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1. VINAY K ACHARYA
No. 69, “Gangotri”, 1st Avenue, Teachers Colony, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560034
Mobile: +919880120031; +918025506157 (R); Email: vinayacharya@rediffmail.com; Date of Birth: 21st March’1968
SENIOR Sourcing & Supply Chain PROFESSIONAL
B. E. (Mechanical), MBA (Operations) / Capable of managing overall Procurement/SCM/Logistics operations
to build perpetual viability & growth
Objective: Seeking senior leadership role offering independent operational responsibilities with a progressive
Company in the domains of Sourcing / end to end Supply chain and Production operations.
PROFILE
• Results oriented Global Management Professional with comprehensive industrial experience of over 20 years primarily
in Global Sourcing, Direct & Indirect materials Procurement, Planning, Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Freight
Management, Commercial Operations, Distribution, Warehouse & Import / Export Activities and Budgeting & Controlling
and Plant Operations, Team Building and Man Management.
• Expertise and Achievements:-
1. Quarter on quarter Materials Cost Reductions for Commodity Purchasing by 6 % achieved in the last one year.
2. Logistics Cost reduction achieved from 3 % to 1.5 % by hard negotiations and streamlining SCM activities.
3. Introduction of 3PL activties for Internal warehousing activties for better productivity and operations.
4. Rationalization of Vendor base by 30 %.
5. Improvement in Account Payables for vendors with better credit terms.
6. Implementation of Lean Manufacturing systems such as Kanban, VSM and 5S.
7. More than 100 people leadership role.
8. Strategic sourcing and centralized sourcing of indirect materials resulting in cost reduction.
9. Implemented WMS Module in SAP and RFID systems for complete warehouse management.
10. Built strong SCM and Sourcing processes for an effective value chain management.
11. Implemented Vendor Managed Inventory for reduction of Inventory levels from 28 days to 15 days.
12. Implemented a special project on Localization for BOM cost reduction to increase product competitiveness.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Liteonmobile Telecommunications, Chennai, India Dec 2010 – Till date.
Part of Liteon Group Worldwide Taiwan, which acquired Perlos Telecommunications, Finland, specialized in offering solutions
for telecommunications companies worldwide. In India the company offers components to Telecom manufacturing suppliers
mainly Nokia for their Indian and overseas manufacturing locations. Products ranging from Plastics, Metals and Electronics.
In India the manufacturing footprint is located in Chennai, and HQ in China
Head – Materials Management – Chennai, India.
Member of the Management Team responsible for the complete Materials functions including Sales, Purchasing, Supply
Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, SAP and Internal Control. Responsible for both top line and bottom line results month on
month. Monitor the P&L, Material Margin, Production operations, Purchase price variance on daily basis.
Key role in ensuring in meeting customer demands by proper planning and execution of Materials sourcing and supply chain
including production operations.
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS INDIA PVT LTD, Bangalore, India May’2008 – Apr 2010
Offers instrument clusters for passenger cars, commercial vehicles & two-wheelers, immobilizers, engine management
systems for diesel & gasoline engines, electronic control units for power assisted steering and body control units.
In India the manufacturing footprint is located in Bangalore (HQ), Manesar and Pune.
DGM Supply Chain & Logistics - Indian Operations – Based in Bangalore HQ.
• Solely accountable for controlling Supply Chain & Logistics operations for the business volume of 650 crores (100 Mio
Euro) in 2009-2010 which includes Procurement, vendor development, & Supply chain and Logistics.
• Play key role in setting up the complete warehouse and Logistics operations and processes for their new plant in record
time of less than 6 months.
AUTOLIV INDIA PVT LTD, Bangalore Jul’2006 till May’2008
Manufacturers of Seat belts and Air bags for the passenger cars, HCV’s and LCV’s. Manufacturing based in more than 30
locations worldwide and head quartered in Sweden. In India the manufacturing footprint is located in Bangalore, Manesar
(Delhi) and Chennai which serves almost all automobile OE’s across India.

2. Head - Supply Chain
• Shouldered the onus of sourcing parts from India to other Autoliv plants such Autoliv Argentina, Indonesia, South
Africa, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand as a part of the Autoliv supplier development plans. VA/VE implementation.
• Attained significant exposure to internationally traded commodities, buying and development of vendors.
• Contributed for lying down of norms for cost effective & efficient manufacture & distribution by efficient purchase of
materials, material substitution to reduce costs, handling insurance claims & Import licensing activities.
• Budgeting, Sales Distribution, Receivables & Payables, Transportation planning, vendor development & purchasing.
• Procurement strategies, source & correct product finding, finalization of RFP’s, bid evaluation, purchase order award &
administration for all capital equipments, job contracts, warehouse equipments, and consumables & spares.
MOTOR INDUSTRIES CO LTD. (MICO – BOSCH) now Bosch India, Bangalore Jul’1996 till Jul’2006
Is the flagship of the Bosch Group subsidiaries in India. Founded in 1951, the company is India’s largest auto component
manufacturer and also one of the largest Indo – German company in India.
Deputy Manager - (SPM/Tools - Procurement & Planning)
• Handled procurement and warehousing for SPM components
• MRO buying including office supplies, HR and Transport services, IT software and hardware for the SPM division.
• Implementation of SAP MM Module, finalization of forms / formats for the MM module.
• Handling Insurance related claims and Licencing and EXIM formalities.
Tata Motors – Pune 1995 till 1996
Is India's largest automobile company, and the company is the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer, and the world's
second largest bus manufacturer.
Engineer - Vendor Development – Engineering Research Centre.
• Held responsible for vendor development & procurement of auto components for proto vehicles.
GREAVES LTD., Power Transmission Unit – Pune 1991 till 1995
Design and manufacturers of Power Transmission units, with helical and bevel gears.
Engineer – Procurement
• Effectively planned & procurement of bearings, castings, forgings, rubber items and maintenance spares.
• MRO buying machinery and capital, office supplies, services and hardware and software.
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS :
MASTERS PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Specialized in Operations Management) - 1996
Institute of Management Education – Pune University
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) - 1990
Vijayanagar College of Engineering, Gulbarga University
Technical Skills: Implementation of SAP MM Module, WMS Module.
Knowledge of MS office, MS Projects and HTML Programming for Intranet Pages
Published article on Importance of Logistics services industry in India in Automotive Logistics Magazine, UK.
Key Strengths:
• Always a Self-starter with experience in people management and stakeholder management, and in collaborating
across cross-functional, culturally & geographically disparate teams.
• Excellent skills in consensus building, and price negotiation coupled with proven expertise in coordinating with
vendors, identifying and developing various sources of raw materials and other components to ensure uninterrupted
supply of materials.
• Proven acumen in developing effective Procurement & Planning Strategies, Supply Chain & Logistics Strategies
& Policies and SOPs to achieve optimum cost of goods and services and overall commercial functions within the
required time, budget and quality standards.

3. • Consistent performer with strong track record in generating substantial cost economies in Purchase, Sourcing,
stores/logistics operations and Production Operations. Building strong teams to tackle big challenges.
• Establish & maintain strong working partnerships with key suppliers. Determine appropriate end-to-end
processes and tools needed to achieve development, delivery, reliability & availability goals.
Contact : Mobile: +919880120031; Res:+918025506157, Email: vinayacharya@rediffmail.com
References: Available on Request