Prasad Kulkarni

About Prasad Kulkarni

Core Competencies -Vendor Development Developing long-term partnerships with local & foreign suppliers; managing day-to-day supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms. Consistently evaluating vendor performance and visiting vendors to ensure adherence to predefined specifications and supply of quality material / execution of job works. Appointing alternate / new vendors as part of import substitution and cost reduction efforts.Commercial Operations (Import & Export) Managing the import & export operations and maintaining various documents for the same. Establishing Letters of Credit (L/C), Advance Remittances & Vetting of necessary Commercial documents. Coordinating for customs clearance external agencies for various clearances / approvals. Handling import activities such as- assigning of freight forwarders with proper negotiations & interacting with clearing agents.Sub-Contracting Preparing cost estimates, cost analysis and commercial strategies for contracts to be awarded. Leading price /commercial negotiations along with risk analysis and making provision for mitigation. Contract administration including scheduling of drawings, specification, listing of bought-out items, break-up of price schedule for the contract, monitoring of drawings, checking integrity of the drawing to meet the contractual commitments. Managing verification of contractors profile to confirm suitability, performing rate analysis for various items as well as carrying out validation /checking/modification/value addition of estimate for job.

Experience

1. Supplier Realtionship Manager

   Accenture

   Jul 2021 — Present · IN

Education

• P.R.E.C., Loni

  BE, Electronics

  1992 — 1996

• IBMA PIRENS

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2000 — 2002