Sai Kumar Rapuru

32 years of qualitative experience in Sourcing, Procurement, Negotation & Inventory Management. Expertise in Material Management activities involving Material Planning, Techno-Commercial Negotiations, Procurement of Raw Materials (Glass, Tiles & Sanitaryware) / OEM Spares / Packing Materials / Polishing line Consumables (in Tiles Manufacturing Unit) / Fuel (Furnace Oil, HSD Oil, LDO, LSHS & Coal) / Electrical Items / Civil Items etc., from various sources.

Core Team

Member in implemented Materials Management and Controlling Modules of Orion & SAP 7400.3.13.1130 Version at M/s.R A K Ceramics & Sentini Cermica Pvt Ltd., and Focus7 at M/s.Aparna Enterprises Ltd., & Vendpin at Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Pvt. Ltd.

AGM-Purchase - Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Pvt. Ltd. - Valuthimmapuram, Peddapuram-533 437, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

(2023-04 - 2026-07)

• Finalizing Annual Rate Contract for Bearings, "V" Belts, Motor, Cables, Switch Gear Items & other OEM spares and consumables.
• Procuring capital equipment's items.
• Co-ordination with Finance Department for Vendor timely payments and HSD.
• Every Fortnight price finalization for HSD Automobile section.
• Every Month price finalization for Lubricants for Automobile Section & Plant.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Material requirements planning & Inventory control for 3 units and other sites.
• Finalization freight from other states for Inward materials.
• Finalizing AMC for all OEM equipment's.
• Daily procurement planning for the required material (Automobile spares, Mill Maintenance spares and & Other projects).
• Identifies and researches potential new suppliers for new products and services to meet company's goals.
• Preparation of purchase related standard operating procedures.
• Reports Every day to the Managing Directors of the Company.
• My Team consists 2 Asst. Manager, 4 Executives, 3 Data Entry Operator & 2 Material Collector.

Purchase Manager - Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Pvt. Ltd. - Valuthimmapuram, Peddapuram-533 437, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

(2019-04 - 2021-05)

Senior Manager-Purchase - Sentini Ceramica Pvt. Ltd. - Chigurukota Village, Kaikaluru Mandalam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India

(2021-12 - 2022-07)

• Procuring & Finalizing Annual Rate Contract for All Consumables, Body Raw Materials, Glaze Raw Materials, Pigments, Chemicals and Packing Material, etc.
• Daily follow-up with all user dept., heads for their urgent plant operation spares as well as pending indented spares/materials.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Daily follow-up for urgent plant operation spares and Raw Material with user Dept. heads & Stores.
• Periodical review of organization goals, team goals and motivating the team to achieve goals.
• Finalizing AMC for all equipment's and Rate Contracts for Consumables.
• Periodical review of material consumptions for effective planning.
• Co-ordination with Finance Department for Vendor timely payments.
• Conduct Vendor/ supplier assessment and management process for quality, feedback, rejections and resolve conflicts.
• Responsible for all Logistics activities for all the Raw Materials, Packing Materials and other spares & consumables.
• Core activity to develop New Vendor's, arranging Raw Materials as per Production Planning, Budget control, Cost savings.
• Prepare Landed Price for all Raw Materials, Packing Materials, Fuel and Polishing Line consumables on Monthly basis.
• Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
• Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials.
• Managing, developing & improving Purchase team their benchmarking performance.
• Reporting to Vice President-Operations.
• My Team consists of 1 Senior Deputy Manager and 1 Assistant Manager to manage the entire materials function in the factory.

Manager-Materials - Aparna Enterprises Ltd. - Peddapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India

(2017-03 - 2018-12)

• Procurement of Raw Materials, Packing Materials, Spares and other Consumable from different locations.
• Developing effective procurement strategies and policies to achieve optimum cost of goods.
• Finalizing annual rate contract for raw materials, chemicals & packing material like corrugated boxes, Shrink film, BOPP tapes, etc.
• Review and Follow up weekly basis on Pending P.R's and Order's.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing & Dispatch Planning.
• Finalizing AMC for all equipment's.
• Periodical review of material consumptions for effective planning.
• Generating MIS reports and presenting to management monthly, quarterly & annually.
• Co-ordination with Finance Department for Vendor timely payments.
• Responsible for all Logistics (By Road & Sea) activities of all the Raw Materials, Packing Materials and other spares & consumables.
• Core activity to develop New Vendor's, arranging Raw Materials as per Production Planning, Budget control, Cost savings.
• Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales.
• Prepare Landed Price for all Raw Materials, Packing Materials, Fuel and Polishing Line consumables on Monthly basis and savings report on quarterly basis.
• Managing, developing & improving the purchasing team. Benchmarking performance of the Supply Chain.
• Reporting to General Manager-Plant.
• My Team consists of 1 Assistant Manager & 1 executives to manage the entire materials function in the factory.

B. Com - Andhra University (1989 - 1991)

Advance Diploma - Materials Management - Indian School of Business Management (2011)

Type Writing Lower Grade - State Board of Technical Education & Training (1988)

Type Writing Higher Grade - State Board of Technical Education & Training (1990)