Rajkumar K.

Procurement Professional offering over 22+ years of techno-commercial experience in Procurement, Global Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Development, Supplier Quality, Import, Export, Logistics, Supply Chain Management in Automotive & Engineering Industries. Experience in Capex Purchase for Green-Field & Brownfield project. BOP Parts Procurement of Steel, Aluminum Casting, Iron Casting, Forging, Sheet-Metal, Plastic, Rubber & Electronics Parts. Sound Exposure in Machines procurement. Targeting global level leadership assignments with a repute organization. Work experience with Japanese & Italian MNC

Proficient in planning, organizing & controlling all requisite activities to perform such as sourcing, negotiation, recommendation, ordering, expediting & tracking, and reporting through a structured process. Experienced in developing the supply base and assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criterions such as PPM for rejections, quality improvement rate, on-time delivery, and credit terms. Lead key commodities at PAN India and Global level by managing sourcing/ procurement of BOP viz. Forging Components, Aluminum Casting (GDC & PDC), Cast Iron Component, Sheet Metal Components, Rubber & Plastic Parts, Steel, cutting tools, Machining Parts (Turning, Milling, Grinding), Consumable, Jig, fixture, Die & Mold, Packing Material, Inspection gauges, Purchase Contract & Services, CAPEX purchase, AMC, MRO. Exposure to Global Supply Base Across India, Japan, China, Thailand, Brazil, Italy, Malaysia & some parts of US & Europe. Impressive success in maintaining relationships with key customers viz. Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG), PSA (Stellantis), TATA motor, M&M, JCB, Ashoka Leyland, VW, Kia, Hyundai, Daimler. Expertise in mapping customers’ requirements & translating these requirements into functional specifications Notable success in identifying & developing potential vendors & suppliers for procurement of required material and achieving cost effectiveness by executing cost negotiation based on Quantity & Future Expansions Assessing performance of vendors on competitiveness & reaction capabilities; negotiating with vendors on prices & agreements and finding measures to improve the performances evaluated on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, & so on

Supervised the Planning, Scheduling, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing & Vendor development for all commodities like Sheet Metal, Al. Casting (PDC & GDC), Iron Casting, Forging, Plastic & Rubber Parts, Electronic Component, Machining Component. Supervised the CAPEX, Local & Imported machines Purchase for green field & brown field project, Consumables, Spares (electrical & mechanical), Quality Instruments, AMC, cutting tools, Jig, Fixtures, Die & mold development, Packing Material, Purchase Contract & services, Global Sourcing, Localization etc. Raw Material Price settlement with suppliers based on SIAM, MMR, TAM. Machines & projects Procurement done for 3 new greenfield plants Bawal & Bangalore. Delivered cost saving worth INR 60 million through alternate sources, annual discount & raw material change. Establish competitive suppliers for all commodities & development roadmap for localization of parts. Monitored the production Planning as per Customer requirements & long-term forecast. Project Management for on-time delivery, cost optimization and closer the project within stipulated timeframe and budget. Establish Zero Based Costing for forging component, casting component, sheet metal, machining component, plastic & rubber component, jigs, fixtures, gauge & fabrication. Cost reduction through localization of commodities & alternate source development. Generate cost savings ideas & ensure to meet cost saving target. Import material planning, scheduling, PO generation & monitoring, dealing with CHA. Custom duty, dealing with freight forwarder, follow-up with all import suppliers. Efficiently determined the ‘ABC’ classes of items of inventory; formulated suitable policies for maintaining the inventory within the desired limits. Structured the inventory policy and fixed Max/ Min., reorder points and safety stock level for each item. Oversaw for capacity study and enhancement at supplier’s end.

Led the procurement of sheet metal parts, plastic parts, rubber parts, fabricated parts, machined components, capital goods, import material (oil, machine, spares & other consumable items as per requirement) Spearheaded new project development of HMSI & HCIL parts as per requirement. Machines & projects procurement done for plant expansion & new green field project. Supplier relation management & long-term suppliers’ agreements. Providing proper balance between schedule & supply. Oversaw for planning of raw material procurement, sales target and forecast. Ensured timely procurement of longest part of the vehicle, thereby achieving timely production of products without any failure & defect. Acknowledged for managing end-to-end import & export operation. Proactive working with key suppliers for further improvement of supplier performance. Initiated 30% procurement through localization of vendors; achieved cost savings of 30 million per annum.

MBA , B.tech