PERSONAL INFORMATION Email anitamahankuda03@gmail.com Mobile (+91) 9040005498 Total work experience 15 Years 0 Month KEY SKILLS Import Purchase Ariba Buyer Ariba Sourcing Purchase Officer Procurement / Purchase Manager Purchase Management Supply Chain Management Demand Planning Demand Forecasting Inventory Management Material Management Procurement Market Analysis SAP OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS City Raipur Country INDIA PROFILE SUMMARY Strategic level professional with over 13 years of experience in material management. successfully managing Purchase operations for over 3 year with focus on improving procurement performance and expertise in determining company's mission & strategic direction as conveyed through policies & corporate objectives Highly skilled in pricing strategies, competitor & market analysis, negotiation, staffing, vendor relations, management reorganization, new services / product, and so on Operations Development Specialist: Implemented various Continuous Improvement methods to improve cost saving initiatives; executed cost-effective projects in line with organizational cost reduction goals Currently associated with Vedanta Aluminium Limited, leading the purchase function of electrical spares. Supply Chain Management: Ensuring availability & delivery of right quality materials at the right time, price, and terms 2023 2011 2007 EDUCATION Oct 2008 - Present WORK EXPERIENCE ANITA MAHANKUDA Lead Buyer Supply Chain Management Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata MBA/PGDM Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) B.Sc B.B. College, Nabarangpur, Odisha Lead Buyer Vedanta Aluminium Limited Growth Path: Planning & Maintenance: Engineering, Planning, and Design & Maintenance- EPDM Dept. Engineer: Central Engineering Dept. Operations: Central Engineering Dept. In charge of Calibration: Engineering, Planning, and Design (EPD) Purchase officer in Railway Commercial & MIS Significant Highlights: Successfully completed the training for ISO Prepared a strong QMS, EMS and OHSAS documentation for Central Engineering to get the IMS certification and had been the auditee for IRQS auditing. Being a coordinator of IMS, maintaining and presenting all data in AO, IMS and VSAP audits Key Result Areas: Investigating and collaborating with the potential vendors to compare and evaluate offers from suppliers; negotiating contract terms of agreement and pricing Performing cost LANGUAGES English Hindi Oriya saving analysis, vendor development, feature comparisons, negotiation / commercials with vendors and maintaining vendor database Preparing inquiry documents (technical & commercial) & floating inquiries to the suitable vendors; following up with the vendors to get the quotations on-time to avoid any delay Representing Procurement Team in meetings with project engineers and suppliers to finalize the technical and commercial aspects of the order Issuing Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the selected vendors, price & technical specifications Evaluating vendor Performance on a periodic basis and educating them on implementing quality processes at the vendor?s end; performing the thorough scrutiny of vendor material based on the accepted global quality standards before incoming Using inventory management system and procedure for effective stores management and inventory control thus ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the project targets Enhancing vendor base to achieve cost reduction, increase revenues, streamline process workflow and enhance productivity innovatively for in-house and vendor?s parts Developing cost models for every raw material sourced for project requirement or manufacturing requirements Visiting manufacturing set-up of suppliers to get hands-on insight of direct material cost and direct labor cost Sharing cost modelling insight for new product development which supported Sales Team in launching new products at regular intervals Identifying & assessing potential vendors for the product development and managing a high- performance supplier base for outsourcing of components Monitoring purchasing functions, identifying deviations and implementing improvements Keeping up-to-date with market trends in terms of innovation, technology, price fluctuations and other economic factors that directly or indirectly affect the company Ensuring availability & delivery of right quality and quantity materials at right time, price, source place & terms Negotiating with the suppliers to clarify contract, delivery, term of payment and other issues and optimize cost and delivery time and conditions Collaborating with Material Department for inventory control & other functions Evaluating vendor performance to ensure adherence to predefined specifications and supply of quality material/ execution of job works Acting as a go-to person for identifying improvement areas & driving innovative solutions towards sustainable change and implementation with management support and empowerment Guiding, training and mentoring team for imparting knowledge about organizational requirements and helping them in improving their performance