Ramesh Mishra

Lead to Oversee and optimize the entire supply chain, from procurement to delivery. • Develop and implement strategic plans to improve efficiency and reduce costs. • Manage inventory levels and demand forecasting to prevent shortages and overstock. • Lead and motivate a team of supply chain professionals. • Negotiate contracts and build strong relationships with suppliers and vendors. • Ensure timely and cost-effective transportation and distribution of goods. • Analyze supply chain performance metrics (KPIs) and identify areas for improvement. • Identify and mitigate risks to maintain a resilient supply chain. • Source and select new suppliers based on quality and cost. • Finalize pricing and negotiate contracts with vendors.

Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers, ensuring effective negotiation, supplier selection, tendering, and cost estimation ❖ Establishing new vendor relationships to achieve objectives such as cost competitiveness, localization, and alternate sourcing ❖ Collaborating with suppliers to reduce product costs and gain a competitive edge in the market ❖ Devising and implementing scalable sourcing strategies to meet the organization's evolving requirements ❖ Localizing imported components to reduce costs and lead times, while also developing exclusive designs through external support ❖ Managing product costs and implementing cost-saving initiatives to reduce raw material and freight expenses ❖ Ensuring purchasing strategies align with business objectives, including price, quality, and delivery targets ❖ Implementing and managing purchasing strategies to optimize supplier performance and pricing ❖ Creating and implementing best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to enhance business performance. ❖ Initiating and developing innovative procurement processes, including eProcurement, to drive efficiency and productivity ❖ Supporting the development of new concepts with top-notch quality and competitive prices, while enhancing product upgrades & model variety ❖ Cultivating strong partnerships with business partners to effectively address the dynamic demands of the supply chain ❖ Evaluating business challenges, mitigating risks, and identifying opportunities within the supply chain ❖ Maintaining a reliable and competitive vendor base, leveraging global market exploitation, spends, and technologie. ❖ Managing relationships with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level, negotiating favorable contract terms

Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers, ensuring effective negotiation, supplier selection, tendering, and cost estimation ❖ Establishing new vendor relationships to achieve objectives such as cost competitiveness, localization, and alternate sourcing ❖ Collaborating with suppliers to reduce product costs and gain a competitive edge in the market ❖ Devising and implementing scalable sourcing strategies to meet the organization's evolving requirements ❖ Localizing imported components to reduce costs and lead times, while also developing exclusive designs through external support ❖ Managing product costs and implementing cost-saving initiatives to reduce raw material and freight expenses ❖ Ensuring purchasing strategies align with business objectives, including price, quality, and delivery targets ❖ Implementing and managing purchasing strategies to optimize supplier performance and pricing ❖ Creating and implementing best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to enhance business performance. ❖ Initiating and developing innovative procurement processes, including eProcurement, to drive efficiency and productivity ❖ Supporting the development of new concepts with top-notch quality and competitive prices, while enhancing product upgrades & model variety ❖ Cultivating strong partnerships with business partners to effectively address the dynamic demands of the supply chain ❖ Evaluating business challenges, mitigating risks, and identifying opportunities within the supply chain ❖ Maintaining a reliable and competitive vendor base, leveraging global market exploitation, spends, and technologie. ❖ Managing relationships with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level, negotiating favorable contract terms

❖ Product Development & Procurement - Air Conditioners for Carrier Midea India PVT Ltd (Reported to GM) ❖ Devised and executed strategies to establish scalable sourcing operations meeting organizational requirements ❖ Established new vendor relationships to achieve the following objectives: o Ensured cost competitiveness through innovative practices o Implemented localization to achieve cost-saving & generate new job opportunities o Explored alternate sourcing options for effective capacity management ❖ Successfully handled Vendor Management (Addition, Deletion & Improvement) ❖ Collaborated with R&D for new product development and successful product launches ❖ Ensured standardization and communization of parts, optimizing inventory management with minimal item count ❖ Analyzed monthly raw requirements of factories, strategized to procure RM from suppliers with optimum timing, quantity, and cost ❖ Assessed factory and vendor capacity to align with future production plans. ❖ Conducted capacity analysis of factories and vendors to align with future production plans. ❖ Maintained strong relationships with business partners to cater to dynamic supply chain demands. ❖ Spearheaded cost reduction and savings initiatives to minimize raw material acquisition and freight expenses. ❖ Led RFQ, cost comparison, and commercial closure of indirect procurement items. ❖ Managed material quality issues by providing technical support to vendors, enhancing component quality. ❖ Successfully localized various components to meet the industry's dynamic requirements; used import sourcing for non-localizable. ❖ Conducted commodity pricing analysis, evaluating RM prices of commodities like Copper, Aluminium, Steel, Resin, Polymers, in alignment with international market trends to ensure smooth supply-chain operations

$ 95 million buying per year Mobile import for Samsung electronics Ltd Reporting to AGM –import Mobile Analyse factories Raw material requirement, plan and make strategy to arrange RM . Managed about 30 International suppliers ( Japan ,China, Korea, Taiwan ,Indonesia etc).

$ 12 million buying per year for W/Mc, Ref, ICT & plastic raw material reporting to S.M –Sourcing Analyse factories Raw material requirement per month, plan and make strategy to arrange RM. Analysis factory and vendor capacity to ensure alignment with future production plans. Managed 20 International suppliers from on regular basis procurement. Ensure 100% spares availability for Service division. Support R&D for New product development and new product launch Product Range: Refrigerator- PCB,Glass, PCM/VCM, Chemical (Isocyanate)etc Washing Machine- Timer, gear box, motor ,plastic parts etc