Sri Chintalapati
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Experienced Purchasing professional with over 7 years of supply chain experience in manufacturing, IT and retail industries. Excellent reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements. Consistently saved costs while increasing profits.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Procurement Specialist
Aboutspace
Melbourne, Victoria
08.2019 - Current
- Involved in planning, purchasing and inventory management of over 1500 SKU's related to 100 local and overseas suppliers.
- Periodically forecast stock requirements, prepare purchase orders and arrange payments to suppliers.
- Reviewed inventory to eliminate unnecessary expenses and maintain optimal stock levels.
- Achieved cost saving of $85,000 by purchasing items from alternate suppliers.
- Implemented process improvements that reduced average purchasing cycle time by 30 %.
- Developed a supplier rating system and improved 12 underperforming suppliers.
Supply Chain Intern
Rogerseller
Melbourne, Victoria
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Involved in planning, purchasing and logistics activities related to 30 local and overseas suppliers.
- Timely updated demand forecast figures in Microsoft Dynamics based on sales history.
- Created and processed purchase orders, transfers, and production orders.
- Monitored international shipments, tracked estimated time of arrival, and communicated to the sales team.
- Generated back order reports and leasing with vendors for order due dates.
- Created new vendor survey reports & trade agreement formats for 10 existing suppliers.
Supply Chain Assistant
This Solution
Melbourne, Victoria
07.2017 - 12.2018
- Involved in purchasing and inventory management of 200 spare items related to 25 suppliers.
- Timely placed orders to suppliers and arranged payments.
- Identified, analyzed, and corrected stock discrepancies to achieve accurate stock levels.
- Created a inventory monitoring dashboard which improved stock visibility and 0 stockouts.
- Achieved on-time delivery of 98 % by maintaining optimal amount of stock all the time.
Purchasing Manager
Mahindra & Mahindra ltd
Hyderabad, Telangana
06.2013 - 06.2017
- Involved in planning, purchasing and inventory management activites of 2000 items related to 150 suppliers.
- Planning of raw material purchase based on market demand.
- Reviewing purchase orders created by team of buyers handling different product commodities.
- Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
- Developed and initiated incentive and recognition programs for suppliers.
- Achieved cost saving of $550,000 by sourcing material from alternate suppliers.
- Achieved 95 % accuracy in SAP v/s physical stock through various initiatives.
Education
Master of Business - Supply Chain And Logistics Management
RMIT University
Melbourne07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
SRM University
India05.2013
Skills
- Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Retail express
- Purchase order creation
- Effective communication
- Price dispute resolution
- Supply chain planning
- Supplier relationships
- Price negotiation
- Purchasing
- Team management
- Problem resolution
- Inventory management
Certification
- SAP Business One (SAP)
- SAP MM (Attribute IT solutions)
- ISO 9001, ISO 18001, ISO 14001- Internal Auditor (TUV Nord)
- Master in Microsoft Excel ( LinkedIn Learning)
- Advanced Inventory Planning and Stock Control ( Retail express)
Volunteering
Currently volunteering as an Industry mentor in Supply Chain and Logistics Institute of Australia ( SCLAA) and RMIT University.
References
Available on request
Timeline
Procurement Specialist
Aboutspace
08.2019 - Current
Supply Chain Intern
Rogerseller
01.2019 - 07.2019
Supply Chain Assistant
This Solution
07.2017 - 12.2018
Purchasing Manager
Mahindra & Mahindra ltd
06.2013 - 06.2017
Master of Business - Supply Chain And Logistics Management
RMIT University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
SRM University
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