Prashant Shiradkar
Manager at Mercedes-Benz India
- Role
- Manager Global Procurement & Supply Chain at Mercedes-Benz India
- Location
- Pune, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Prashant Shiradkar
Executive leader with 20+ years of diverse industry experience in successfully leading Global Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Quality & Supply Chain development in Automotive (OEM) General Motors (Supplier Quality & Global Sourcing), Maruti Suzuki (Supplier Quality-Warranty) & Mercedes-Benz India (Global Sourcing & supply chain) Professional strengths • Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain: Driving commercial excellence, value chain development & quality improvements across supply base and contract management. • Organizational & Interpersonal skills: Drive outcomes through effective collaboration with internal & external stakeholders in a global organization as per evolving priorities. • Program Management: Strong partnership within organization with interfacing teams to support new product launches, make Vs buy decision and localization. • Technical Expertise & Process Mindset: Experiences of leading first time in country product global sourcing. Enable strategic partnerships with global organizations.
Experience
Manager Global Procurement & Supply Chain
Apr 2008 — Present · Pune, IN
Manager, Global Sourcing & supply chainDeveloping new supplier capabilities for local and global buy from India for interior & exterior commodity in collaboration with Global Quality & RD teams. Outsourcing & streamlining of warehousing & line supply activities thereby achieving saving targets. Significant Achievements – Supply chain• Successfully leading the team through Covid pandemic crisis and disruptions in global supply chain with focus on people safety and wellbeing first while meeting over 95% actualization of production plan and new launches • Strategic planning of supply chain activities for multiple Engine & axle start-ups, relocation to greenfield facility, higher efficiency and supply compliance using digital tools. • Developing capabilities of Logistics service provider & making it ready to handle complex line supply requirement• Supply chain disruptions – out of box ideas for maximizing storage & efficient execution of complex line supply activities.Global sourcing• Developed regional suppliers for component exports to MBAG global sites & local use for Interior & exterior components. • First time for a carline localization of products from start of life cycle to leverage lifetime volume & maximum savings.• Localization of paint shop consumables for flawless SOP of paint shop startup • Startup of emerging market office, Quality & RD locally to make faster decision • Remote office setup for procurement activities
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master of Engineering
1999 — 2001
Amravati University
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical
1995 — 1999
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