Anish Ahuja

Managing Categories: Castings (Cast housings for Railways, Metro, Industrial and Automotive), Forgings and Traded products for Schaeffler India Ltd. with annual spend over INR 250 crores.

• Category strategy development & implementation considering the targets of the Global Category Management, AP regional Category Management, Product line Purchasing and supplier Development Management resulting in a PCR improvement by 8%.
• Cost Savings through negotiations with existing suppliers and also through alternate sourcing INR 2 crores / annum.
• Negotiate contracts with the suppliers in co-ordination with the Global) Category Manager; NDA, QAA, MA, general purchasing terms and others according to SCHAEFFLER Purchasing Guidelines and Procedures.
• New product development & localization of new product range for India and Global plants resulted in profitability improvement by 23%.
• Constantly improve the material supply chain in co-ordination with Product Line Purchasing & Plant Purchasing.
• Building up strategic supplier base to reasonably cover local, regional and global demands of Schaeffler.

Managed the procurement process centrally for both the plants in India. Worked closely with the team and implemented Global Sourcing in the organization.
Managed, developed and mentored members of the purchase team.

• Led the Purchase SET Service Effectiveness Team) and drove Focus Improvement Projects FIP & Variability Reduction Process VRP for Internal
  customer satisfaction.
• Finalized Annual Rate Contracts / Annual maintenance Contracts and achieved
  cost savings by 5%.
• Monitored the Department KPI and developing plans for achieving targets.
• Developed & Monitored Competency Matrix of the team and scheduling trainings.
• Led SAP Developments with the IT team.

Managed all Import purchases of the Group independently including Sourcing, Negotiation, Procurement, Commercial and Logistics.

• Cost Reduction by development of alternate sources both import & local and also through technical improvements.
• Equipment procurement for the Plant with detailed technical aspects finalized with the Engineering Department.

Managed sheet metal components for the chassis. Active member of CFTs & SGAs Small Group Activities). Achieved cost savings of INR 2 crores /annum through CFT.

• Purchase Planning of Parts required for production.
  Materials Management: Adhering to stringent inventory levels for high transfer and fickle production line.
• Parts Development from local sources.
• Reduced non-moving Inventory by 30 %.
• Recognized for Value Engineering & Cost Savings Suggestions.

Managed Production Planning & Control at plant level.

• Prepared monthly, weekly, and daily production plan.
• Monitored and controlled daily production as per plan.
  Calculated and monitored OEE Overall Equipment Efficiency).Calculating and monitoring Operator Efficiency.

• Prepared monthly, weekly, and daily production plan.
• Monitored and controlled daily production as per plan.
  Co-ordination with Production and Quality departments.
• Development of new samples.