Pravin Katkar

Senior Purchasing and Supplier Development Engineer

Role
Senior Purchasing Engineer at BOBST
Location
Pune, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Pravin Katkar

8+ years of rich Experience in Global Strategic sourcing, supplier Quality- Development…

Experience

  1. Senior Purchasing Engineer

    BOBST

    Jun 2022 — Present · Pune, IN

    Prepare and execute the strategies through commodity categorization, spendmapping and market survey- Identify potential vendor with objective of optimising total cost, quality & delivery.Conduct the initial supplier assessment in terms of achieving business goals- Prepare & conclude RFQ to potential suppliers – SOS, Commercials & Technical- Lead the cross-functional forums for RFQ discussion & feedback- Coordinating and implementing with GCM, R&D, the Global strategies at the India plant- Rendering support to the industrial engineering and R&D local & Global team fornew product development- Collaborated directly with overseas suppliers and vendors, managing relationshipswith over 40 global partners, including manufacturers in China, India, andGermany, to ensure timely delivery and adherence to quality standards- Worked closely with international teams, including procurement, logistics, andproduct development teams to streamline sourcing and improve operationalefficiency- Conduct quarterly business reviews with key suppliers in Asia and Europe,identifying opportunities for cost savings, product quality improvements, and riskmitigation- Support to the global sourcing (GCL, GCM) team for the strategies implementation to IndiaPlant- Identify potential opportunities for cost reduction via VAVE, supplierrationalisation- Act as project leader for technology transfer projects & SPOC from strategicsourcing for the sourcing council- Prepare & present executive summary for project council- MDM support – Supplier master review & maintenance- Responsible for Price variance root cause analysis & corrective action plan- Periodic review with SCM – Operational challenges (Material availability, Logisticaletc.)- Compliance – NDA, COC, Frame agreement & contracts, Sustainability- Support for internal & external P2P audits.

Education

  • Yashwantrao Chavan vidyala vadjal

    SSC

    2010

  • Bharat mata junior college Mayni (satara)

    HSC

    2011 — 2013

  • Mohite-Patil Institute Of Technology- Akluj(Maharastra)

    Bachelor's degree, B.E mechanical

    2013 — 2017

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