Sanket Vagal

About Sanket Vagal

An organized, resourceful and experienced Industrial Engineering professional with 4 years of experience in procurement and supply chain with specialization in Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Inventory Optimization, Supply Chain Management & Lean Manufacturing.A diversely skilled Procurement Buyer responsible for managing & developing strategic suppliers, data analysis, benchmarking with problem-solving acumen. Professional work experience in Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Inventory Analysis, and Procurement. I can be reached at s••••••••@gmail.comSKILLS & TOOLSDemand Forecasting | Strategic Sourcing | PFEP | Peak Shaving | Analytics & Reports | VMI | ERP | Make-vs-Buy Analysis | Should Cost Analysis Supplier Management | Supply Chain Management | Project Management | Inventory Management | Supplier Development & Recovery | S & OP | Order Processing Quality & Continuous Improvement Lean Manufacturing | Process Improvement | Problem Solving | Kaizen | JIT | NPI | SPC | MSA | Six Sigma | GD & T | PPAP | APQP | FMEA | RCAComputer & Software ToolsMS Office | Advanced Excel (V-lookups, Pivot Tables, Macros)| Logistic Network | Arena Simulation SAP | Tableau | Minitab | AutoCAD | SolidWorks

Experience

1. Category Buyer - Global Procurement

   Caterpillar Inc.

   Mar 2020 — Present · Peoria, IL, US

   Managed & Developed strategic suppliers for Towing Winches (spend $16M, approximately 8 suppliers worldwide, and over 700 - part numbers) for CAT Track-type tractors & Pipe-layers.• Led & contributed to supplier negotiations along with engineering & product group to mitigate price increase impact of about $86K.• Led Internal sourcing meetings and tracked project status to increase process velocity by 80%.• Identified & executed NPI project for a cost savings of $16K increasing % recovered from 38% to 48%.• Generated cost savings of up to $11K by implementing a direct buy to supplier and getting rid of a third-party supplier. • Collaborated with design control and Process Control Engineers to ensure continuous improvement in Quality Cost Development Logistics & Management (QCDLM) with key supplier.• Performed Steel adjustments for 70+ suppliers & recorded millions of dollars in material cost increases & savings. • Assisted and worked with Supplier Development Engineer on RCCP & Capacity Planning project to get supplier SQEP certified. • Collaborated with the suppliers on product cost and coordinated product change management using ECR/ECN to meet production schedules & engineering specifications. • Led continuous improvements initiatives & reviewed quality documents like PPAP, non-conformance, deviations, RCCP and order samples to comply with CAT quality standards.

Education

• Don Bosco Institute of Technology (D.B.I.T)

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2014

• Wayne State University

  Master's degree, Industrial Engineering

  2016 — 2018

• M.M.J Shah Polytechnic

  Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Teamwork
• Lean Six Sigma
• Microsoft Office
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Research
• Minitab
• Autocad
• Management
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Lean Manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Production Supervisor
• Ansys
• Supply Chain Management
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma