Ramkumar Ramakrishnan

Responsible for the purchase volume of 85 million € spread across 1000+ vendors focused on backend Mechanical and Electrical line assemblies & parts, spanning 48 Automotive locations across the globe

• Supplier Champion for industrial powerhouses like FESTO, BOSCH, MITSUBISHI, BECKHOFF, SMC, SCHUNK GROUP, FASTENAL etc.,
• Negotiation leader for multi-million € projects and contracts for partner companies SCHAEFFLER and VITESCO yielding commercial results | Cost saving 3 million €

Multi-Functional Team leader for several mission critical projects and sourcing initiatives for core technologies

• Spearheading a team of 7 team members across the globe to deliver outstanding results
• Managed and delivered product standardization initiatives with outstanding cost cutting results | Cost saving 4 million €
• Drove the Category Strategy implementation and creation of Strategic Supplier List | Introduced 6 new Supplier Contracts
• Managed the implementation of end of Product life-cycle Termination process for all responsible Categories within the Indirect Procurement domain

Manager for purchase volume of 90 million € and managed 15 global suppliers across several categories like Multi Layered Ceramic Capacitors, Tantalums, Common mode chokes, Ethernet coils, Ferrite coils, Radio Frequency Coils and Transformers | Cost saving 6 million €

• Supplier Champion for several world-renowned electronic vendors like TDK, MURATA, SUMIDA, KEMET, PANASONIC etc.,
• Successfully implemented including rebates, bonus payments, price productivity agreements, project agreements and New Supplier Introductions, Advanced Price Reductions and Discounts
• Managed the deliverables of the suppliers on cost, on quality and on time throughout the entire business and product life cycle

Leader of the Cross Functional Team in charge of implementing scourings, supplier selection, contract management, product termination and change management for the entire product landscape

• Organized supplier technical workshops for the internal stakeholders to introduce state of the art products to optimize value
• Successfully secured capacities for the benefit of Continental’s business objectives during the pandemic and post pandemic years

Managed the contracts for Galleys, Lavatories and Stowages of A320 aircrafts| Cost savings 5million $ in Recurring Costs & 11 million $ in Non Recurring Costs

• Led the change management team for the product categories for several global customers like EMIRATES, QATAR, BRITISH AIRWAYS, UNITED, AIR NIPPON, LUFTHANSA, TAP PORTUGAL, AIR ASIA, SINGAPORE AIRLINES etc., to deliver cost improvements and optimize the total cost of ownership
• As Project Management Officer for the A350 aircraft galley sourced, supported in the End 2 End RFI, RFQ process and supplier selection

Executive assistant to Head Of Purchasing

• Planned, coordinated and curated the activities of the Galley Procurement team as well as the Internal stakeholders namely Program Management, Quality, Sales, Engineering, Logistics

• Successfully managed the price implementation process and Automatic Order creation for the order values of 150 million € every year
• Created a mechanism to improve team efficiency and easiness of data usage by implementing one click data capture and availability | Ended up saving 15 minutes per employee each day

• Supported the customer project acquisition by improving the efficiency of inbound and outbound logistics
• Optimized the delivery reliability by incorporating an MS-Excel based automatization to manage the lead time calculations | Lead Time was cut down by 3 days/ month on average

• Evaluated performance metrics of several Internal Service Centre across Germany | worked on more than 100k lines in MS-Excel
• Validated OPEL's Key Performance Metrics on dealer performances against other OEMs such as DAIMLER, BMW, TOYOTA, SUBARU, VW
• Successfully created an automation reporting tool through for Management presentations

Lead the Inventory Warehouse team of 4 full time employees for the successful delivery of Diesel Injection Pumps aftermarket & service parts to OEMs like LEYLAND, TATA, RENAULT and Nissan

• Managed the sales support by implementing Contracting and Catalog Price lists
• Contributed to 50 kilo $ cost saving by efficiently reusing packages deemed otherwise as scrap