Avinash Mohan

About Avinash Mohan

As an Associate Procurement Professional at Caterpillar, one of the world’s leading…

Experience

1. Associate Procurement Professional

   Caterpillar Inc.

   May 2025 — Present

   1.Overall role• Identified and targeted critical procurement issues, saving over Analyse Quotations based on the prices and lead time received from the various vendors.• Track all Purchasing activity from the vendors to ensure timely delivery and submit a monthly performance report.• Determine cost effectiveness and price history and maintain Price Change Management records within Category.• Carry out the preparation of purchase orders and purchase requisitions using SAP, for goods and services and stay updated with all suppliers for getting the materials.• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to finalize Supplier’s Quote and prepare purchase order once the price is finalized.• Monitored open purchase orders using SAP for on-time delivery of sample part and mitigate potential problems with logistics until payment for timely resolution.2.Supplier Performance Management:• Generated Microsoft Power Bi reports, using PPM and SSP data and create visual analysis in Power Bi for senior management review.• Assist Internal Audit team in reporting Process and Product Audit scores, and Finance department in providing Material Cost Movement (MCM) values and supplier\'s CoPQ value.3.Purchase – engineering change Co-ordination:•Automated mail from Microsoft SharePoint is created to communicate the ECN data to the category team.•Attend Change Number launch meetings with cross functional team and communicate to the purchase team.•Enhanced the purchase of correct quantity and high-quality goods/materials for new product implemented part earlier than expected date.•Reduced report development time by working with cross-functional teams to identify data sources and streamline data collection.