K.N. Muralidhar is a procurement and supply chain professional with over 10 years of experience seeking a senior role, he currently works as an Assistant Manager of Planning and Procurement at Bosch Ltd. and has expertise in areas like procurement, vendor development, team management, production planning, inventory management and supplier scheduling. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is proficient in SAP, Microsoft Office and has strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

1. K.N. MURALIDHAR
Mobile: 09740242496 ~ E-Mail: knmuralidhar@rediffmail.com
Seeking senior level assignments in Supply Chain Management with an organisation of repute
PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT
 A result oriented professional with over 10 years of extensive experience in
Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Commercial Operations.
 Currently associated with BOSCH Ltd., Bangalore as Assistant Manager -
Planning and Procurement
 Deft in sending the Correct Schedules to the suppliers and following up for the
parts
 Keep track on the inventory and the parts procured.
 Keep track on the material supplied to the supplier and do the reconciliation
periodically.
 Proficient in SAP ERP, Microsoft office, service management suite
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Procurement: Interfacing with cross functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans of raw materials. Budgeting
and planning the funds for procurement and sourcing of materials ensuring optimum utilization of materials, maximum cost
savings & meeting anticipatory orders for monthly sales. Developing and implementing key strategies for the purchase of
materials from global sources and achieving cost reduction in procurement, packaging and shipping.
Vendor Development: Developing long-term partnerships with suppliers; managing the day-to-day supplier performance to
ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms. Consistently evaluating vendor performance to ensure adherence
to predefined specifications and supply of quality material / execution of job works.
Team Management: Imparting / organizing training programs for achieving pre-planned business targets. Leading, training &
monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance
amongst the team members.
OCCUPATIONAL CONTOUR
Since Nov’06: BOSCH Ltd., Bangalore as Assistant Manager - Planning and procurement.
Notable Attainments:
⇒ Conducted vendor evaluations based on price, delivery & quality of service provided.
⇒ Successfully maintained and updated vendors list periodically as per ISO norms.
⇒ Instrumental in checking and approving vendor’s invoices and coordinating with Finance and Accounts for ensuring the
payments are made to the vendors.
⇒ Liaised with:
• Production Department for facilitating timely purchases.
• Receiving stores for receipt of material.
• Quality / Production Departments with respect to quality of incoming materials.
⇒ Dexterously evaluated the vendors and obtained quality services from them, thereby achieving cost-effectiveness to the
company, which in-turn resulted in achieving maximum customer satisfaction.
Jan’05 – Oct’06: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (H.A.L), Bangalore as Purchase Engineer
Notable Attainments:
⇒ Efficiently handled procurement for bought items (Finishes and Semi Finished Components), Raw Materials (Iron Rods,
Steel Sheets & Aluminum Plates), and Saturated Parts, etc., for Cheetah, Chetak, Schweizer and Mirage Projects.
⇒ Instrumental in analyzing and understanding the exact requirement received from various department send raising Material
Purchase Request (MPR) considering Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Production Programme, dues in and available stock.
⇒ Managed sourcing of vendors for procurement of industrial products.
⇒ Played a key role in issuing of Tenders (Limited Tender, Single Tender, Proprietary Tender and Open Tender, etc.) for
purchase and evaluation of bids for placing order.
Production Planning
Inventory Management
Supplier Scheduling
Supplier Follow-up
MWS reconciliation
Inventory Control
PPAP & APQP

2. ⇒ Handled the arrangement of Long Term Business Agreement.
⇒ Pivotal in handling preparation of purchase orders, coordinating with finance and approval of proposal at division /
complex / corporate office level.
⇒ Liaised with Indigenisation department to indigenes the imported items.
⇒ Deft in generating MIS reports on material supply.
Aug-01– Sep’03: PTS bio power plants, Bangalore,
⇒ After completion of my engineering graduation joined PTS bio power plants to industry exposure.
⇒ It is small scale firm; they used to cater various companies in providing the drawings as per the requirement provided by the
customer’s.
⇒ My role in this company is used assist my manager.
APPRENTICE TRAINING
Jan’04 – Dec’05: Barath Earth Movers Limited, Bangalore as Graduate Apprentice Trainee
EDUCATION CREDENTIALS
Aug 2001 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Golden Valley Institute of Technology, Kolar Gold Fieds, University of
Bangalore. Secured 62.1%
Additional Qualification:
⇒ Successfully completed computer course in AutoCAD 2000 (2D &3D) from CADD CENTER Kolar Gold Fieds 2004.
IT SKILLS
⇒ Well versed with MS-DOS, Windows 98, 2000, MS-Office (Word and Excel), SAP Tool and Internet Applications.
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth: 19th
January 1976
Linguistic Proficiency: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu
Residential Address: # 210/A, 18th
main 22nd
A Cross, HSR Layout Bangalore 560102
Location Preference: Anywhere in India and abroad