Amit Kumar
Purchase & Procurement | Supply Chain Management Professional
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About
Highly accomplished Purchase &
• Procurement Professional with 16+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Development, Cost Analysis, Production Planning, and Inventory Control in Automotive, Tractor, Foundry, Forging, and Manufacturing industries. Expertise in procurement of Raw Materials, Bought-Out Parts (BOP), Plant Consumables, Electrical &
• Mechanical Machine Spares, Hydraulic &
• Pneumatic Components, Cutting Tools, Oils &
• Lubricants, MRO Items, and Capital Equipment. Strong knowledge of costing cost comparison, supplier negotiation, BOM costing, vendor development, SAP ERP, budget planning, and inventory optimization. Proven ability to ensure uninterrupted production through timely procurement while achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiency.
Experience
Manager – Purchase & Supply Chain Management at Jai Parvati Forge (2026-01 – Present)
- Manage procurement of Raw Materials, Bought-Out Parts and Consumables.
- Prepare annual and monthly purchase plans.
- Issue and monitor Purchase Orders as per production schedules.
- Ensure procurement within approved budgets.
- Coordinate with suppliers for timely deliveries.
- Monitor procurement activities to achieve cost and delivery targets.
- Maintain uninterrupted material availability for production.
Assistant Manager – Purchase & Supply Chain Management at MT Autocrafts Systems Ltd. (2024-02 – 2026-01)
- Managing procurement of Raw Materials, Bought-Out Parts (BOP) and Plant Consumables.
- Responsible for procurement of Electrical & Mechanical Machine Spares.
- Purchasing Cutting Tools, Bearings, Belts, Gearboxes, Motors, Pumps, Hydraulic & Pneumatic Components.
- Procurement of Oils, Lubricants, Welding Consumables, Safety Items, Hardware and MRO materials.
- Preparing purchase plans according to production schedules.
- Issuing Purchase Orders through SAP.
- Vendor follow-up for timely deliveries.
- Budget monitoring and procurement cost control.
- Production Planning on daily and monthly basis.
- Ensuring FIFO implementation.
- Coordinating with Marketing, Stores, Production and After Sales departments.
- Managing secondary transportation and dispatch planning.
- Ensuring uninterrupted material availability for production.
Assistant Manager – Purchase & Vendor Development at Indo Farm Equipment Ltd. (2022-06 – 2024-01)
- Responsible for complete procurement activities of Foundry Division.
- Procurement of Castings, Forgings, Raw Materials and BOM Parts.
- Purchasing Hydraulic Oil, Cutting Oil, Plant Consumables and Machine Spares.
- Vendor development across India.
- Supplier evaluation and vendor audits.
- Cost comparison and cost optimization.
- BOM costing analysis.
- Price negotiations and annual rate finalization.
- Maintaining supplier database and purchase documentation.
- Contract negotiation and supplier performance evaluation.
- Procurement planning according to production requirements.
Junior Manager – Supply Chain Management & Purchase at Emmforce Inc. (Emmbros Group) (2017-09 – 2022-06)
- Material Planning and Procurement.
- Production Planning & Control (PPC).
- Raw Material Requirement Planning.
- Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order processing.
- Vendor coordination and supplier management.
- Material Requirement Planning using SAP.
- Inventory control and stock optimization.
- BOM maintenance.
- Vendor claim management.
- Material rejection handling.
- Quarterly procurement planning.
- Ensuring continuous material availability for production.
Engineer – Supply Chain Management at Indo Farm Equipment Ltd. (2014-06 – 2017-07)
- Production planning and scheduling.
- Material procurement according to production plans.
- SAP operations including BDC and Production Orders.
- Logistics coordination.
- Inventory planning and FIFO implementation.
- Rejection analysis and corrective actions.
- Coordination with Production, Maintenance and PDI departments.
- ISO documentation.
- Continuous Improvement through 5S & Kaizen.
Engineer – Product Development & Manufacturing Engineering at International Tractors Limited (2009-07 – 2014-06)
- Local purchase support for Manufacturing & R&D.
- Material planning and procurement.
- Engineering Change Note (ECN) implementation.
- Prototype development and validation.
- Assembly line planning.
- Logistics coordination.
- SAP operations.
- Maintenance planning.
- Production support.
- Manpower management.
- Product Review Reports (PRR).
- Continuous Improvement through Kaizen & 5S.
Education
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – Government Polytechnic, Ambala City


