Vignesh Mani

About Vignesh Mani

BE Mechanical Engineering with 7 years of Experience in Supply Chain Management

Experience

1. Procurement Specialist

   Flex

   Jun 2014 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Taking care of end to end activates starting from Category assessment of parts, Vendor selection, RFQ management, negotiation & contracting, bidding and auction, Procurement of Electronics & Electrical components for both NPI projects, Mass production & SMI/CRP projects Shipment clearance, INCOTERMS negotiation & Import documents verification Focus on ECN or ECO and material assessment Working on supplier forecast and waterfall report. Handling NPI RFQs, Sourcing the samples on high value parts for NPI built Conduct Auction to negotiate the contract terms between the supplier and the consumers. Conducts open bidding to get the needed components sourced. Sourcing Electronic Components and negotiating prices & payment terms for new projects to Orders. Taking ownership on to rectify the supply chain issues (Quality issues in materials, Supplier payment issues, Price increase, pull in & push outs of purchase orders as per production plan). Identifying & developing new Vendors for Cost saving & Supply stream line activities. Identification on new vendors for SMI/CRP program to have the continuous support on materials and making the DGS agreement. Coordinating with vendors to honor the DGS thereby ensuring regular supply of goods, responsible for on time delivery of the finished assembly to the customer. Responsible for creating SOP & SOW and maintaining the same. Maintaining optimal stock levels to ensure timely availability of products Managing excess and aging stock Conducts supplier rating for validating the supplier performance Involved in LT reduction activity Conducts quarterly Item Validation to validate the parts in the system Increasing the penetration on SMI/CRP suppliers for continuous business flow.

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Project Planning
• Microsoft Project
• Long-Term Customer Relationships
• Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Process Scheduler
• Projects
• Strategic Sourcing
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Fullfillment
• Engineering
• Customer Oriented
• Project Estimation
• Six Sigma
• Project Coordination
• Project Delivery
• Order Fulfillment
• Order Management
• Customer Retention
• Customer Service
• Process Control
• Managing Large Scale Projects
• Ms Project
• Procurement
• Turnkey Projects
• Product Management
• Customer Support
• Project Status Reporting
• Manufacturing
• Order Processing
• Project Support
• Work Orders
• Process Management
• Sales Order Processing
• Software Project Management
• Production Planning
• Commissioning
• Process Engineering