Management Project
Resume:
Shweta Katyal – Senior Buyer
Carrier Objective
To reach the zenith of progress through my hard work and dedication and to utilize my inherent skills with a great amount of responsibility.
Professional summary
I have 5+ years of experience with Purchasing in a manufacturing & EPC environment. I have worked for Larsen and Toubro Limited, Caterpillar & KOHLER, where my responsibilities were Procurement and Contract. Developed new vendors and sources. I was responsible for the purchase of Electrical, Mechanical, Civil & Utility Items. I have assisted Business Development team in preparing competitive bids for the upcoming projects. Good verbal and written communication skills, Comprehensive problem Solving Abilities. Willingness to learn, Team Facilitator, Decision making abilities, Active Listener. I have B.E Electronics and Communication degree. I currently live in Germantown, WI.
Personal skills
Good verbal and written communication skills, Comprehensive problem Solving Abilities, Confident, Willingness to learn, Team Facilitator, Decision making abilities, Active Listener, Self- Initiator.
Tools
Presentation skills MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel ERP Tools SAP (Material Management Module), BAAN, Great Plains (by Microsoft)
Data management Tool MOSS, Primavera CM Module
Pursuing CSCP certification from APICS.
E-mail: *************@*****.***
Contact No: 414-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Organization: Duncan Solutions Company Profile: Duncan Solutions is a full-service parking management company and a leading provider of parking management products and services to municipal and commercial clients worldwide, including parking meters, enforcement solutions, citation processing, debt collections, and integrated on-street parking management services. Since 1936, Duncan has been in the business of providing parking solutions for more than 2,000 clients. January 2015 – Till date
Department: Parking Meters
Designation: Senior Buyer
Responsibilities:
• Buying and demand planning based on Master Production Schedule, CRM Pipeline, and logical algorithms of historical analysis.
• Support Master Scheduling job functions, contract manufacturing plans, order releases, configuration management, logistics, product conversions, customs brokerage, intra-building inventory transactions, etc.
• Utilize or prepare material requirement planning requirements in accordance with standard operating procedures
• Perform purchasing functions for parking meter and handheld final and subassemblies, mechanical assemblies, and piece parts based on approved forecasting methodologies.
• Negotiate with suppliers for terms of purchases and planning in order to optimize cost savings.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels as set by financial budgets, understand the current worldwide market for assigned commodities and be able to strategically source components globally.
• Work with engineering department in support of new product introduction, launches, and prototype production builds
• Monitor and report Purchase Price Variances, COS, and warranty Process non-conforming material requests and RMA/RTV requests with supply chain partners PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Organization: Kohler co. Company Profile: The Kohler Company, founded in 1873, is an American manufacturing company based in Kohler, Wisconsin. Kohler is best known for its plumbing products, but the company also manufactures engines, generators, furniture, cabinetry & tile. Kohler also owns various hospitality establishments in the United States and Scotland. November 2014 – January 2015
Department: Global faucets
Designation: Purchasing Analyst
Responsibilities:
• Analysis of supplier weekly open order reports.
• Create delivery performance details through SAP by supplier and by buyer.
• Maintain and communicate department delivery statistics and records.
• Assist the buying staff with communication of delivery performance facts to current supply base.
• Constantly search and seek out cost reduction and cost avoidance opportunities in all activities.
• Search and seek out efficiency improvement opportunities in activities.
• Frequent contact with Global Faucet Purchasing organization, Material Schedulers, domestic and global suppliers, Kohler subsidiary plant management. 3
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Organization: Caterpillar Inc. Company Profile: Caterpillar is a world’s leading American Corporation which designs, manufactures, markets & sells, construction & mining equipment, diesel & natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines & diesel electric locomotives with more than 70 Billion assets. July 2012 – March 2013
Department: Caterpillar Global Mining at Milwaukee, USA. Designation: Advanced Purchasing Analyst
Responsibility: Strategic Sourcing & Billing
Project Purchase Management
• Purchase of Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical & machined finished parts.
• Rate Analysis (comparison sheet), Negotiations & Finalization of technical terms, Expedition and Order Release.
• Six Sigma Project – Vendor Rationalization & cost reduction by biding & tendering the complete package to the Caterpillar’s top Suppliers.
• Dealt with annual purchase of over USD 40Mn covering Shovels, Draglines, Drills & newly developed concept machine.
• Tracked & reported all the cost saving using SAP.
• PPAP clearance provided before registering the vendor in SAP & BAAN.
Vendor development & Management
• Introduced new vendors, sources in order to get an overall 5% cost reduction of Electrical & Electronics items.
• Visited vendor’s facilities to determine their capability & capacity.
Logistics Co-ordination
• Co-ordination with Logistics Department for shipping semi assembled goods for customers.
• Formed bridge (coordinated) between suppliers & receiving dept to identify or locate parts to avoid work stoppage.
• Helped accounts dept by providing correct invoice on time, helped supplier by releasing payment on time, Vendor’s Accounts Reconciliation.
• Maintained frequent contact with supplier for the parts being shipped or already in transit & for expedition.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Organization: Larsen & Toubro Limited Company Profile: Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) is a technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing company. It is one of the largest and most respected companies in India's private sector with turnover of USD 11.7 Bn. L&T have an international presence, with a global spread of offices.
August 2007 – March 2012
Department: Railway Business Unit, Corporate Office at Faridabad. Designation: Assistant Manager
Project: Indian Railways - Cast Wheel Factory Project (CWP) (worth USD 220Mn) Responsibility: Procurement, Logistics & Contracts (Team Leader) 4
Project & Corporate Purchase Management
• Purchase of
o Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, CAPEX & Utility Items. o Consumables, Software License, AMC Contracts Renewal.
