Jayaraman Balakrishnan

Result oriented proactive and hardworking professional with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and with more than 8 years of achievement driven experience across various functions with major expertise in SAP MM, Purchase, Quality & Production fabrication. A person with dynamic, innovative, responsive and open to new things. Previous achievements included generating average annual cost savings of around $2 million, improving supplier quality from a defect rate of 3,000 ppm to 100 ppm, having knowledge of Various ERPs and related web tools including SAP MM Module, Smart Client™ & Arriba.

▪ 7+ years of experience in SAP MM

▪ 5 Years of Experience in Procurement and Production planning

▪ Total 13 years of experiance

▪ Gathered the requirements, configured, worked with the technical team and conducted end to end testing

▪ Deputed in Canada for through Infosys

▪ Experience in P2P cycle, purchasing, inventory control, invoice verifications through SAP.

▪ Sourcing and Vendor Development.

▪ Negotiations for Pricing and various terms.

▪ Capex/Opex Buying.

▪ Spot Buying and E-Tendering.

▪ Logistics, Packaging & Dispatch and Emergency Breakdown Freight Arrangements.

▪ Ensuring process capability & study of new model development

▪ Good functional and business process knowledge of Procure to Pay

▪ Excellent organizational skills and coordinate with Client and Offshore team

▪ Excellent leadership, exceptional written and oral communication skills and ability to interact with all levels within the company

▪ Extensive experience in Procure to Pay using SAP MM (Materials Management)

▪ Strong experience in Sourcing, Contracting, Purchasing, Inventory and Invoicing

▪ Knowledge of special procurement processes like Subcontracting, Pipeline, Third Party & Consignment processes

▪ Experienced in Physical Inventory

▪ Strong understanding of the integration of SAP MM with other SAP modules

▪ Excellent experience in the manufacturing, distribution and service industry.

▪ Familiar with SAP support area for problem escalation

▪ Self-motivated professional with Outstanding communication, documentation, leadership, presentation and project management skills

▪ Strong analytical, planning, multitasking, decision making and problem-solving skills

▪ Strong motivation and team-building skills

▪ Excellent customer service skills

▪ Expertise in Microsoft suite like Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Visio

Diploma in Supply Chain Management

BE in Mechanical and Production Engineering