Sumithra Natarajan has over 13 years of experience in procurement, quality management, and auditing. She currently works as a Senior Quality Engineer at Schneider Electric, where her responsibilities include internal audits, customer audits, quality procedures, and process improvement. Previously, she worked as a Quality Technician and completed an apprenticeship in defence manufacturing. She is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt with expertise in ISO standards, quality systems, Lean Six Sigma, and data analysis.

1. Sumithra.N
Professional Summary :
• 13+ years of experience in the Procurement, Vendor Management, Sourcing, Customer
audit ,Process Audit , Manafacturing Audits, IMS Audit, Manufacturing Quality Line.
• Excellent knowledge on Procurement process and Purchasing/Buying Activities.
• Have good understanding of business processes in SCM (Supply chain Management &
Logistics.).
• Good Knowledge on QMS /EMS/ OHSAS /Customer / Supplier Auditing.
• Effective tool controlling system for closing CAPA.
• Good Knowledge on Quality matrices and assurance,Quality systems and methods.
• Exposure to Lean six sigma ( Business Process Excellence).
• Good knowledge on SAP, Oracle ERP & Ariba transaction.
• Good in Analytical Skill & Data Analyzation.
• Good communication and presentation skills with demonstrated abilities in training, team
building and driving executives
Professional Experience :
• Currently working as a “Sr.Quality Engineer” at Schneider Electric IT Business India
Pvt Ltd. From Sep 2006 to till date.
• Worked as a “Quality Technician ” at Centum Electronics Ltd from April 2003 to Sep,
2006.
• Completed “Apprentiship” at Bharat Electronics Limited from April 2002 to Mar,
2003.
Roles & Responsibilities – Schneider Electric:
Roles & Responsibilities – Procurement.
• 3+ years of experience in Sourcing & supply management for Direct, Indirect
materials / commodities and services.
• Handled Project Estimation, Procurement and Vendor development responsibilities.
• Supplier evaluation & Supplier registration.
• Preparation of RFQ Documents during Bidding and Execution Stage.
• Floating of Enquiries for Sub-contracting works and Maintain the records of vendors.
• Procurement related to Production,Quality, Facility management, Safety, IT items by
floating RFQ’s/ERA and analyzing proposals – all in a tight timeline.
• Preparing CBE (Commercial Bid Evaluation) / Comparative statements by negotiating and
finalizing the Prices & terms and conditions of purchase for material and services.
Mobile: +91- 9739958661
Email: sumithran77@gmail.com

2. • Creating new vendors for Ongoing as well as upcoming projects.
• Preparation of Technical Bid Analysis, Comparatives, Note for Approvals and Purchase
Orders
• Following / execution of sourcing strategies, vendor identification, vendor development
and analytical assessment to strengthen supply chain effectiveness.
• Executing and monitoring the purchase contracts & service agreements for various
commodities, services and operation requirements.
• Relationship building with vendors and customers with proven ability to provide on-time
delivery and quality expectations to customers.
• Exposure to QMS and EHS norms.
• Meeting customer orders by designing, implementing / monitoring effective procurement
along with finalizing the specifications of the materials required for operations.
• Good knowledge in sales tax, excise related to purchasing.
• Identification of cost effective and reputed vendors aiming at best cost with improved
quality & reliability.
• Monitoring incoming materials supplied by vendors & ensuring they are as per quality &
quantity specifications as well as assisting them in following purchasing processes /
systems.
• Vendor evaluation, rating and development - Ensuring periodic vendor audits and
performance rating. Assessing performance of vendors based on KPIs such as Quality,
Quantity, Delivery, Cost, responsiveness, credit terms etc.
Secondary Duties Responsibilities :
• Generating reports in ERP and MS-EXCEL for the Purchase requisitions and PO’s.
• Monitoring of the Document control and expediting activities concerning the above
purchasing document which is the main objective of PES.
• Attending Daily Morning review meetings and internal Department meetings.
• Involved in Reverse Auctioning (ERA) to gain more productivity.
• Floated RFX events for strategic sourcing using the ERP Ariba.
Roles & Responsibility – Integrated Management Systems

