Worked as consultant on contract basis to form and implement policy, procedures, documentation & item codification for materials dept. comprising purchase, stores & logistics dept.

Worked as Purchase Officer for the plant manufacturing iodized salt looking after overall purchases

Worked in Direct Market Purchase Dept. as Trainee Engineer for purchases of all sorts of items for various plants & in particular various components for forklifts from various local markets in Mumbai. This tenure gave precious hands-on experience of buying on the field.

Procurement planning & control at corporate level for various plants spanned across India

* Worked as Senior Manager-Materials with company manufacturing range of electro-fusion & compression type moulded plastic pipe fittings of PE/PP, PVC ball valves and irrigation products such as drippers, sprinklers, filters etc., catering mainly to Gas/water distribution companies, building / infrastructure companies & irrigation sector. Headed purchase and stores dept. including purchase of pipes & pipe fittings. * Achievements * Reduction in inventory level for Raw materials * Exceeding cost reduction target by vendor development & hard negotiations * Developed & sourced rubber items from overseas to reduce cost by 50% * Introduction of rolling forecast to reduce stock out incidents

* Worked as Manager Materials with company having ISO 9001 / ISO TS 16949 / ISO 14000 certification manufacturing customised & proprietary plastic compounds tailor made for various niche automobile applications. Headed purchase, stores, excise & ERP dept. * Achievements * Developed & sourced in-organic pigment to reduce overall cost by more than half with cost savings amounting to Rs.3L per annum * Developed & sourced glass fibers to reduce cost by 25% amounting to savings of Rs.2.5L per annum. * Handled stores and excise dept. along with imports * Successfully played role of ERP coordinator to implement & maintain all ERP modules across the organization

* Worked as Executive-Supply chain in ISO 9001 company at Nashik manufacturing Electro-fusion Plastic fittings for the gas / water piping systems, Compression fittings & PVC ball valves. Handled purchase, stores & export dept. * Achievements * Was involved with product from design stage & hence was able to understand requirements better. * Specifically developed & sourced material for ball seal for ball valve. * Developed indigenous source for resistance wire for electro fusion fittings * Handled entire supply chain including stores and exports

* Worked as Purchase Executive looking after sourcing of imported/local plastic raw material & various items required for manufacturing of plastic pipes & irrigation items. * Handled import & custom clearance of plastic extrusion machine * Supported plant during project phase for all sundry project requirements