Raghu M.

• Represent purchasing on various project teams consisting of Systems and Development Engineering, Sales, • and Quality Control • Provide follow up information to company teams to reduce designs of products entering obsolescence Managing the BESS market for Nidec America. • Assist Supply Chain Director in the establishment and development of relationships with key suppliers and • participate in major negotiations to ensure agreements are made which meet the companies’ business needs • Generate and maintain complete and accurate purchasing records to facilitate future purchasing decisions • Responsible for the purchase and on-time delivery of project and commodity requirements • Evaluate quotations, negotiate purchase price, elect final supplier and place purchase order of engineering • approved components • Work with suppliers to understand and communicate blue print interpretations to eliminate receiving non- • conforming products • Negotiate with suppliers to obtain optimum price , highest quality and required delivery • Manage and evaluate supplier performance to assure that procurement meets cost, quality and 100% on time • delivery • Understand and communicate quality requirements to the supplier to ensure compliance to these • requirements • Review purchase orders to verify that specs, drawings and revision levels are referenced • Assist accounting on invoice discrepancies to ensure timely payment to the supplier • Communicate and work with support organizations to ensure all requirements, such as certifications, test • reports and miscellaneous documentation are incorporated into the purchase order • Identify areas of improvement of purchasing methods and cost effective purchasing; identify daily PO releases • having savings opportunities and economies of order placement • Apply knowledge of electrical and mechanical components to identify or investigate errors in PO releases • Assist in the training of Buyers as required

• Leading the development and execution of product/portfolio strategies worth 15 million in sales • Actively involved in preparing detailed financial modeling of new business opportunities and their value from our parent company • Monitoring and tracking procurement operations of equipment and supplies from end-to-end • Regularly lead participation of our company in international trade shows like ATCE and SPE • Leading and managing extrusion, and manufacture of Magnesium dissolvable product line, by managing 25 direct/ indirect employees • Leading supplier relationships resulting in a reduction of contractual risks • Regularly communicate with senior management on costing and budgeting using Power BI reports • Support customer problems and thus witnessed a 35% growth in new client acquisitions • Managed capital equipment installation worth 10 million dollars from start to completion • Set up inventory targets, stock levels and risk mitigation strategy to optimize inventory on hand • Reduced bottle neck downtime by 25% using lean operations • Engaged in developing and implementing new, effective programs/policies for supplier, transportation, and logistics management. • Built supplier relationships and formulated strategies for business growth by streamlining new product development initiatives • Managed material shortages and monitored inventory levels to meet order delivery requirements and thus decreased average delivery time by 35%

- Work on design/plan and executing new R&D projects involving dissolvable metals and degradable polymers for Oil and Gas Industry - Design components/ parts in Fusion 360 CAD/CAM and Solidworks - New product development - Develop, configure and optimize industrial processes from inception through to start up to final product - Assess processes, take measurements and interpret data - Design, run, test High Pressure, High Temperature systems like Frac Plugs and any oil & gas tools. - Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve rates and quality of output - Manage cost and time constraints - Perform risk assessments - Provide process documentation and operating instructions - Leading projects to achieve business, quality and compliance objectives - Defining project scope in concert with supervisor, team members and stakeholders. - Defining alternative solutions and decision criteria, both individually and collaboratively, by which to evaluate the alternatives. - Developing tactical plans and prioritizing to achieve project goals; solutions must be driven to completion.

-Review customer documentation for all RFQs (request for quotation) and sales orders, to ensure that manufacturing, technical and quality requirements are met and documented. - Research, specify & test manufactured & purchased parts working closely with the materials group and suppliers - Reviews projects for design, budget and schedule with ability to deal with deadlines. - Assist on cost reduction targets and increased asset utilization and decreased capital requirements. - Experience in mechanical design using ProE to generate cost effective designs of Straight flow valves. - Working knowledge of different types of reciprocating compressor valves including conventional, concentric, hanging and unloader valves - Working knowledge and experience in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). - Check CAD models and drawings generated by other designers. - Experience with standard Microsoft Office applications, MS PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. - Experience in understanding the performance of reciprocating compressor including different parameters used like making calculations based on flow and power output. - Working on Valve sizing for Ariel, Desser rand, Chicago Pneumatic, Ingersoll Rand and various other compressors. - Experience with material selection, stress analysis, technical writing, tolerance stack-up analysis, Mathcad, product development and manufacturing experience. - Reviews completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. - Work with databases, determine and study the causes of valve failures

Worked with Dr.Raman P. Singh, Associate Dean CEAT, Oklahoma State University -Study and characterize various mechanical and physical properties of obsidian using a nano-indenter (MTS) - Studied and characterized different composites and plastics. - Worked on acoustic emission of ceramics - Observed morphology on fractured surface of obsidian by SEM - Experience in using Universal testing machine for measuring fracture toughness - Studied and performed experiments on density and thermal conductivity of obsidian - Highly skilled and hands-on experience in operating tools such as SEM/EDAX , X-ray imaging, optical microscopy, Instron, Hardness testers (Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers & Knoop), TGA, DSC, DMA, and XRF http://www.mechanics.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=38 Won first prize at Research symposium at Oklahoma State University (Please find attached the results) - Administrator of mechanics.okstate.edu, worked on Joomla and Drupal platforms - - Assist undergrad students with mechanical design - Help students work on mill and lathe at design and machines laboratory - Record and grade assignments and examinations - Helped students work on Auto CAD, ANSYS workbench - Assisted students on writing VBA code

• Worked as a SAP-Materials Management consultant and solution designer for Mercedes Benz and Proctor and Gamble • Create and maintain accurate work instructions, routings, and BOMs. Improve processes and showed cost reduction. • Managed procurement and inventory functions occurring in day-to-day business operations • Worked on project schedule and budget, many aspects such as purchasing, goods receiving, material storage, planning, and inventory • Develop new concepts to improve the performance, cost, and packaging of existing products. • Mentored and trained entry level employees on exsisting processes using CRM and also SAP

Worked on a project of modifying the design of a 1200 T hollow shearing stem using solid works and also its stress analysis using ANSYS workbench.