Rohit Kohli

About Rohit Kohli

More than 27 years of experience In Tyre Industry in variety of functions like Product Development, Engineering, Raw Material Sourcing, project handling, Engineering (building and curing equipment modifications).Presently handling global buying of Reclaim Rubber for Rubber Group of Continental. Have been involved with many cross functional team projects including sales, marketing, production, R&D, Quality, engineering for cost savings and product quality improvement. Successfully implemented many cost improvement initiatives at various levels in various organisations.Capable of working closely with people from various regional geographies and educational backgrounds.

Experience

1. Senior Purchasing Manager,raw Material - Rubber Group, Corporate Purchasing - Region India

   Continental

   Jun 2008 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Global Purchasing Manager (Lead Buyer) for the commodity group Reclaim Rubber for all global locations ( Tyres and Contitech) worldwide.• Certified Internal Auditor authorised to do Site Assessments of Supplier production sites within Continental. •. Raw Material Sourcing Activities from India for Rubber Group (Tyres & Contitech).• Handling RFQs (if not done by Lead Buyer globally), spot/short-term purchase agreement negotiations with suppliers, long-term contract negotiations with suppliers (coordinated with Lead Buyer), implementation of negotiation results with the plants and cost saving calculations/actions.• Sourcing/scanning of suppliers, gathering of market information, contribution to strategy building, supply chain optimization, code price planning for regional products, requirements/budget recheck with plants.• Managing of approvals (product/supplier) with concerned parties, Doing Supplier Site assessment and follow-up to assessments, supplier/production site visits.• Responsible to deal with packaging related issues with suppliers, to deal with accounting related issues with suppliers, to maintain SAP contracts for regionally negotiated agreements, to update information about supplier certificates, to support handling of claims, to maintain internal customer relationships, to manage regional RFQs and to support global RFQs,to deal with force majeure/„fire fighting“ issues

Education

• Air Force Bal Bharti School , Lodhi Road

  High School, Science

  1981 — 1993

• Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College

  Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

  1993 — 1997

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Manufacturing
• 5s
• Management
• Negotiation
• Project Management
• Teamwork
• Team Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Raw Material Purchasing
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Vendor Audit
• Sourcing
• Product Development
• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Strategic Sourcing
• Global Sourcing
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement