Sukesh Shetty

Procurement & Supply Chain professional with 10+ years across industrial automation, machine building, wire harness, electromechanical systems, and hydraulics. Proven track record of 15–18% cost savings through strategic vendor negotiations, managing a procurement spend of ₹20 Cr with zero production disruptions. End-to-end sourcing expertise covering PLCs, VFDs, servo motors, LM rails, ball screws, linear motion systems, bearings, switchgear, terminal blocks, connectors, machined parts, sheet metal, and heavy fabricated parts.

Hands-on with Advance Authorization Process, SAP Business One, SyteLine ERP, and Zoho. Experienced in service and manpower contracts, software licence procurement, and leading global procurement teams of 10+.

Core competencies: Strategic Sourcing • Global Procurement • Vendor Development • Contract Negotiation • Inventory Optimisation • Supplier Performance Management • MIS & KPI Reporting.

Assistant Manager – Purchase - Cablex Pty Ltd - Bangalore, India

(2025-08)

• Spearheaded a global procurement team of 10 executives across Bangalore and Australia — delivering 100% on-time material availability with zero production stoppages across all active projects.
• Drove 15% cost reduction through structured supplier negotiations, competitive benchmarking, and long-term contract consolidation across all spend categories.
• Managed end-to-end sourcing of wire harness components — connectors, terminals, cable glands, backshells, heat-shrink tubes, and conduits — with zero supply gaps.
• Reduced excess inventory by 20% by syncing procurement with live production forecasts — freeing working capital and cutting carrying costs across all categories.
• Deployed SyteLine ERP with standardized SOPs, publishing weekly dashboards on PO status, vendor KPIs, and material receipts for senior leadership visibility.
• Built supplier KPI framework tracking delivery adherence, invoice accuracy, and quantity variances — enabling proactive escalation before any production impact.
• Mapped supply risks across critical categories, qualified 5+ new wire harness suppliers, and standardized PO processing SOPs — eliminating single-source dependency and improving team efficiency.

Assistant Manager – Purchase - Actemium India - Bangalore, India

(2025-01 - 2025-07)

• Owned the full procurement strategy — supplier selection, contract negotiation, PO management, and payment coordination — with zero disruption across all business lines.
• Managed ₹20 Cr procurement portfolio — 100% on-time delivery with no line stoppages across all business units.
• Achieved 10% cost savings through price benchmarking and alternate sourcing; built import costing and margin analysis reports for senior leadership budget decisions.
• Created real-time KPI dashboards on supplier delivery, cost variance, and PO compliance — shifting procurement from reactive to fully data-driven decision-making.
• Conducted quarterly supplier reviews — identifying underperformers and switching to alternate vendors to protect delivery timelines and cost targets.
• Mentored a team of 4 procurement executives on SAP Business One, workload planning, and vendor management — reducing inventory holding costs quarter on quarter.

Senior Engineer – Supply Chain Management - Actemium India - Bangalore, India

(2023-01 - 2024-12)

• Led global sourcing of electromechanical components — PLCs, VFDs, servo motors, sensors, gearboxes, LM rails, ball screws, bearings, switchgear, terminal blocks, and industrial robots — and sourced machined parts, sheet metal, and heavy fabricated items built to customer engineering drawings.
• Negotiated and managed service & manpower contracts for customer sites — ensuring skilled resources were deployed on time to meet project requirements.
• Achieved 18% cost reduction through vendor development, contract renegotiation, and consolidation to best-performing suppliers.
• Administered Advance Authorization License processes with Custom House Agents — securing full duty exemptions and materially reducing landed costs on all international orders.
• Collaborated with engineering and quality teams to define specs, qualify new vendors, and evaluate samples — building a reliable, multi-source supplier base that eliminated single-source dependency across critical categories.

Material Planning and Purchase Executive - XNG Automation Solutions Pvt Ltd - Bangalore, India

(2019-07 - 2022-12)

• Sourced automation components — PLCs, sensors, drives, motion control products (LM rails, ball screws, bearings), switchgear, terminal blocks, and machined/sheet metal/heavy fabricated parts as per engineering drawings.
• Developed 10+ suppliers across categories, achieving 18% cost reduction through competitive bidding, contract renegotiation, and performance-based consolidation.
• Managed the full procurement cycle — vendor evaluation, negotiation, PO placement, inbound logistics, quality verification, and compliance — across concurrent projects.
• Built vendor scorecards and tracked delivery KPIs via ERP, resolving supply bottlenecks cross-functionally to keep every production line running without interruption.

Production Planning and Control Engineer - Tenova Delkor India Pvt Ltd - Bangalore, India

(2018-02 - 2019-05)

• Built production schedules and ran capacity planning, coordinating with procurement and logistics through ERP to eliminate bottlenecks and protect customer delivery timelines.
• Improved schedule adherence and cut idle time through demand analysis and systematic resource allocation across manufacturing operations.

Assistant Engineer - Canara Hydraulics Pvt Ltd - Bangalore, India

(2015-07 - 2017-12)

• Negotiated raw material prices, coordinated vendor deliveries, processed purchase orders, and maintained clean ERP-based procurement records — keeping quality tight and costs controlled.
• Resolved supplier quality rejections through structured root-cause analysis and follow-ups — reducing repeat defects and protecting production continuity.

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Prasanna College of Engineering & Technology (VTU) (2015)