Balkrishna Apte
Category Management | Strategic Supply Chain @ Intuitive
About
Experienced supply chain leader with more than 22 years of experience in supply chain & procurement operations area with increasing levels of responsibilities. I have an excellent track record leading significant change in roles such as: • Plant materials planning and supplier quality (3 years) • Supply chain systems and processes implementations across global sites (4 years) • Inventory optimization at multiple sites (2 years) • Procurement operations management and sourcing strategy development (12 years) • Supply chain analytics (1 year) Mechanical engineering degree and master’s in business analytics (Supply chain) and M.B.A from Kelley school of business, Indiana university, USA. Professional Certifications - IFPSM Certified Procurement Professional (CPP), APICS CPIM, ASQ certified Six Sigma Green Belt, TUV certified internal auditor for TS 16949:2002, ISO 14001, and OSHAS18001, DaimlerChrysler Certified VDA 6.3 Process Auditor Specialties: Procurement, supply chain operations; negotiation; sourcing strategic planning and execution; global collaboration; lean project management; integrated understanding of business practices and hands-on cross functional experience with fortune 150 global companies.
United States
Fremont
Computer Software
Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Value Stream Mapping, Process Improvement, Minitab, DMAIC, Materials Management, Strategy, Supplier Quality, Change Management, Quality Management, 5S, Kaizen, Manufacturing Engineering, MRP, Supply Management
Experience
Category Management | Strategic Supply Chain
Intuitive
San Francisco Bay Area
Global Supply Manager
Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
Global supply for iPhone Manufacturing design team
Aftermarket Purchasing Leader
Cummins Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Lead aftermarket purchasing activities for power systems and components business units,
Purchasing manager
Cummins Inc.
Columbus, Indiana
Responsibility to manage delivery, cost, quality with global supply base for aftermarket business - Led Service tools, Kits, hardware & forging categories, led remanufactured parts logistics and sourcing activities - Delivered category strategy with 5 year road map, developed and led team of sourcing specialist and admins - Delivered $2.5M cost reduction with VA/VE, negotiations, supply chain efficiencies gains and led NPI purchasing activities
MRO F.E. leader
Cummins Inc.
Columbus, Indiana
- Indirect materials functional excellence leadership position for corporate team - Led and successfully implemented world class indirect materials management practices at cummins sites globally - Led standard systems and processes implementations, member of corporate MRO steering team and change management team.
Manager - Supply Chain
Cummins Inc.
Materials Functional excellence role for Engine Business unit - Process owner for indirect inventory management system and Excess and obsolete direct materials system - Supplier managed Inventory (SMI) and audits - Led and implemented world class materials management practices at different Engine business sites
Supply chain Complexity Analysis
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Supply chain complexity definition and Statistical analysis (Multiple regression and Multivariate) of Supply Chain performance parameters
Supply chain and Quality Management
Daimler Chrysler
Parts change management Production planning and control support Quality Management functions (Supplier quality management, product and process audits and Warranty parts failure analysis and actions
Graduate Engineer
TATA Power
Supported 500 MW Thermal and 200MW hydro power plants Operations and Maintenance activities
Education
Harvard Business School Online
Business Administration and Management, General
Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World is an 8-week, 40-hour certificate program from Harvard Business School. Negotiation Mastery prepares students to close deals that might otherwise be dead-locked, maximize value creation in agreements, and resolve differences before they escalate into costly conflicts. The program provides both an analytical toolkit and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with different bargaining styles and tactics. Negotiation Mastery was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model.
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Supply chain & Finance
University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
Business - Quantitative Analysis
Supply chain management and Strategy, Simulation and Optimization modeling in Supply chain, Statistics applications in Business
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Mechanical Engineering
Major Coursework - Design & Manufacturing engineering, Thermal engineering
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