Maltesh Kolur

Responsible for leading the global procurement of Private Label and Brand Label (PBL) products through strategic supplier partnerships across international markets. Identify cutting-edge technologies and innovative product opportunities, define sourcing strategies, and ensure early-to-market advantage for the business. Develop and implement procurement strategies that support exponential business growth while ensuring long-term sustainability and supply chain resilience. Drive supplier consolidation initiatives and strengthen strategic partnerships across key sourcing regions including China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and Mexico. Lead business growth initiatives through New Product Introduction (NPI), business migration programs, and expansion of Private Label product portfolios, while driving innovation, cost optimization, quality improvement, and supply continuity.

Guide, mentor the team to ensure right investment at the right plants to secure capacity, and maintain the depreciation Driving End-2-End Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Medium/long term Strategic Plan (STRAP), build investment strategy in accordance with the technology evolution. Responsible for driving Manufacturing depreciation, productivity and Capital intensity Define and manage idle assets disposal strategy, capex avoidance and minimize depreciation Define the productivity improvement targets, identify the opportunities and drive the cost savings

Responsible for AME China. provide leadership focus and drive global AME initiatives in China. and Interface with global AME and China plants to deploy global strategies. Optimize the capacity / optimize the capex investments Define the Manufacturing technology roadmap inline with Product Technology roadmap Develop key metrics for KPIs and build a system to measure and monitor Manufacturing efficiencies, Build local talents, build strong team to execute the strategy deployment Develop supplier panel / capability in the region, drive Localization of assembly lines, capital equipment. Drive strong DFM, DFA and Flawless launches of new products. Drive Make Vs Buy decisions, Plant selection decisions in the region.

Responsible for industrialization of new product / technologies with the targeted BOM cost. Liasson with Program Managers, Product Engineers and Drive VOC, benchmarking and define the cost targets and achieve the same through supplier negotiations. Drive cost savings initiatives through Product Rationalization, Standardization, Value Engineering and Design To Cost approach. Resource planning, Budgeting, budget compliance, optimum utilization of budget

Responsible for complete Industrialization of NPI / Turbo Chargers of Passenger Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicle, On/Off Highway, Gasoline platforms for India and China Lead team of multi culture, multi countries. Define and Deployment of ISC strategies specific to East-4-East market needs Manage the Bill of material cost of new products throughout the development cycle. Drive Should Costing for mechanical parts. (Casting, Stamping, Precision Machined parts) Component Sourcing (external) with suppliers, define assembly process (Internal) with Advance Manufacturing Engineering. Drive Cost optimization through Localization, VA/VE, Design to Cost (DTC) and Design for Mfg (DFM), product / process standardization in collaboration with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Suppliers Budgeting, Capex planning, Capex spent for the External and Internal development. Supplier development - New supplier assessment, Ensure Supply chain healthiness

GE Transportation System is part of GE Corporate, having engaged in Locomotive Engines building business. Responsible for global sourcing of Casting and Machined parts, Precision Fabrication parts from India, Indonesia for locomotive engines. Identify the opportunity and influence the leadership for sourcing the parts from EMR region. Drive Target cost estimation / Value analysis, investment proposal (Capex analysis) Achieve savings through supplier transitions, Lean Manufacturing and VE/VE Monitor Supplier delivery performance as measured by on-time-to-request (OTTR). New supplier assessment, supplier selection per GE Supplier Management procedure. Responsible for suppliers management, build healthy relationships with suppliers

Responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI) for India Work in sync with customer team / program management / Engineering to define the BOM cost and support customer quotation. Pivot between Engineering and suppliers, drive DFM, launch RFQ, negotiation, supplier selection and launch product development. Negotiations on regular intervals and meet or exceed suppliers deliverables (QCDM), Define Y0Y cost improvement targets with the suppliers through process / productivity improvement Lead and deploy commodity strategies across the region. Responsible for New Supplier assessment, (QCDM + Innovative mindset) Support global commodity leaders to make supplier selection decision. Responsible for Development of prototype components Identify opportunities to Drive global sourcing from India and China Manage Sourcing escalations related to region,

Responsible for Purchasing, Advance Quality Engineering and Supplier Quality Engineering. Cost Estimation, supplier negotiation for plastic parts, sheet metal parts, die casting parts, forging, machining parts etc Development of “Should cost model” for Stamping, molding Casting and Machining Global link and leverage/Benchmark to find savings opportunities Supplier rationalization, optimize suppliers and supply chain. Downsized suppliers by 50% in during rationalization process Support DFM process improvements with the quality team Identify Strategic Sourcing initiatives to improve productivity through localization, rationalization, and emerging region transitions

French MNC, Global leader in the field of Low voltage switch gear manufacturing. Product range includes, MCCB, ACB, MCB, LT Panels, MV Panels, Starters, SDF etc. Techno-commercial purchasing that involved, define process, cost estimation, negotiation. Commodity in-charge for PLASTICS and STAMPINGS, Die casting parts, machined parts etc. Drive New supplier identification, assessment, and induction process. (Technical, financial and logistic advantages) Design feasibility study, vendor selection, tool development, part development Supplier’s consolidation and rationalization of supplier base Define supplier performance measures, continue improving the supplier performance to meet overall organizational targets Yearly productivity improvement from suppliers through VA/VE initiatives and getting periodic cost reductions from Vendors.