Head & Vice President – Sourcing & Supply Chain at Crompton Greaves (2024-11 – Present)
- Leading sourcing, supply chain and Operations for Solar PV Module Manufacturing, Solar EPC - Rooftop & Agriculture, BESS
- Leading sourcing, supply chain and Operations for EMS, EV Chargers, EV & E-bike controllers, AC Controllers, Solar Controllers (VFD), BLDC fans, LED lighting, Submersible Motors & Pumps and Solar Cold Storage
- Leading Global Sourcing Office supporting to Europe, USA, Brazil office with annual portfolio of $200M
- Leading GCC to support logistics, demand planning, inventory management, Pricing, Reliability and Quality for APAC, Europe and USA region
- Managing procurement portfolio of approximately ₹6,000 crore with help of team size of 35 personnel, delivered ₹500 crore cost savings in FY2024-25 and ₹500 crore in FY2025-26 through supplier diversification, strategic negotiations, turnover discount agreements, localization and technology transfer initiatives from China to India and supplier-led VA/VE programs
- Led working capital optimization initiatives by reducing inventory holding from 82 days (2023) to 56 days (2024) and further to 42 days (2025) through supply chain planning, inventory rationalization and procurement optimization strategies targeting 28 inventory days in 2026
- Managing 500+ suppliers across 15 countries
- Leading Domestic & Import Logistics, Supplier Quality Assurance, Warehouse and PPC Teams
- Leading Indirect Procurement and Capex procurement of Solar Panel manufacturing, SMT Machines
- Leading Should Costing and Zero based costing team using approach of Teardown, Design based costing using software aPriori, BDI
Vice President – Sourcing & Supply Chain at Geoads Pvt. Ltd. (2021-12 – 2024-11)
- Led sourcing and supply chain team of EMS – Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical components and box built assembly
- Handled portfolio of Rs. 2,000 crore with team size of 25 personnel, achieved Rs. 70~100 crore saving per year
- Led Supplier Quality Team and Logistics team
- Led Should Costing and Zero based costing team using approach of Teardown, Design based costing using software aPriori, BDI for Eaton, Honeywell and Bosch offshore
- Lead strategy initiatives including M&A evaluation
Senior Manager – Sourcing & Supply Chain at boAt (2020-02 – 2021-12)
- Led sourcing and supply chain of Earphone, headphone, smartwatches, Speaker, Power banks, Charging cables
- Led import diversification with 40% sourcing shift from China to other countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia
- Managed commodities including Electronics, Plastic, Rubber, Wires, Li-Ion Battery, Li-Polymer battery
- Led Supplier Quality Team and Logistics team
- Led Should Costing and Zero based costing team using approach of Teardown, Design based costing using software aPriori, BDI
Manager – Sourcing at Cummins India (2017-04 – 2020-01)
- Responsible for Sourcing of Electrical and Electronics Parts – Starter motor, Alternator, Wire Harness, Actuator, Sensors, PCB, PCBA, Forging, Casting, Stamping, Plastic Molding, Machining part, Precision Machining, Electrification parts, Battery Management System parts
- Teardown of existing child parts to understand the part construction and prepare base cost for new child parts
- Optimized sourcing through VA&VE initiatives
Assistant Manager – Strategic Sourcing at Panasonic India (2015-07 – 2017-04)
- Worked for localization sourcing of Car Audio and speaker system child components i.e. PCB (Rigid and Flex), PCBA/EMS, Wire Harness, motors, connectors, Electronics parts, cameras, relay, metallic parts in India. Teardown of existing child parts to understand the part construction and prepare base cost for new child parts
Engineer – Global Sourcing at Magneti Marelli India (2011-06 – 2015-07)
- Analysis of export capabilities of regional supply base
- Handled components including PCB, bulbs, Transformers, Wire Harness, Sensors, Motors, Fuel Pumps, Relays, Sintered, Plastic, Coil Molding, Bobbin, Electronic Controllers etc
