Assistant Manager (Vendor Development) at Regent Lighting Asia Pvt. Ltd (2024-07 – 2026-01)
Led vendor development, material procurement, and engagement initiatives for SM fabrication, machining, spinning, and powder coating vendors.
- Led vendor development, material procurement, and engagement initiatives, including evaluation, onboarding, and compliance for new and existing SM fabrication, machining, spinning, and powder coating vendors, increasing the vendor base by 20% and strengthening the supply chain.
- Ensured compliance and delivery alignment of 90% as per KPIs, maintaining seamless material supply and quality standards, including on-site PDI audits at suppliers according to accepted AQL standards.
- Resolved technical quality issues in components to meet export standards by collaborating with R&D, production, quality, and vendor teams, implementing issue management processes to reduce recurrence.
Lead- NPD (New Product Development) at Beat XP (2024-02 – 2024-06)
Ensured adherence to quality standards in CA (reliability reports) and NP mechanical and electronic testing for 28+ smartwatch SKUs.
- Ensured adherence to quality standards in CA (reliability reports) and NP mechanical and electronic testing for 28+ smartwatch SKUs, improving customer ratings by 15%.
- Conducted customer feedback and sentiment analysis from over 5,000 users, performed RCA, and tracked resolution of hardware and software issues for 28+ smartwatch SKUs, improving overall ratings across major e-commerce platforms.
- Involved in the setup and initiation of a technical repair center for smartwatches, conducting weekly reviews of improvements and corrective actions with import vendors and the technical team.
Sourcing Specialist at Crossbeats (2023-04 – 2023-10)
Performed market research, vendor database expansion, and end-to-end P2P for China sourcing activities in the smartwatch category.
- Successfully performed market research, vendor database expansion and exploration, logistics, negotiation, sales analysis, projection, end-to-end P2P for China sourcing activities in the smartwatch category. Also developed and implemented SOPs to standardize operational workflows to reduce rejections.
- Completed New Product Development, including NP quality, PDI, and customer feedback for over 30 smartwatches, ensuring packaging design, content, and internal attribute finalization and approval.
- Successfully launched 8 smartwatches in various segments and executed 2 in-house App integration in a span of 6 months.
Section Lead – Sourcing at Titan Company Ltd (2018-07 – 2022-01)
Responsible for executing sourcing activities in Titan SS case plant, end-to-end NPD cycle, component development, and material procurement.
- Responsible for executing sourcing activities in Titan SS case plant in Coimbatore (specifically TITAN, Fastrack, Xylys {Swiss} brand watches), end-to-end NPD cycle, component development, BOM and checklist clearance, material procurement, and logistics coordination for import and indigenous shipments.
- Maintained and presented MIS, achieving 95% delivery alignment for regular and NP watches through MRP, inventory analysis, BOM optimization, cost control, budgeting, tool cost amortization, maintaining material and vendor master data, and PO creation in SAP MM module, demonstrating strong budget management.
- Led sourcing strategies that boosted supplier engagement by 30% and achieved over 1 Crore cost reduction through strategic SM/NM inventory liquidation processes, leveraging supplier negotiations to enhance supply chain efficiency.
