Ketankumar Verma

• Responsibilities of Fully Computerized & ERP Procurement. Material Procurement Receipts, Maintaining Minimum & Maximum Level of Critical & Fast Moving Items, Maintaining All Procurement Documents. • Materials Management, Stock Verification, Analysis of Vendor Performance & Price Variance & Purchase related all responsibility. • New Vendor Development, Price Negotiation with the vendor, PO releasing, Material Delivery and Payment, etc. • Maintaining Approved Vendor List (AVL) for U.S. manufacturing. • Served as a component expert, responsible for discrete semiconductor selection and technical support for all divisions. • Followed technological/package trends in the industry to avoid life cycle issues. • Generated and controlled corporate part numbers with responsibility for any quality/supplier problems. • Established key suppliers with purchasing based on worldwide availability, established quality, and low cost. • Developed field consistency and best practices for the corporate AVL database. • Procured materials, components, sub-contracted services, and supplies to meet prototype and production requirements. Generated RFQ’s, supplied technical drawings and specifications in support of the bidding process. Analyzed quotes, reviewed with Engineering when needed, issued purchase orders, and tracked supplier performance • Sourced and purchased materials and services for the development, prototype, and production demand • Analyzed demand, cost, quality, and supplier performance to ensure an uninterrupted flow of materials • Reduced costs by negotiating with existing suppliers and developing alternate sources of supply • Maintained stockroom of component inventory, sub-assemblies, and finished goods • Worked with Engineering to creating ECO’s designed to reduce costs, improve quality and manufacturability • performed an incoming inspection, processed RMA’s and Corrective Actions per FDA and ISO requirements

Purchase management: Procurement from international market. Evaluating vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms & conditions with them. Planning and budgeting of purchase functions, involving cost estimation, contract negotiations. Liaison with the production department to maintain optimum inventory. Implementing systems to avoid situations like over-stocking or out-of-stock which cause production and financial losses. Developing reports on procurement and usage of material for top management. Develop and Manage Excel spread sheets for large scale projects. Vendor Development: Development of new vendors and effective management of vendor database. Classification of vendors on the basis of criteria like cost, quality, timely delivery etc. Conducting meetings with vendors to educate them about company’s requirements and help them in improving their performance. Developing reports on various programs run for vendor development for top management. Component Engineering: Collecting specifications for all the electrical & electronics components Creating and maintaining component data base Identifying Manufacturing Part Number (MPN) for the Specifications given by the design team Identifying alternate parts and manufacturers Collecting and reviewing environmental compliance declaration from the supplier Good knowledge in different compliances like RoHS, REACh, Full Material Declaration, etc. Collecting and analyzing restricted substances % in all the components.

Quote materials for Printed Circuit Board. Co-ordinate with & assign work in team individuals, handled the whole quotation process (for PCBs & electronic parts) for prototype & production assembly for a variety of customers using Quote-IT & MS-Office software. Communicate with sales department & suppliers, Maintained & increased company's business. Finalize Bill of material, upload it and maintain design file revisions throughout the design process Sending and analyzing Request for Quote (RFQ) to Vendor internationally. Obtained Quotes from Vendor in timely manner and negotiated as per Customer Requirement and usage. Obtained Quotes for PCBs locally and from offshore vendor. Finding sources for Custom items like sheet metal parts, label, enclosure etc.… Finding substitutes for Obsolete Items and also for long lead time items. Preparing final quote sheet as per customer requirement and considering price, material availability in timely manner. Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual reports for upper management for business analysis. Keeping the Logs updated by co-ordination with sales team.

Masters In Electronic Science

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