3. • 6+ years of experience in Schedule the Internal Audit,[IMS & MFG- Manufacturing
Cell Audit]External [IMS ]& Customer[CSR,DNV,BV,JIWI,CCC,KETI,] as per
the Business requirements.
• Co-ordinating with external agencies (UL.CCC,CSA,VDE.KTI, etc) for
certification related activities.
• Conducting Process Audits for the Production line [Buildline & PCBA]
• Coordinates with all department & ensure corrective action are in place.
• SPS Audit – Scheider Production System [Clause wise]handing 9C- Clause.(1.
Customer Compliants Review ,2. Post Product Transfer Metrics,3. Continuous
improvement in Regulatory Audit Results 4. Advanced Sixsigma Tools to drive
Complex issues,5. Quality KPI's Reporting - NQCs & DPMi.)
• Ensuring the product quality when its handover to the Production line
• Analyzing the Customer Defect by Prombem solving method
• Customer compliant logged through BFO Tool.
• Prepare reports for the management review.
• Co-ordinating with Internal & External Team to Conduct Audit for enhanced
business as per the requirement of the Standard & Regulatory File..
• Conducting Training for IMS,EMS,Awarness on documentation
• Formulates and coordinates to implements safety policies, rules, procedures, policy
and standards
• Conduct quality orinented training in the month celebration
• Generate E-learning training report & update to the Global Team. .
Co- Ordinate with HR for Conducting POR & POSH training to the Employee
Roles & Responsibility – Manufacturing Line Quality
• 1+ years of experience in Developing, implementing and reporting quality
indicators / dashboards on a facility level and triggers correctives actions
- Validates process quality levels
- Assess suitability of quality indicators / dashboards
- Leads audit teams and develops audit plans
• Develops and writes quality procedures
- Develops and implements process controls consistent with Schneider Production
System
- Monitors process controls and knows when action is required
- Understands the difference between containment, corrective action and preventive
actions
- Demonstrates the ability to determine root cause through the use of tools such as
(5 whys, Ishikawa, etc)
• Understands how Lean Six-Sigma are used to drive process improvement (Yellow
Belt)
-Understands the process improvement guiding principles and participates on
process improvement projects as a team member

4. - Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma Methodology basics statistics, problem
solving and process improvement, Value Stream Mapping,single piece flow, 5S...)
Roles & Responsibilities – Centum Electronics
• Testing for Crystals
• Responsible for achieving defect reduction across all products
• Actively participate in Six Sigma Activities, Kaizen, Defect Reduction and Quality
Improvements
• Tracking and Reporting Data to Senior engineer Defect Levels, yields, customer
complaints, Process Variations
• Process Qualification, Product qualification & Process check & Activities
• Handling small group activities
Roles & Responsibilities – Bharat Electronics Limited
• Defence Manufacturing Company
• DCS ( Digital Communications System) One Unit
• All Type of Interface Card,Testing & Trouble Shooting
Trainings Undergone:
• IMS Lead Auditor
• EMS 14001 Lead Auditor
• OHSAS Internal Auditor
• Certified- Six Sigma Green Belt
• To reduce 50% of WI’s in Next Gen Products in IDF3 Factory by Q4-2013.
• FMEA,8D,Ampact & Impact
Qualification :
• B.SC – Information & Technology from Karanataka University.
• Diploma - Electronics & Communication from Goodwill Polytechnic.
Personal Profile :
• IMS Internal Auditor
• Legal & Other
Requirment.
Achivement at Schneider :
• To Eliminate the chances of Ship holds in Regulatory Audit from 18 to 0 in Cooling Family
• To reduce inductance failure in part 420-0075Z ( 0P7960/ 0P1934) from 5847 PPM to 3.4 PPM
Technical skills and competexnces :
• IMS Trainier ,Trained more then 100 end users till
now.
• Document control process training

5. Name : Sumithra.N
Languages Known : English,Hindi,Kannada &Tamil.
Contact Address : No:13 Betahalli Layout Vidyaranayapura
Date:
Place: Bangalore Sumithra Natarajan

6. Name : Sumithra.N
Languages Known : English,Hindi,Kannada &Tamil.
Contact Address : No:13 Betahalli Layout Vidyaranayapura
Date:
Place: Bangalore Sumithra Natarajan