Digambar Gawas

Experience

1. Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing

   Mahindra Group

   Jun 2011 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Profile Summary: 1. Effectively managing complex Sourcing activities by tuning strategies in accordance with the changing business needs for Domestic Sectors | Group Companies | & Joint Ventures of M&M. Developing overarching sourcing strategy fostering transformation of sourcing function into a value creation group by working in conjunction with internal & external stake holders 3. Spearheading material cost & Budget Management through persistent scanning of commodity market thereby maximizing the profit & enable legitimate outlook to the business 4. Architect in creating full proof negotiation strategy with holistic approach & manage vendor on board process to bring collaborative long-term pricing model & achieve cost leadership 5. Proficient in supplier base management/consolidation through “Supplier Risk Management” & Supplier Business Capability Building” tools to mitigate the various business risk & have seamless operating environment 6. Proven track record of excelling in introducing new organizational change by leveraging existing technology and knowledge base with internal resources to facilitate business excellence 7. An effective leader with excellent communication, negotiation and relationship building skillsKey Result Areas: 1. Managing material cost & budgeting related activities for spend of Rs 1400 crs. Demonstrated excellence in driving year on year cost reduction by exercising various levers viz 3. spend analytics, consortium buying, value chain optimization, negotiation with Tier 1 suppliers, Internal & external bench marking, import localization, alternate sourcing, share of business, packaging improvement, standardization, alternate material, advance technology, to achieve & maintain the cost leadership. Team leader for special initiative group viz Spares Sourcing strategy, Differentiated Sourcing Strategy for commodities & compliance

Skills

• Strategic Sourcing
• Product Development
• Materials Management
• Inventory Management
• Apqp
• Automotive
• Operations Management
• Mrp
• Playing Cricket
• Global Sourcing
• Supply Chain Management
• Value Stream Mapping
• Toyota Production System
• Supplier Quality
• Lean Manufacturing