Abhishek Kushwaha
Global Commodity Buyer
Brno
Summary
Highly dedicated and meticulous professional buyer with over 9+ years of experience in Automotive industry with a solid background in manufacturing & new product development and a comprehensive knowledge of large-scale projects, procedures, contracts & cost management techniques
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Global Commodity Buyer
Garrett Advancing motion
Brno
11.2022 - Current
- Responsible for recurring and non- recurring savings, material cost saving, material group strategies, supplier development, contract management.
- Organize and participate to Annual Price negotiations with suppliers, obtain, evaluate and negotiate offers regarding material and individual costs, prepares contracts and agreements.
- Manage the component portfolio and strategic purchasing activities related to the assigned product range across their lifecycle.
- Scouting and Pre-audit of new vendors for cost-down projects or new technical advantages to commodity strategy.
- Perform and lead sourcing for new and carry over projects according to the Sourcing Decision Process (bid list alignment, RFQ, cost analysis, sourcing recommendations, etc.).
- Handle Raw Material negotiations -indexed and non-indexed & support distressed supplier management
Senior Commodity Buyer(Strategic Sourcing)
Garrett Advancing motion
Bengaluru, Karnataka
07.2020 - 11.2022
- Manage project budget(part cost target) & drive action plan to ensure part productivity and general negotiation to meet commodity targets
- Scouting the domestic and foreign suppliers’ market for best country sourcing, lean supply chain, Capacity analysis and lead the discussions of purchasing contracts implementations like NDA, T&C, Supply & Consignment agreement.
- Project Performance/Monitoring with supplier quality ,defining KPI’s, measuring project objectives, quality deliverables, effort and cost tracking.
- Drive VA/VE projects with the support of engineering/design for material cost reductions & work along with Supplier quality for capacity improvement and cost reduction.
- Perform cost & scenario analysis, drive negotiations to optimize the costing model, benchmarking of BOM cost , Analyze the gap between should cost & supplier cost. Develop cost evolution roadmap & negotiation strategy.
Assistant Manager-Project Management Purchasing
Robert Bosch GmbH)-
Bengaluru, Karnataka
11.2013 - 07.2020
- Sending Request for quotation/proposal to supplier based on (Quality, Cost & Delivery) competency of supplier & ensure professional supplier selection processes in sourcing & TCO.
- Negotiate specific terms with suppliers and create supplier contracts based on the Purchase Strategy and Policy agreed upon.
- Interface with Business Sourcing Leaders & report saving, Coordinates and drives Ratio Project Planning (RPP) worldwide on the purchasing side, participates in RPP teams (RPP = Ratio Project Planning).
- Costing of turned, sheet metal fabrication, casting & assembly components to achieve annual business plan savings commitments via outsourcing or localization
- Prepare supplier selection including RFQ process & lead technical supplier discussions (TSD), Quality gate (QG) & purchasing evaluation and reviews (PR)
- Responsible for new product introduction and prototype builds driven from project management schedules.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities, new suppliers, VE project and drive process improvement projects at suppliers.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology
Kanpur 06.2009 - 05.2013
High School Diploma -
HAL Vidyalaya
Kanpur 04.2007 - 05.2009
Skills
Commodity risk management
Accomplishments
• Certificate of appreciation from design director (USA) to develop global electric motor suppliers for Electric boosting turbochargers
• Certificate of appreciation from Program manager (USA) for on-time development of components at 65% of planned budget
• Certificate of appreciation from plant technical head for raw material location project & cost reduction by 2%
• Certificate of appreciation from purchase head on cost advantage project on supplier part with next 2-year negotiation at 4% on project volume of 20M INR.
• Implementation of platform project to SOP for Fuel injection pump for Bharat stage 4 application
Certification
Project management Professional PMP® Certified by PMI
Timeline
Global Commodity Buyer
Garrett Advancing motion
11.2022 - Current
Project management Professional PMP® Certified by PMI
07-2021
Senior Commodity Buyer(Strategic Sourcing)
Garrett Advancing motion
07.2020 - 11.2022
Green belt certification
04-2020
Assistant Manager-Project Management Purchasing
Robert Bosch GmbH)-
11.2013 - 07.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology
06.2009 - 05.2013
High School Diploma -
HAL Vidyalaya
04.2007 - 05.2009
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