Supply Chain - Sourcing Manager

Vaishali Dhawale

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Total 12 years of industrial experience including 6 years on supply chain with a result driven track record of significantly reducing costs and also improving a company’s processes and corporate purchasing programs. Having a proven ability to ensure that a company enjoys a competitive edge when compared to their competitors by securing the best quality, price and terms from suppliers. Highly focused, Certified Logistics & Supply Chain Management professional with a comprehensive understanding of logistics, procurement and the supply chain.

Responsible for Order Placement Timing, Supply / Demand Alignment, Material Replenishment and Supplier Performance.

Continuously monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance.

Sourcing the most affordable materials for the company’s manufacturing process.

Projecting stock levels.

Reviewing tenders and bids.

Controlling the purchasing budget.

Monitoring delivery times to ensure they are on time.

Ensuring the adequate supply of all required materials, components and equipment.

Delivering cost savings for the company.

Managing the procurement supplier relationships for the company.

Helping to source alternative items for buyers and customers.

Developing sourcing strategies.

Managing commodity cost initiatives.

Preparing high quality tender documentation.

Regularly contacting suppliers to renegotiate prices.

Resolving disputes and claims with vendors and suppliers.

Keeping all supplier programs current and accurate.

Delegating projects and tasks to junior staff.

Promoting best practise across the company.

Involved in writing up contracts and the terms of sales.

Working to create and promote a safe working environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Larsen & Toubro Limited, EBG, C&A July 2005 - May 2011 Role: Supply Chain Executive

Responsibilities:

Collecting requirement from projects, float RFQ, Collects bids & offers.

Bid Analysis – Price Comparison, Terms and Conditions, Delivery etc.

Negotiating contracts to reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiency.

Working closely with suppliers, customers and logistics to improve operations, reduce cost and timely shipments.

Ensuring timely payment to suppliers & transporters.

Inventory control, vendor development, vendor analysis.

Working on SAP for Placement of PO, Inventory Management, contract, pricing and invoicing information and various reports.

Accurately calculating total supply chain costs in relation to proposed new projects.

Commodities Handled: Motors, Cables, Bus Ducts, Load Cell’s, Transformers, Power supplies, IT Hardware, UPS, MCC, PCC, Switchgear, Switch Board, Switchyard Equipment, Instrumentation, Site Contractors

Impacts made:

Drop the Freight Rate by 20%

Handled the Purchase worth 4.3 Million USD (Rs. 28 Crore) in FY 10-11, 4 Million USD (Rs. 26 Crore) in FY 09-10.

Done 13.59% Savings in FY 10-11.

Handled major EPC Project like DVC-Raghunathpur, Chettinad Cement in FY 10-11 & DVC-Durgapur, NTPC, Dalmia Cement in FY 09-10

Zenith Computers Ltd. Sep 2000 - June 2005

Role: Maintenance Engineer

Responsibilities:

Repairs of Secondary Storage Devices like Hard Disk Drives, CD-ROMs, CD Writer s, Tape Drives, Floppy Drives, Zip Drives etc.

Solving the problems regarding Mother Boards & interfacing cards used in computers.

Providing the technical support for the field/site engineers.

Technical & Escalation Support for IBM systems.

Shavison Electronics July 1999 - Sep 2000

Role: Testing Engineer

Responsibilities:

Testing of Relay modules, Isolator Modules, SMPS used in PLC Panels.

Designing ckt. for above modules.

Technical & Escalation support for above products.

SAP KNOWLEDGE:

Used SAP ECC 6.0 in Purchase department for Placement of PO, Inventory Management and various reports.

Used SAP ECC 6.0 in Project Execution department for various project execution related work.

TRAINING ATTENDED:

Attended Trainings on Total Quality Management, Resource Optimization, Self Empowerment

Completed “Supervisory Development Programme” organized by L&T along with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India.

Attended Training Program on “Effective Negotiation Skiils” organized by GCM Worldwide.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

Completed 1 year Certificate Programme on “Logistics & Supply Chain Management” from National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India.

Diploma In Electronics Engineering from L&T Institute of Technology, Mumbai-India in 1999.

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