devised

monthly and weekly plans to meet organizational needs. Responsible to implement 5S workshops

and lean activities in the production factory. Responsible to maintain the ISO procedures in place

and a trained auditor to perform cross functional ISO audits.

Led effort to improve on-time delivery to a sustained 97%, up from 93% average

Planned and implemented cell concept layouts in production which improved productivity

and improved the product delivery by 22%

Implemented Lean production process. This effort resulted in a reduction of work in

process inventory by 18%

Designed and conducted several 5S workshops around the factory to eliminate waste

which increased the production efficiency by 15%

Active participant in the 6-sigma projects that increased the production planning

efficiency by 10%

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Mechanical Engineering Graduate (4 Yr Degree) from Hindustan College of Engineering, India.

(Bachelor of Engineering)

Short term goal is to procure APICS - CPIM Certification.

MS Office Tools - MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio &

Monarch.

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000, MS-DOS, UNIX.

ERP/MRP Software: JD Edwards One World, SAP, AS400

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