• Managed Plastics commodity for ALL Tesla Products: Automotive & Energy/Solar Projects.• Sourced fasteners for commissioning of Model 3 in Tesla China• Negotiated with suppliers to reduce liability & bringing in savings worth $536K • Achieved 14M in cost reduction & avoidance initiatives through ad hoc price negotiations.• Attained 79% strategical localization plans for NPI product.• Saved $90K through optimization of packaging costs.• Augmented change management to align supplier business with lowest possible risk• Accelerated Order Fulfillment and Invoice System, eliminating the risk of over-payment & reducing average invoice back log by 20 Days.• Consolidated spend across supply base to analyse purchasing trends and develop sourcing alternatives.• Developed KPI metrics for chosen suppliers & negotiated on multiple variables to award long term strategic contracts resulting in improved service levels.• Collaborated with cross functional teams including NPI, demand/material planning & engineering team to execute change management projects and expedite critical transitions, to avoid line-down situations at factory.• Evaluated supplier business proposals to identify & mitigate supply chain risks.• Should Cost Modeling to control negotiation

• Overseeing & managing global client base spanning from Central Europe to US.• Extensive experience in Spend Analytics domain with main functions as requirement gathering, Taxonomy alignment (custom & UNSPC) & savings identification• Handling change requests & creating impact analysis reports • Sharing & Implementing best practices in various stages of procurement• Requirement gathering & Project Kick Off• Product trainer on the Spend analytics solution tool • Managing & mentoring upcoming talented pool of analysts into the team

• Working with clients to gather their Spend Analysis requirements• Prepare Data validation & Trend analysis reports• Taxonomy consultation to align categorization with purchasing hierarchy • Streamline spend analytics to reduce turn-around time using Automation• Analyze & prepare reports for contract compliance, payment terms & parent – child linkage• Leverage PO, invoice, GL descriptions to identify Vendor line of business • End to end solution delivery including quality control through Tollgate, Audit & CAPA Reports • Identify savings opportunity

• Categorize spend data to achieve better spend visibility• Work on database tools - MySQL, ETL Configuration, MS-Excel• Spend data trend analysis for year on year report creations to manage KPIs.• Data mining to identify potential saving opportunities using i) Supplier Rationalizationii) Purchase price varianceiii) Payment term rationalizationiv) Demand aggregationv) Contract compliance

• Managed operations, distribution plan & performed Bill of Material (BOM) analysis based on forecast & order backlogs.• Analyzed supply chain strategies using advanced Excel tools to strategize reliable sourcing and procurement• Modified the work flow by eliminating unnecessary processes to make it employee friendly especially in the approval process to initiate a new project using Value Stream Mapping to improve the process.

• Identify company verticals to apprehend the gap between academia and industry • Organize meetups with company executives to grasp their working culture and help freshers understand industry dynamics.• Interact with industry professionals to understand their perspectives on new hires