Sourcing professional with 10 years Experience Looking for Challenging roles in Material management/vendor management/SCM areas

1. S. Lakshminarasimman
Material & Vendor Management
Mobile: +918148380877
E-Mail: lakshmibala1988@gmail.com
Innovative and Resourceful supply chain Management Professional: Track record of delivering superior results by
implementing strategic procurement, out sourcing, cost reduction, supplier negotiation and relationship
management programs that optimize the value from the supply chain & production.
PROFILE SUMMARY
Competent, diligent & result oriented Mechanical Engineer with total experience of 10 Years in to Procurement,
Outsourcing, Vendor management and Supply chain management of materials under various commodities -
Electronics, electricals, Medical Equipment’s & related accessories, Machining parts, Sheetmetal part,
Construction & interiors etc. Proficient in techno commercial negotiation, handling Imports & Local sourcing,
Purchase planning & execution and compliance auditing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IV) CURA HEALTHCARE PVT LTD, CHENNAI Since Oct’ 14
Sr. Executive – Purchase & Production
Material Management
• Feasibility study of customer order & find needs for customization in BOM & outsourcing needs
• Handling Both Import & local sourcing of parts which includes Electronic, electrical, electro mechanical, consumables,
packaging, Rubber, Sheetmetal parts, machining of MS, SS, Aluminium Parts, FRP, Rubber items, Medical Devices &
related accessories required for various medical Equipments & liquid helium supplies for MRI Machines
• Evaluating Order timeline & Costing
• Material Requirement Planning & Executions based on quarterly Sales Projections & Orders in Hand
• Negotiating & Sourcing right components on time at best price available in the market
• Finding the need for Machining processes & outsourcing activities to match the quality, lead time requirements
• Outsourcing processes for Cost Saving, Quality improvement, Time saving & execution of Special processes validation
• Expertise in Using Smart RFQ tools online
• Material Master updation & management
• Review of Open POs, Pending Requests, Supplier issues & action planning for shortages & time bound resolutions
• MSL Maintenance, Min-Max maintenance of critical components for manufacturing & service needs
• Ageing analysis of stocks & necessary liquation
Vendor Management
• New Vendor approval through registration & evaluation process
• Alternate source development for critical & high value parts
• Periodic evaluation of vendor performance, updation of supplier database & intimation of score & scope of
improvement to Suppliers
• Root cause & CAPA analyses for rejected & reworked components from the suppliers & internal issues
• Collection of quotes from Suppliers with Quarterly & annual projections & getting Competitive Prices for Comparison
& finalization
• Review of supplier's Quotations Specs, Terms, Lead time etc & negotiation for the Best price & terms
• Identification & Development of new vendors for NPD/R&D activities
• Ensuring to get test certificates/conformity documents/Inspection reports from vendors for Inward goods
• OEM Contracts & agreements to fulfil customer’s back to back warranty, service supports & spares availability
• Structure Funds Planning & coordination with finance for timely payments and supplier credibility maintenance
Notable achievements
• Operational cost reduction by 30% through outsourcing of Assembled PCBs & Enclosure assembly for Renal & critical
care Equipments
• BOM cost reduction on Digital radiography, Defibrillator, Dialyser reprocessing system & patient monitors by 24%
through vendor negotiations
• Saved 25% on estimated & approved Capex budget for Construction, Interiors, electrical, flooring work etc on Newly
opened branch of company
• Developed a monitoring process for liquid helium levels for MRI machines & timely arrangement of same
• Internal QMS lead auditor for ISO13485, ISO 9001:2015, standards compliance

