Vishal Patil

About Vishal Patil

Vishal is a result-driven Purchasing professional, with over 23 years of rich & insightful industry experience spanning prestigious organizations in Automotive space. Hands on experience across core functions spanning Vendor Management, Strategic Sourcing and Corporate Capital Purchase & Project Engineering and Capital Budgeting. Expertise in handling class ‘A’ automobile vendors from Proprietary to Made-To- Drawing suppliers, with a global spectrum. Track record of being recognized for exemplary work global OEMs, having handled various commodities from Raw Materials to highly engineered, complex components, direct materials to capital purchase, high volume to low volume business in different segments of Automobile industry (Tractors, Utility Vehicles, SUVs, Construction Equipment/Off Highway, Trucks & Buses).Vishal is an action oriented and results driven executive with over 23 years of diverse experience in the automotive industry, managing global suppliers across Europe, USA, China & India. He has taken challenging assignments to deliver results in Purchasing; Vendor Development, Global Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, Program Management, Supplier Development, Supply Chain Management, Value Engineering and Cost Management. Vishal has worked in MNCs with global experience which has helped him to appreciate the working with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.Vishal\'s Experience & Expertise- Commodity Management: Strategic Sourcing / Global Sourcing / Negotiations / VAVE / Capital Budgeting / Capital Purchase / Asset Management- Operations Management: Supply Chain Management / Spend Management & Analysis / Benchmarking / Information Technology Systems- Project Management: New Product Development & Launch / Change Management- Risk Management: Bottleneck management- Supplier Relationship: Supplier Development / Supplier Relationship Management- Collaboration: Internal Teams from Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Quality,

Experience

1. Purchasing Manager (Automotive Transmissions, Powertrain Division)

   Mahindra Group

   Jun 2017 — Present · Pune, IN

   Managing a Development team for Component development of Transmission for XUV3OO, KUV1OO, 2021 XUV5OO Refresh Program, Marazzo, Heavy & Intermediate Commercial Transmission, Ssangyong-Korea Transmission(C300, X155, X133), 2021 Scorpio Refresh Program, Alfa 3 Wheeler BS6 transmission, Jeeto, Supro, Bolero & Scorpio Transmissions (5MT & 6MT), BS6 NGT520 Transmission, Thar.

Education

• Indian Institute of Materials Management, Mumbai

  PGDMM, Materials Management

  2000 — 2003

• Nagpur University

  B.E., Production Engineering

  1994 — 1998