Gajendran Vasanthakumar

Experience

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  Larsen & Toubro

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2011

  Procurement Executive - Sub Assemblies

  O As Executive Engineer – Supply Group responsible for Procurement of components for Tire Curing Presses Joined as GET – Graduate Engineer Trainee in 2008 Roles – As Design Engineer in New Product Development Dept & As Procurement Executive in Supply Group Dept Involved in the Costing and Project planning of “Tire Handling System” for Passenger Car and Truck – for M/s Apollo Tyres Procurement of Steel Castings, Non Ferrous Castings, Heavy Forged components and Bought-out components Show less

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  Ford Motor Company

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2018

  o Worked as Commodity Buyer in Production Purchasing – August 2011 to December 2016 Responsible for Sourcing of Chassis components for B, C and CD Cars in Asia Pacific Market Sourcing includes Strategy formulation, Supplier selection, Cost management, Quality, Supplier stability and Risk management Deliver year-over-year cost reduction through Negotiations, Multiyear cost reduction agreement formulation with suppliers Co-ordinate with Product Engineering & Supplier site technical assistance engineer to meet Engineering and Quality standards Show less

  • Indirect Purchasing - Buyer (Machinery & Tooling)

    Jan 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Commodity Buyer, Asia Pacific - Chassis

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2016
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  Daimler India Commercial Vehicles

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

  Senior Manager - Procurement
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  Stellantis

  Jul 2021 - now

  Senior Sourcing Manager