Balachander K

Experience

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  TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited

  Jun 1997 - Jul 2008

  Manager (Materials)

  2006 - 2008 Manager (Six Sigma)Head of Six Sigma Department responsible for Organisation wide deployment of Six Sigma Projects. • Responsible for the launch of Six Sigma Projects, train the internal stakeholders on DMAIC, build capability among them and hand hold them throughout for successful implementation of DMAIC.• Responsible to strategise the Procurement System of TAFE including Inbound Logistics.Related Achievements• Generated 2 Crores INR of savings to the organisation by successfully conceptualising and implementing 30 Six Sigma • Developed 50 Green Belts and 2 Black Belts in 2 years; Covered 50% of the employees in Projects deployment2002 – 2004 Assistant Manager (Materials) Commodity Manager with 2 direct reportees reporting to General Manager (Materials) responsible for component development, price settlement, purchase support and quality and sytem improvement of the Vendors. 1999 – 2002 Senior Engineer (Materials) • Reduced the Vendor base from 600 to 200 Vendors in 3 years as a critical member of the Vendor Consolidation Project.• Achieved Material Cost Reduction of Rs.5000/ tractor in 3 years as a critical member of the Material Cost Reduction Project.• Improved scheduling accuracy by 50% as a controller of MRP by improving the Master Data in SAP system.1997 – 1999 Engineer (Production Engineering)• Prepare, identify improvements and update the Product/Process layout for all the Factory Finished Components.• Prepare and manage changes in the Factory Bills of Material (F-BOM) for all the Tractor models.• Creation & controlling the Material Master in SAP.• Key member of the Engineering Change Management group for implementation of the ECMs.• Responsible for all the harmonise activities between R & D and Manufacturing. Show less

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  Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

  Materials Manager

  Department Manager reporting to Head Materials with 19 reportees covering Planning, Purchase and Warehouse.• Site Inventory champion responsible to manage 50Mn USD of Raw Material, Work in Progress and Finished Goods Inventory.• Planning Manager responsible to liasion with Customer, Plan and Schedule for Production to achieve desired delivery level.• Warehouse incharge responsible to manage the Factory Warehouse.• Six Sigma Black Belt responsible to identify, deploy, train and mentor projects towards improvement in the supply chain.Related Achievements• Reduced Inventory from 50Mn USD to 20Mn USD in 2 quarters resulting in Inventory Turns improvement from 1 to 8 turns; Consistent reduction of >30% quarter on quarter.• Guided a Cross Functional Six Sigma team to come up with ways to achieve 3 years saving worth 19mn$: recorded as a case study for “Teaming for Motorola Excellence”• Identified and deployed 20 Supply Chain Projects that resulted in 3Mn USD savings and 100 hrs reduction in End to End Cycle time. Show less

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  Rane Group

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2011

  Dy.General Manager (Materials)

  Functional Head of Corporate Materials for Rane Brake Lining with 13 reportees covering Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, SQA, Plant Purchase & Stores • Functional head responsible to manage Material Cost of Rs.1330 Mn.• Responsible to manage Procurement of all materials covering Imported, Domestic Raw Materials and Indirect Materials. Total supplier base of 90 suppliers.• Responsible to manage the supply strategy for challenging Back Plate commodity.• Responsible to manage Operational as well as systemic quality improvements of all suppliers. Show less

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  Ashok Leyland

  Apr 2011 - Jun 2014

  Divisional Manager (Strategic Sourcing)

  Cluster Head responsible to manage Pricing, Development, Capacity, Quality & strategic needs of Chassis Proprietory Parts like Tyres, Clutches, Propeller shaft, Radiator, Wheels, Air Intake system, Springs, Vehicle dampers, Steering kit, Steering column, Steering linkages, Air Suspension systems, Lift Axle, Coil Springs and Tool kit.

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  RB Alloy Pvt Ltd

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2016

  General Manager

  > Local Leadership role taking care of the Business Expansion & Liaising with their OEM and other Major Customers for > RB Alloy Pvt Ltd, Ludhiana > Rohit Engineers, Kolhapur > Megamiles Bearing Cups Pvt Ltd, Hosur > Creatrix Business Solutions, Coimbatore> Corporate Trainer on various subjects of Problem Solving Tools & Techniques and SIX SIGMA

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  NTC Logistics India [P] Limited

  Nov 2016 - now

  Senior General Manager Commercial

  Functional Head responsible for the entire Sourcing, Purchase, Stores & Operations Vendor deployment function of the company covering PAN India Operations> To Head the complete Spares, Capital & Admin Purchase of the entire Organisation for all Service centers PAN India> To handle all commercials both Capex as well as Opex requirement of the Organisation> To handle vendor deployment of the Operations for Market vehicles, cranes, manpower required.> To Head the Internal Logistics & Stores function of all Service Centers of the Organisation.> To Head the Planning function of the Organisation consisting of Strategic & Operational Planning of the entire assets of the company comprising of Trucks, Mechanical Trailers, Hydraulic Axles, Cranes, Fork Lifts, Girder Bridge & Blade Adapters.> To assess and evaluate strategic sources for the company covering Fleet management software, Asset Planning software, Freight forwarding software and Warehouse Management system. Show less