2. • Handled purchases of Cura’s new acquisitions (Concept integration, DE health care, Tuscano Equipments)
• Involved in the implementation of New ERP system
• Involved in the process of getting CE certificate for the Medical Devices MDD 93/42/EEC Certification
• Simplified the tracking of P2P process
III) ARROW COACH BUILDERS, MADHURANTHAGAM Period: Jan’12 - Oct’ 14
ENGINEER – MATERIAL PLANNING & VENDOR DEVELOPMENT
RESPONSIBLITIES
• Understanding & Finalizing the Customer Orders for bus body building in co-ordination with Sales & design
• Freezing the BOM based on the customer Spec & providing ETD
• Sourcing, ordering & expediting material/service for manufacturing in line with specified quality and delivery targets
• Order execution till final delivery to the customer
• Negotiate price/contracts, improve terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities for betterment
Notable Achievements
Introduced new vendors & reduced 20% on BOM cost –On GI, AL, ABS Sheets, ACP, Vinyl Mat, Plywood, GI tubes
II) ASIAN PAINTS LTD, SRIPERAMBADUR Period: Jan’11 – Aug’11
SENIOR. OFFICER – PLANT ENGG
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Operations & Maintenance: Periodical preventive Maintenance & monitoring of Pumps, Valves, Steam Lines, Steam traps,
flame arresters, RO plants, Reactors, incinerator, Scrubbers, Blowers, Sewage treatment plant, Effluent treatment plant, UV
DM water treatment plants, Chilling plant, compressor Boiler etc to enhance the operational efficiency. Identifying critical
areas of obstructions and rectifying it by TPM measures. Undertaking major shutdowns, de-bottlenecking of various
equipments.
• Spares planning: Analysing the Equipments breakdown frequency & planning for critical spares based on History of
breakdowns & predictive Maintenance
• Resource Management: Ensuring the availability of utility resources- (Water, Air, Power supply, steam supply, Cooling &
chilling water supply) to plant at all the time by directing the Technicians to Support.
• Plant Safety & Risk Management: Managing overall safety of plant operations and building a safe working culture.
Formulating and implementing safety management systems. Doing Risk Assessments before carrying Modifications in any
of existing system for an improvement to ensure 100% safety & zero Accidents/defects
• Documentations: Maintaining the overall Records for Preventive, Predictive, Breakdown Maintenance, Modification
requests, Asset care tracking sheets as well as mail communications
Notable Achievements
• Implementation of Self-cleaning system in strainer which resulted in man hours & time saving
• Addition of preventive Maintenance schedule for Critical/sensitive Equipments to Avoid breakdowns
• Power Loss elimination of Pumps through VFD control
• Safety & work simplification by automation of chemical collection system
• Core safety committee member in the plant to ensure safe working conditions & environmental safety
I) BRAKES INDIA LTD – BRAKES DIVISION, SHOLINGHUR Period: Jul’09 – Jan’11
TRAINEE ENGINEER
Departments: Manufacturing System Engg & New Product, Tool Design, Logistics & Material Management
Responsibilities
• Designing of material handling vehicles, DIE, tools, various Gauges, process related fixtures
• CNC programming & cutter compensation
• Managing the supply of material & logistics according to Daily plan
• Analysing the process & Output capability of Vendors & improve Operational Efficiency
• Ensuring the availability of critical spares and material for assembly & operations
• Component flow analysis to eliminate bottleneck, reduce the movement time & Equipment/Operator idleness
• Analysis of overall equipment efficiency with past performance using output data Vs time of Each machines for Improvement

3. Notable Achievements
• Operator fatigue reduction & work simplification Improvements by Packing Strip feeding mechanism
• Space saving by 30% adopting small design changes in pallets & trolleys
• Implemented various Semi automation projects with least cost to ease the material handling
• Cost saving improvements by material Optimization & Waste reduction
SCHOLASTICS
• B.E. (Mech) from Sri Muthukumaran Institute of technology with 70% marks in 2009
• DME (Mech) from SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION Polytechnic Institute with Ist class in 2006
• SSLC at Ramakrishna mission high school with 76% in 2003
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 20-Sep-1988
Languages Known : Tamil, English
Marital status : Married
STRENGTHS
• Self-Motivated
• Flexible
• Optimistic
• Multi-tasking
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good in relationship building
SOFT SKILLS
• Expert in MS Office Package
• Tally
• AutoCAD
• Solid works
• E-Buy tools
• SAP MM Modules