• To float RFQ, obtain quotations for the technically approved items, comply with equipment specifications, organize technical meetings with vendors, Negotiations
& Finalization of technical & commercial terms (Inco terms), arrange equipment commissioning and after sales services, Approvals and Order Release in SAP.
• Independently handled the annual purchase of over USD 25Mn covering project as well as departmental purchase.
• To frame the contract with Freight Forwarder & CHA, resulting in time & cost saving & reliability for project.
• Complete SAP exposure.
• Maintained right level of quality, delivery and cost.
• Organized the supplier in order to meet critical project delivery milestones.
Vendor Management
• Developed new vendors, sources for the Supply, Structure Erection & Commissioning work for CWP project.
• Made templates for vendor assessment & selection process, spends tracking sheet.
• Implemented Lean processes like Vendor Managed Inventory.
Contract Management
• To obtain NDA, Sign-off contracts, Bank Guarantees from vendors. Interaction with Legal Department to ensure smooth execution of contracts.
• To prepare documents like POs, LOIs, BOQs.
• To process the supplier’s bill & get the supplier’s payment done.
• Reviewed & monitored weekly, monthly (Dept. wise e.g. Electrical, Mechanical, Civil) progress report & forwarded same to the higher management.
• To track the finances of every vendor (project wise tracking) & co-ordinated for their payment as per billing schedule.
Logistics Management & Co-ordination
• Co-ordination with Import Department for Shipping, Freight Forwarding, Insurance, Custom Clearance arrangement.
• Arrangement of Inland transportation for imported & domestic items of value over USD 40Mn.
• GRN follow-up, Invoice processing, Payment Release and L/C Opening as per PO terms, Vendor Accounts Reconciliation, Disbursal of C – Forms & TDS Certificates.
• Monitored dispatch of consignments as per customer schedule.
Bid preparation
• Assist Business Development team in preparing competitive bids (Technical bid preparation) for the upcoming projects.
• To draft terms & conditions of contracts in coordination with Business Development & Finance Team for new projects and to obtain the approval from Corporate Legal Department before executing the order.
Active team member in providing inputs for customized implementation of SAP for Railway Business Unit.
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Department: Railway Business Unit, Corporate Office at Faridabad. Designation: Executive
Responsibility: Co-ordination between development team & end users for implementation of MOSS software (Database management software from Microsoft).
Requirement Gathering & Analysis:
• Conducted sessions to gather inputs from all departments.
• Performed analysis, Reviewed and Estimated end users requests, Reviewed system requirements.
• Prepared Requirement Specifications.
Installation & deployment:
• Co-ordinated for installation on test server
• End-User testing and verification
• Bug Reporting and Final Verification
• Co-ordinated for installation on Production server
OBS (Organization Breakdown Structure) & Data Migration
• Developed a role based OBS matrix on MS Excel with the help of senior managers & configured the system based on the matrix developed.
• Analyzed requirements of each department, coordinated for data migration from the home grown system to MOSS.
Management of Development team:
• Co-ordinate with Development team for understanding of Requirement Specifications and Change Requests.
• Track Deliverable Schedule.
End User Training:
• Developed a training plan of 25 days and conducted a multi-location training for 263 users on using MOSS as a Database management tool that links Planning and Monitoring of a particular project.
• Training was customized according to each Member’s role in the project Department: Embedded systems software, Corporate Office at Mumbai. Designation: Systems Engineer
Project: Automatic Wiper Control System
Responsibility: Hardware and Firmware Development
Design & Development:
• Development of Signal conditioning and Driving circuitry for Automatic wiper control module, Cleaning (washer) module, External and Internal Light Processing module with Indications. System has user configurable (manual and automatic) modes. The System was based on Freescale’s MC9S12DP256.
• Prepared RS, BOM, HLD, DLD, WBS.
• Prepared system modeling in Rhapsody.
System Testing:
• Prepared UTP, ITP.
• Contributed from the Unit testing to system testing. 6
Tools and Environment:
Freescale Codewarrior (MC9S12DP256), DOORS, RHAPSODY, P and E Debugger, Softec Debugger, ORCAD 9.1 and PSPICE.
Achievements:
Completed Six Sigma Training (Green Belt) at Caterpillar.
Huge Saving for reordered Items (by consolidating the demand for those parts).
Outsourced small jobs & Saved USD 100,000 (Cable cutting jobs, product finishing).
Increased efficiency or on time delivery of the project by providing raw material on time to the manufacturing department.
95% on time delivery performance matrix.
Cost reduction by at least 10% for reordered items in CWP Project.
Cost Saving of USD 50,000 by framing the contract with Freight Forwarder & CHA, resulting in time saving & reliability for CWP project.
Participated as an auditee in CMMI – 5 Audit.
Honored for contribution in CWP project.
Extra Curricular Activities
Active member of the NGO – Art of Living Foundation.
Participated in many walking drives for helping Aids & Breast Cancer associations.
Organized & participated in Cultural Events & quizzes at L&T Mumbai & Faridabad.
Undertook a 15 km Mountain Trekking.
Educational Qualification
Examination University/Board Year of Passing Score B.E
Electronics and Communication
University of Rajasthan,
Rajasthan
2007 75%
XIIth CBSE, Delhi 2003 80%
Xth CBSE, Delhi 2001 75%
Visa Details
Visa Type – L2
Work Permit – Valid EAD (Employment Authorization Document) available.
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