Jitendra Aswani

Strategic Sourcing Consultant @ McLaren Automotive Ltd

About

* Seasoned professional from Conventional OEM's to early stage startups. * Expertise in Vendor Development, Strategic Sourcing, Costing, New product development, Supply Chain. Design to Cost, Cost Variance Analysis, Sourcing Strategy Formulation and top management approval. * Country based sourcing (LCC, MCC & HCC). * Product - Electric Vehicle (EV), 2W, 3W, 4W, Electrical & Electronics, Powertrain and Telematics. * Components - Battery(NMC/LFP), Motor, Controller, DC-DC, Steering, Brake, Suspension, HVAC, Wiring Harness, Sheet Metal etc * Lean sourcing, Agile Sourcing & Frugal Sourcing * Go to market sourcing approach ( value creation) approach.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Rugby

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Supply Chain Optimization, Microsoft Office, Supplier Sourcing, 5S, Contract Negotiation, Logistics Management, Project Management, Strategic Thinking, Supplier Management, Project Delivery, Negotiation, electric vehicle, Strategic Sourcing, Team Leadership, Technical Analysis, Supplier Negotiation, Supplier Development, Microsoft Excel, Manufacturing, TS16949

Experience

Strategic Sourcing Consultant

McLaren Automotive Ltd

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom

Program Purchase Manager

Fortescue

2024-1 - 2025-12 · 2 yrs

Oxford

# Program Purchase # Early Vendor Introduction # Supplier Selection # DFM # Supplier Management # Adherence to Schedule for parts ordering # RFQ # End to end procurement from Alpha to SOP # ESP setups and development # BOM cost management # Phase wise BOM cost control and estimation of cost

Lead - Strategic Sourcing -UK/Europe

Switch Mobility

2022-2 - 2023-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

# Commodity - Power Electronics, Lithium-ion Battery, Motor, E&E, BIW, Chassis, Cooling System # Supplier Universe Shortlisting # Engineering Services for existing and new Projects - Negotiations and Closures # Innovation Execution # Supplier Selection # Strategy Building # Pricing # Zero base costing / Should costing # Team Management # Supplier upgradation # New Product Development # Frugal Sourcing # Budget Management & Forecasting # RFQ to Supply chain management

Senior Manager

Euler Motors

2020-7 - 2022-2 · 1 yr 8 mos

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Purchase/ SCM and Development of Electric vehicle components. Vendor Development. Supply Chain Management. Direct Commodity (Electric Vehicle) - Lithium Ion Battery, Cells, BMS, MCU & Vehicle * Project execution from concept to SOP * ESP selection and techno commercial closures * Part sourcing for complete vehicle- 3W & 4W. * EV Components - Battery, Charger, Motor Controller, Connectors, etc. * Benchmarking.

Manager

Ola Electric

2019-2 - 2020-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

New Delhi Area, India

* Sourcing of components for Electric Vehicles like TCU,BMS and Cells for Li-Ion Battery. * Identification of potential vendors as per the requirement from R & D/ Program Management and Operations. * NDA's Sign off from new vendors. * Floating of RFQ's to the potential vendors. *Software Purchase like CATIA, MATLAB, etc for engineering requirement. * Technical discussion closure and timeline assessment for development of components. * Negotiation and finalisation of vendor and vendor on boarding. * PO generation and amendments of the same. * Scheduling and procurement of EV components. * Inventory Management. * Ensuring project deliveries as per the timeline.

Assistant Manager Supply Chain Management

Eicher Polaris Private Limited

2016-5 - 2018-2 · 1 yr 10 mos

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

*Scheduling and procurement of sheet metal components. *Finalisation and scheduling of Raw Material(Sheet Metal) from Steel Plants to distribution to vendors. *Implementation of new engineering changes in all the components. *Inventory Management.

Assistant Manager_Procurement and Logistics

MAN Truck & Bus SE

2015-2 - 2016-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

Indore Area, India

*Scheduling and Procurement of Sheet Metal components. *Managing inventory of 686 outstation and local parts. *Responsible for packaging improvements and logistics cost finalization. *Localisation of outstation parts.

Procurement Officer

Tata Motors

2008-7 - 2015-1 · 6 yrs 7 mos

Jamshedpur Area, India

*Worked with M/s Tata Motors Ltd Jamshedpur Manufacturing Plant in the Procurement Group with 2 Subordinates reporting to me. Deals with Sheet Metal related components. *Skillful in enhancing systems to bring greater cost efficiency levels. Extensive experience in managing inventory of 150 Parts like fuel tanks, spare wheel carrier, etc.

Operations Team Member

Tata Motors

2008-7 - 2011-7 · 3 yrs 1 mo

New Delhi Area, India

Worked in the prestigious Commonwealth project for assuring the quality of vehicle for field running vehicles, played an important role in the execution of making on road for breakdown vehicles within the specified lead time.