Ashvin Thakre

About Ashvin Thakre

Procurement / Sourcing profesional with rich experience of Complete end to end vendor management for Consumer Durable - Consumer Appliances & Pumps ~ Air Cooler, Water Heater, Room Heater, Kitchen Appliances, Home Appliances, Electrical Motor driven Pumps business. 1) End to end supply chain / Sourcing management of vendors 2) Vendor management 3) Vendor evaluation and selection 4) Costing & cost management 5) New vendor development 6) New product development 7) Cost cutting activities like - RFQ, auction, alternate vendor development, spend consolidation, tier 1 & tier 2 supplier negotiations. 8) Localisation of imported product 9) Vendor strategies & share of business 10) Best cost sourcing 11) Should be Costing 12) Supply planning and capacity development 13) Import purchase 14) Various procurement related analysis & detailing 15) Supplier relationship management & liaisoning 16) Vendor payment 17) Management of total cost of ownership 18) Margin improvement drives 19) Commodity management & best cost supplier identification for below comodity- Enameled copper, Electrical stamping, Cast Iron components, Aluminium die casted & extrusion component, Plastic parts, SS sheet metal, SS rods, SS castings. Bought out components like - Capacitor, Bearing, sealing material etc 20) Supplier market study and analysis 21) Supplier capability building 22) Cost benchmarking & cost analysis

Experience

1. Head of Supply Chain Management

   Raychem Rpg P Ltd

   Oct 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

   Started working as Head SCM for transformer and EV business Chakan Pune.

Education

• Government College of Engineering Aurangabad

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Distinction (8+CGPA)

  2011 — 2014

• Government Polytechnic Sakoli

  Diploma In Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 88.32%

  2008 — 2011

• Symbiosis institute of Management Studies

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Supply Chain Management, A

  2015 — 2016