Kiran Kumar Mallesh

Worked for client Goldman Sachs, an investment banking company. 📌 Key Duties 🧩 Lead Strategic Sourcing operations managing over USD $50 M in annual Spend for Publications and Subscriptions and IT categories. 📜 Oversee contract Lifecycle Management for 300+ contracts across global stakeholders (APAC, EMEA, US) 👥 Manage High performing team of 16 professionals, ensuring compliance, process efficiency and cost effectiveness. 📊 Drive demand management, vendor due diligence, and onboarding strategies aligned with business goals. 🤝 Collaborate cross functionally with legal, finance, and business teams to ensure timely procurement and risk mitigation. 📋 Conduct Vendor audits and implement KPI frameworks to improve supplier performance and cost visibility. 🏆 Major Successes. 💰 Delivered double digit cost savings and cost avoidance through strategic negotiations and vendor consolidation. ⏱️ Streamlined sourcing operations, reducing contract execution cycle by 25% 📈 Successfully led end to end contract transitions and complex MSA negotiations under tight deadlines. ⚙️ Implemented procurement automation tools, improving operational efficiency and contract governance. 🌍 Recognized for maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and procurement compliance standards globally.

📌 Key Duties 🔧 Handled end-to-end procurement of direct materials such as mechanical, electrical, rubber, plastic, glass, and electronic components . 📦 Handled Indirect Sourcing for tools, MRO, services, packaging, consumables, and production aids. 📜 Released RFQs, conducted technical-commercial evaluations, and finalized vendors. 📐 Collaborated with R&D and design teams for BOM validation and sourcing feasibility. 📟 Managed vendor development, including capability audits, onboarding, and quality checks. 🔎 Performed cost analysis, benchmarking, and negotiation for price, Leadtime, and payment terms. 📦 Supported inventory planning and material forecasting in coordination with stores and planning teams. 🏆 Major Successes. 💰 Achieved 10-15% cost savings through alternate Vendor Development and negotiation. 🧭 Localized critical imported components, reducing lead time by 35%. 🛒 Reduced procurement delays by streamlining vendor follow-ups and documentation 🔁 Introduced new vendor partnerships for specialized components, improving supply chain stability. ✅ Successfully supported multiple product launches with on time sourcing and supplier alignment.

🏗️🏢 Project completion of IKA PROCESS Equipment’s by sourcing special components globally as per customer requirement. 🔁Implementation of process and Creating SOP’s and Policy’s to streamline the process. ( Procurement Policy, NDA Policy, contracts & Lean management ) helped the organization to achieve 📦Inventory, delivery, supplier relationship management, and Time management. 🧭Training New Sourcing Engineers to the best to carry out the tasks.

📌 Key Duties ⚙️ Procured direct materials like fabricated parts, sheet metals, machined components, fasteners, cables and bought outs. 💼 Handled indirect sourcing for consumables, tooling, fixtures, PPE, and general maintenance items (MRO). 📋 Prepared and reviewed RFQs, carried out cost comparisons, and finalized technically compliant vendors. 📟 Developed and audited new vendor sources to meet quality and capacity requirements. 📐 Worked closely with production and design teams for drawing-based procurement and specification clarifications. 🔎 Performing negotiations and Planning for inventory. 🏆 Major Successes. 💸 Achieved significant cost savings by developing alternate suppliers and negotiating annual rate contracts. 🔁 Ensured smooth project execution by aligning procurement with manufacturing timelines. ✅ Enhanced vendor quality and delivery adherence through regular evaluations and feedback. 🛠️ Contributed to multiple defense and nuclear engineering projects by ensuring timely sourcing of Critical parts.

Highlights: * Joined as Assistant for handling dispatches for APC. Independently handled customer APC in 4 months of My appointment. Achieving 100 % dispatch records including New Part Development. * By end of Feb 11, I was handling more than 50 customers which contributes 65 % of Sales turnover of the company. Responsible for Sourcing of Raw material of Plastic and converting in to finished products  Handling Vendors of Both Direct and in direct Sourcing  Involving in Sales forecasting and Material resource Planning.  Interacting with production, purchase & logistic department for dispatching the products within time  Cost estimation and negotiation  liaising between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers  identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining good relationships with them  processing payments and invoices  forecasting price trends and their impact on future activities  giving presentations about market analysis and possible growth  Working hard to achieve monthly targets.  Interacting with production, purchase & logistic department for dispatching the products within time.  Better Relationship with customer & internal departments for achieving targets intime  Regularly follow up for the payments as per credit terms  Presenting monthly sales presentation to Management.

Project Management

BE in Mechanical