Ankur Malik

•Category manager for Low Value Electronics used in Biometric devices (Region-Europe). •Price Negations and contract creation for Low value electronics items for Europe region. •Procuring Active, Passive and Electro-Mechanical parts for factory in France •Generating Savings (P&L or CA) by negotiation with LVE dealers ,stockiest and brokers in Europe (Arrow France, Avnet, Future Electronics, Farnell, Digi-Key , TTI ,Mouser and Rutronik) •Creation and maintaining Global dashboard for LVE Items to track open and closed PR. •Weekly call with different buyers in LATAM, Europe, India, APAC region for ongoing projects. •Global Category Manager for Mobile Fulfilment •Supporting the sourcing of Consumables for Mobile Fulfillment •Supporting the RFI & RFP process by working closely with internal stakeholders and external Vendors. •Monitoring & management of order placement to suppliers by Back Office team for LVE and Mobile Fulfillment categories •Coordinating b/w different departments (Sales, pricing ,Business Line team ,legal ,Finance, Supplier quality, Purchasing Back office) in order to achieve the objectives as per time line. •Weekly Governance call with all the regions & business line to monitor and collaborate on different projects •Quarterly business review with key stakeholders from all regions to discuss the ongoing issues, major upcoming/ongoing projects and crate action plan. •Involvement in diverse categories and to deal with multiple stakeholders across different Business units and across different geography like France, Europe, NORAM, LATAM, APAC & India.

•Lead decision maker for Development and Localization of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous raw material, Fasteners, Springs, Turning components, Sheet Metal components, Stamping components, wires/cables, Electroplating (Zinc, Silver , Nickel, Tin) & Pre plated raw material. •Localization and development of Non-Leaded Brass Turning Components. •Maintaining cost for Raw Material and Metallic components on monthly/quarterly bases via LME, BME or via Local market rates •Managing Commercials for Raw Material such as Copper ETP, Copper DHP, Copper Iron, Copper Nickel, Brass, Lead Free Brass, CRCA, SS, Aluminum. •Develop New Source & Components for Cost savings, quality Improvement & reducing supply issues •Preparing cost break ups for Initial price settlements & price revision. •Establish ROHS-2 compliance throughout the product range. •To continuously achieve P&L/Cost avoidance savings target set by the Organization through pure negotiation, alternative sourcing, design change, Non effective process elimination & qty discounts. •Need to prepare vendor management strategies to insure quality defect & delivery on time from suppliers so that 99% of Supplier quality & delivery ratings can be achieved. •Development of Packaging material such as Polybags, BOPP Film, Corrugated boxes, Duplex boxes. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Boxes. •Evaluation & allocation of share of Business in case of Multiple suppliers on bases of Quality, Reliability & Commercials •Preparing & renewing NDA with all existing & new suppliers. •Ensure to track, measure, report and evaluate vendor performance. •Perform as functional bridge amongst external vendors as well as internal stakeholders. •Support to explore expansion across new business lines. •Give presentations about market analysis and possible growth & train and supervise the work of other members of staff.

• Handling more then 100 Vendors & Managing Commercials for Metallic Components such as Brass, Cu, CRCA Steel, Zinc and Silvertips. • Looking after Purchase & Development of Raw material, Sheet metal components, Fasteners, Silver-Contact-rivets & tips, Turning components, Plating components & Springs. • Maintaining raw material cost along with component cost on monthly bases via LME, Mumbai bullion & preparing cost break ups for Initial price settlements & price revision. • Develop Local source for cost saving, Quality Improvement & reducing supply issues • Maintaining stringent material control to assure company targets are met that includes spend, usage & scrap • Budgeting Costing and cost saving after reviewing the management information available. • Member of the team looking after & Preparing the Budget for the upcoming year for Raw material purchase items ,Type 5 Items & Job Work Items • To carry out a comprehensive review of the Purchasing function and its methodology and identify and implement improvements like managing & reviewing SATT savings ,DPO on monthly bases • Evaluation & allocation of share of Business in case of Multiple suppliers on bases of Quality, Reliability & Commercials • Preparing & renewing NDA with all existing & new suppliers along with the Legal team • Foster close working relationships with associated departments e.g. PDD, Sales, Engineering and Production, Business Development • Member of the team for Supplier self certification programme (DOL Items)& to establish REACH & ROHS compliance throughout the product range. • Team lead for ISO Audits of Centralized purchase strategic department. • To discuss and establish 3P system with suppliers to get cost savings. • To insure suppliers follow CSR compliance • Tracking budget expenses, vendor relationships, organization, documentation skills, Supply Management, Manufacturing methods and procedures, Manufacturing quality products with effective cost.

• Participate in Purchase price reduction Activities . • Review deliveries against the orders. • Deal with non supplied, under orders, over orders and damaged goods. • Track the status of any orders. • To Review daily ,Monthly & Annual Sales against the sale target of the company. • Review Specification to obtain competitive quotations from vendors, prepare & analyze bids to determine lowest & Best Bidders. • Maintaining all purchase orders. • To Ensure Payement of supplier with Account Department. • To Interact with Various Departments(Quality, Prouduction, Store & Accounts etc)related to material,documents issues. • To Float enquires, evaluating quotes, making comparison statement, preparation of base/target prices.