Anand Khedkar

Strategic Sourcing Manager @ Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

About

I am a proactive and achievement-oriented professional with over 12 years of rich experience in Strategic Sourcing, Materials Management, Procurement and Commodities like Rubber, Plastic & Metal Parts Zero Base Costing of Wiring Harness. Currently associated with AtoS India Pvt. Ltd. as Procurement Specialist and Spearheading sourcing & procurement function, defining roadmap for the sourcing strategy for procurement and leading a team of 4-5 members. I am a forward thinking person with proficiency in overarching sourcing strategy with focus on transforming the procurement function into a value creation group, conceptualizing procurement strategies, vendor development and analytical assessment to strengthen effectiveness and developing potential vendors/suppliers. • Received Rising Star Award in 2018 - Tata Motors • Recognized with GR8JOB! Way to Go!!! in 2018 - Tata Motors • Participated & successfully demonstrated Win-Win Relationship with its Trier 2 Suppliers through VSME Programmed - Batch 3 from Jun'12 to May'13 - organised by Japan International Cooperation Agency and CII - Yazaki India Ltd.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Supplier Sourcing, Injection Molding, Electrical Wiring, Request for Quotation (RFQ), Sourcing, Costings, Strategic Planning, New Hire Training, SAP SCM, material planning, Raw Materials, Kanban, Product Development, VAVE, Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Contract Management, BOQ, Product Costing, zero base costing

Experience

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

2023-10 - Present · 3 yrs

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Procurement Specialist

Atos

2019-3 - 2023-10 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Pune Area, India

Procurement and Commodities like Rubber, Plastic & Metal Parts Zero Base Costing of MEP, Civil & facility items.MEP, Mechanical Part Costing, CAME, and AMC of Lifts Administering admin related Material Purchase, Small Civil Projects Costing, Facility Related Works, Contracting for Manpower, Consultancy Contract and Indirect material like Laptops, PC, UPS, Printers, Mechanical, Plumbing & Electrical Material (MEP)

Sr.Manager

Tata Motors

2018-5 - 2019-2 · 10 mos

Pune Area, India

Strategic Sourcing, Materials Management, Procurement and Commodities like Rubber, Plastic & Metal Parts Zero Base Costing of Wiring harness.  Received Rising Star Award in 2018 - Tata Motors  Recognized with GR8JOB! Way to Go!!! in 2018 - Tata Motors

Manager

Yazaki India Private Limited

2011-4 - 2018-5 · 7 yrs 2 mos

Pune Area, India

Over 7 years of experience in Identifying & selecting vendor by comparing quotation of 3 vendors, offering high quality standards of materials; benchmarking cost, negotiating & obtaining the best price in favor of company • Steering Capex / Opex Services entailing preparation of strategies, risk assessments, tendering, contract preparation, procurement management & planning, bid evaluations, supplier negotiations and vendor pre-qualification selection & approvals • Identifying, negotiating & developing a dedicated supplier/vendor source for achieving cost effective purchases of raw materials and reduction in delivery time; comparing & verifying cost by Internal Zero-base costing method quotation & getting approval from HODs Keeping all supplier master data up to date, including supplier rating