SABEER AHAMED
Coimbatore
Summary
Goal-oriented Strategic Sourcing & Procurement leader offering 15+ years of hands-on wider experience in leading & driving sourcing efforts for material and procurement operation management. Focuses on cost savings, supplier development to support pre-procurement strategy, product development, program management & supply agreement negotiation. Collaborates with internal business units and supply chain stakeholders to achieve business goals. Expertise in supply chain operation management in EMS industry. Leading global customers managed (HP, Cisco, VeriFone, Nokia, Alcatel, Adva etc.)
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Manager (Global Sourcing & Procurement)
Flex India Limited
07.2011 - Current
- As an operation lead, managing & driving global sourcing & procurement operations to overseas site customers (Europe & American sites)
- Leading team individually with 22 professional leaders & buyers to support global supply chain & sourcing operation for global sites.
- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
- Estimate and analyze market dynamics and making sound business judgement in business establishments with suppliers.
- Negotiate contracts, terms, and conditions with suppliers to secure favorable pricing, payment terms, and service level agreements.
- Regularly Conducting market research to identify emerging trends, new suppliers, and cost-saving opportunities.
- Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals.
- Prepare & drive structured commodity wise plan to Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency.
- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes.
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
- Drive purchasing decisions based on scenario analysis, market trends, and cost and negotiate contracts with key suppliers.
- create cost estimates and forecasts for the procurement and negotiate reasonable and cost-effective contracts.
- Mitigate risk and promote compliance by establishing and maintain, valued relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Work with business partners to identify and drive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) process improvements to reduce costs.
- Establish the rules and methods to assess existing supplier performance, and the selection methods/criteria for new partners.
- Effective material sourcing for both NPI/Prototype and regular production materials
- Managing RFX & 'Procure to Pay' Process in supply chain and controlling bidding and ordering process to vendors.
- Identification of best supplier and design effective supply chain process for both local & global source
- Establish sourcing/supply chain strategies and discover profitable suppliers to optimize product values.
- Responsible to drive VMI and JIT supply plan and manage contracts Collaborate with stake holder to drive prototype/NPI projects & sourcing establishments.
- Strategic negotiations with suppliers and managing agreements Developing project supply plan, preparing project budgets & contracts Developing metrics and use data to drive continuous improvement into achieve working capital target.
- Collaborate with logistics team to manage freight and customs clearance process.
- Evaluate vendor and freight forwarders performance and establish strategies for improvements.
- Preparing spend analysis and establish opportunities to streamline procurement process.
- Prepare & maintain all QMS documents pertaining to service provided to customers.
- Establish procurement systems to ensure timely availability of materials within the defined parameters of cost, quality & time.
Procurement & Sourcing Officer
Nabeel Perfumes Limited
07.2010 - 07.2011
- Responsible for complete sourcing for both production and prototype materials (Perfume Products).
- Developing new products proposal, design and executing prototype process.
- Executing MRP's, Processing PO's and follow ups with suppliers to ensure timely material receipt.
- Planning and executing materials supply operations and materials forecast managements.
- Establish sourcing for all new products and developing vendors.
- Negotiation with suppliers on Price, delivery schedule, quality, product development, and other terms and conditions pertaining to supply etc.
Supply Chain Analyst
Visteon India Limited
12.2008 - 06.2010
- Buyer for automobile interior production materials (Customer: FORD India)
- Responsible for both production and non-Production sourcing and procurement
- Purchase order execution and vendor management Contract Management IT, Services and Machinery commodities
- Negotiation with suppliers for price, contracts etc.
- Responsible for timely material delivery at the most economical cost, with quality standards.
Education
MBA - Finance & Supply Chain
Madras University
Chennai, India04.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Finance & Business Management
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchi, India03.2007
Skills
- Effective strategic sourcing & Operation management
- Global Procurement & Program Management
- Strong project management and leadership skills
- Commodity & Vendor Engagement
- Operations and production Management
Certification
- Lean Green belt certified (LGB) - by Flex India Ltd
- Lean Yellow belt certified (LYB) - by Flex India Ltd
- Lean Champion Certified - By Flex India Ltd
- Typewriting Govt Certified - Higher Grade
- SAP (Material Management) end user Certified
- People Manager transformation certified - Issued by Flex India Ltd
- Flex Gateway best Leader Certified
- Undergoing Training for PMP (Project Management Professional)
Accomplishments
- Awarded ‘Leader of the Year 2023' from Flex for achieved target revenue in Cisco & Adva projects.
- Process champion 2022 - Award for sourcing team performance & results
- Going that extra mile award for effective procurement operation and team results FY-23
- Awarded in Flex ‘Titanium Award' for best leadership and results Deserved Start Team Award for achieving 5 million units' production (VeriFone Project) in 2021
- Awarded leader of the quarter for 3 quarters consistently (Q2,Q3 &Q4 – FY24)
Key Kaizen Projects
- End to end process optimization projects (Role: Project leader)
- MRP automation project. PR’s & order signals automatic execution from Baan (role: Project leader)
- FSP Implementation, online web portal for external suppliers to access and get PO copies from portal directly. (Role: Co-leader)
- Open orders validation via EDI & electronic system- (Role: Project leader)
- Online KPI live dashboard implementation – (Role: co-leader)
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
Malayalam
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Deputy Manager (Global Sourcing & Procurement)
Flex India Limited
07.2011 - Current
Procurement & Sourcing Officer
Nabeel Perfumes Limited
07.2010 - 07.2011
Supply Chain Analyst
Visteon India Limited
12.2008 - 06.2010
MBA - Finance & Supply Chain
Madras University
Bachelor of Arts - Finance & Business Management
Bharathidasan University
- Lean Green belt certified (LGB) - by Flex India Ltd
- Lean Yellow belt certified (LYB) - by Flex India Ltd
- Lean Champion Certified - By Flex India Ltd
- Typewriting Govt Certified - Higher Grade
- SAP (Material Management) end user Certified
- People Manager transformation certified - Issued by Flex India Ltd
- Flex Gateway best Leader Certified
- Undergoing Training for PMP (Project Management Professional)
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