Vikas Thakur

9 years of work experience in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry.Experience in Outsourced Manufacturing, EMS Development, Vendor Development, New product development & Introduction, End to end product development, Sourcing, and Negotiation with Manufacturers, distributors & EMS partners. Cost reduction & Saving activity of product through various RFQs, localization, alternate sourcing, Payment terms, and Raw material cost comparisons to meet project budget and timeline. Experience in the New product purchase, Capex purchase, Opex Purchase, P2P, S2C, supply chain, material planning, Standard part Purchase, Bill of material planning, and inventory management. Experience in different types of contracting like NDA, MSA, SOW, change in orders, etc. MIS reports of project cost, budget estimations of new projects, payment tracking, reports of New product purchases, direct & indirect sourcing, contract resource hiring. Experience in Production planning, shortage handling, forecasting, Purchase order, Inventory Management, shipment planning, and ensuring adequate support from suppliers and manufacturers. Good Communication & coordination skills to understand customer requirements with sales, design engineering, and Project team for forecasting of long lead time parts to avoid further line down and Project assembly delay. A good relationship with Electronics parts manufacturers and distributors PAN and abroad, daily basis work challenges with FF, logistics and courier, custom events. Good skills with ERP system, MS Excel, PPT, Data analysis, SAP MM Module PR to PO process, Purchase to Pay cycle.