Sandeep Karunakaran

CSC at NOKIA

Role
Customer Supply Coordinator at Nokia
Location
Chennai, TN, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
Supply Chain & LogisticsView LinkedIn profile

About Sandeep Karunakaran

8 years of Experience in Strategic of Procurement, Sourcing, Planning and Logistics & gained experience from Fortune 500 companies and largest manufacturers of Electronic Industry & ITES.3.3years of experience in Direct Procurement in flex and currently 4.9 years of experience in Indirect Procurement in Accenture.Expertise in carrying out Purchase, Procurement, Vendor Development, Inventory Management and Quality Control across the supply chainExcellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate and collaborate effectively with co-workers at all levels, Proven management skills of Team Building and developing pilot projects to success as well as sustaining its growthSubject matter expertise in an BAAN ERP system & Pulse tool which is using in Flextronics in order to satisfy the customer requirement.Strong leadership experience in building and effectively operating Global Procurement Teams across Asia and business integration.Track record of establishing and maintaining executive level relationships internally and within vendor organization. Broad Experience in Managing RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, E-Sourcing & Price Negotiations with suppliers, Contract negotiations, Supplier analysis & price trends of raw materials, Absolute best cost (ABC) analysis, Forecast of supply-demand-price for commodities/products/services, Team Building/People Development & Outsourcing Services.Responsibility involves Process Productivity, Transaction Analysis and Process documentations.

Experience

  1. Customer Supply Coordinator

    Nokia

    Jan 2022 — Present · Chennai, IN

    Accountable for 1. Receive and validate customer PO2.Logistic service execution from handover to LC up to cash collection support3. Single POC for all Delivery Operations and ALM escalation 4. Contributes to all logistics tasks in daily business 5. Contributes towards the enhancement of overall quality of processes and guidelines 6. Takes over from ALM and ensure master data availability and customer case materialised and planned for ordering7. Collaborates with CFO/F&C to collect cash process when required 8. Pre invoicing BOQ and SAP alignment with GS and F&C 9. Ensure trade management compliance for delivery 10. Customer interface for invoices and delivery reconciliation 11. Identify correct source of supply and make sure it is used while ordering 12. Coordinates logistics daily task in order to monitor and control logistics key performance indicators (KPI)13. Key user tasks when nominated14. Support in demand planning management and pre sales activities, when nominated.

Education

  • St.John's matriculation Higher Secondary School

    Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Computer Science

  • BCA Alpha Arts and Science College

    Bachelor of computer science, Computer Science

Skills

  • Manufacturing
  • Product Development
  • Analysis
  • Purchasing
  • Process Improvement
  • Procurement
  • Buyer Activities
  • Sourcing
  • Inventory Management
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Supply Chain Management

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