Sunand Kapila is a mechanical engineer and MBA with 5 years of experience in procurement, supply chain management, and cost reduction. He has worked at KPIT Technologies and Technico Industries, where he negotiated contracts, developed suppliers, implemented ERP systems, and decreased costs by 28%. Currently at KPIT, he manages procurement, production planning, inventory control, and ensures on-time deliveries.

1. SUNAND GOPAL KAPILA
sunandkapila86@gmail.com M-9850212003
Linked in id - http://in.linkedin.com/pub/sunand-kapila/20/941/866/
SCM/STRATEGIC PURCHASE /VENDOR DEVELOPMENT/COMMERCIAL/
PROCUREMENT PLANNING/MATERIAL MANAGEMENT/PPC, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
A result Oriented dynamic professional( Mechanical Engineer & MBA in Operation Management)
with 5 years of extensive experience in Scheduling, Purchase ,PPC, strategy development to
decrease expenses and developing alternate source for Cost reduction.
Good communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills, problem solving
abilities, Team player & able decision maker in complex situation.
Working in depth with all related functions i.e. Engg, QA, Production, Finance, marketing & sales
has given extensive experience in Operations of Automotive Industry.
Direct Involvement with very senior management and reporting for Project Management has given
sense of responsibility.
Member of SAP Material Module implementation Support team.
Worked as end user in SAP MM & Production Module.
Member of Core Team for Supplier Quality improvement Group.
Designed & Implemented Milk run for Local Suppliers.
Worked with store team in designing FIFO for already lying stock and future Stock.
Cost cutting by VAVE in various parts for cost cutting.
Decreasing overall BOM cost by 28 % by Localization of various parts.
Responsible Sample establishment, costing, PO generation, Pilot Lot & procurement.
WORK EXPERIENCE
KPIT Industries Ltd. (Pune)
Senior Engineer -July 2014-Till Date.
KPIT is organization focused on providing transformational solutions and services using product engineering
and IT for Automotive and Transportation, Manufacturing & Energy and Utilities.
Key Responsibilities:
 Strategic Sourcing, negotiating and Procuring of LED, BDC, Cameras W/H, Hardware ,
Sheet Metal, Proprietary , Rubber & packing Material etc Parts related to Project.
 Handling various suppliers.
 Association with development of new projects for procuring and developing samples.
 Development of alternate supplier for cost cutting of Sheet metal parts by Process
change, Volume discount and Engg. Changes.
 Involved in various supplier Agreements related to Purchasing.

2.  Works with suppliers by Trainings, motivating, Infrastructure Enhancement & Design
change for Quality improvement in parts in turn improving & maintaining their rating.
 Zero based costing for various Project parts.
 Overall Budget allocation for various parts wrt overall budget approval for Project.
 Planning & scheduling, monthly production schedule according to customer requirement.
 Planning Procurement accordingly to avoid warranty loss of products.
 Coordinator for Morning Meeting, Inter departmental Face to Face Meeting, and regular
Morning & Evening Calls.
 To achieve the yearly targets by keeping eye on monthly as well as weekly achieved
figures.
 Monitoring the capacity of Production Line regularly to generate accurate production
Plans.
 To support sales team on technical issues and resolve application related problems.
 To control WIP, raw material and to keep inventories low for smooth flow of working
capital & Long Term Planning of Procurement of Local & Long lead Import items against
plan given by sales. Maintaining safety stock and Inventory control
 Working as a link between various departments i.e. sales, production, vendor, quality,
Engineering.
 Planning Dispatch according to MOQ so that to optimize logistic cost to avoid Premium
freight.
 Regularly coordinating with Sales team for understanding customer priorities, payment
status and dispatch clearances to reduce ageing stock.
 Fulfil the commitment of deliveries to customer as per their plan.
 Ensure FIFO should be followed in store for Dispatch.
 To monitor supply against customer Purchase order.
 Maintaining 5-S on in main store and warehouse.
 To maintain Kaizen record and encourage new ideas for increasing productivity, saving
cost and safety measures in current processes.
 Daily M.I.S. report (Plant & SCM).
 Purchase,Service,4/5 order creation for various material.
Projects.
1) Decreasing Time for Material Transfer In SAP System by Value Stream Mapping of Process
Client: KPIT Technologies ltd.
Skill Used: Material Management, Supply Chain Operations,
2) FIFO for movement of RM & FG
Client: KPIT Technologies ltd.
Project Details: Devised a color coding of First In First Out for warranty Tracking and Material
Management
Skill Used: Analytical Skills, MS Word
Technico Industries Ltd. (Gurgaon)
Senior Engineer -Dec 2011 – July 2014
Leading in Manufacturing of of Sheet metal Products (Window Regulators ,Seat sliders, Seat Recliners
,Door Hinges, Hood Hinges for esteemed Customers like Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.,Nissan,Toyota Motors,
Tata Motors, GMI, Trellborg, ICML. Company has manufacturing facilities at Bawal Haryana, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu and Bangalore, Karnataka.
Key Responsibilities:
A Techno Commercial Executive catering the following responsibilities:-

3.  Operations of Purchase, Costing, Supply Chain ,Vendor Development, Issuing
Purchase/Job work orders on ERP Material Module.
 The motive is smooth running of production line by supply chain, Increase profitability
through Cost Negotiation and through VAVE activities, localization of Imported Parts and
Alternate Sourcing.
 Controlling and monitoring of suppliers Performance against the set targets and
intervene for the improvement wherever required and keep them above 90%.
Coordination with Transporters (Milk run / Dispatch) solving there commercial issues
with increase and decrease of fuel prices.
Inventory management: - Maintaining two day minimum inventory at BOP store for
smooth production and at dispatch store if any emergency occurs at production there
should not be any issue for dispatch to customers.
 Vendor development:-Data from Marketing/Design -RFQ Package-Pilot Costing-Quote
Comparison-Negotiation- Business Awarding after accessing financially/Technologically
Supplier Capacity -Sample Development- Advance-Finance-Engineering Department
Approval-Regular Production-Handover to supply Chain
Other General activities include:-
 Preparing MRM for Higher management review.
 Review old costing and renegotiation for increasing credit terms leading to cost savings.
 Re costing on quarterly or half yearly Basis as per RM rates/Forex fluctuations.
 Signing off various agreements with suppliers as -Non defect Agreements, Quality etc.
Achievements
 Saved Rs 1,9 Crore/Year by reducing .03 Rs/Sq inch(Rs 31 per Vehicle) in Powder coating .
 Rs 45 Lakhs/Year saved by introducing Collapsible Trolleys instead of corrugated boxes used every
day for supply to customers,
High Tensile Auto Parts Private Limited-Ludhiana
Graduate Engineer Trainee -June 2008 – Mar 2009
A leading manufacturers of North India for Auto Components, comprising of sheet metal, forged
and machined components, with a considerable base of satisfied OEM customers(Maruti Suzuki
,Mahindra, Sonalika, HMT.)
Key Responsibilities:
 Monitored Customer Quality of the Hand tools in Pre Dispatch Inspection (PDI) department.
 Standard room Instrument Calibration check & maintenance
Management Trainee
Jay Bharat Maruti Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
Project Description
 Studied the Packaging standard and calculated new packaging standards to maintain space in
warehouse.
CERTIFICATE COURSES & TRAINING PROGRAMMES
 CNC Learning Certificate from Central Tool Room, Ludhiana in 2007.
 AutoCAD, PROE 2.0, Catia & Solid works from Parametric Central Tool Room, Ludhiana in 2007.
 “Green Belt” in Six Sigma from LMT School of Management and Maheshwari Management
Consultants, Mumbai in 2010.

4. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
 2009-11: MBA in Operations and Marketing from LM Thapar School of Management, Patiala
 2004-08: Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Ludhiana College of Engg
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 8th
December, 1986
Contact Address : #7403/1 New Durga Puri Haibowal Kalan Ludhiana-141001, Punjab
Languages Known : English, Punjabi and Hindi
Father : Mr.Krishan Gopal Kapila (Retd. Bank Officer)
Mother : Mrs. Sharda Kapila (Retd). Lt Colonel from Indian Army)
Siblings : No Siblings