Jayaraman Balakrishnan

Result oriented proactive and hardworking professional with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and with more than 8 years of achievement driven experience across various functions with major expertise in SAP MM, Purchase, Quality & Production fabrication. A person with dynamic, innovative, responsive and open to new things. Previous achievements included generating average annual cost savings of around $2 million, improving supplier quality from a defect rate of 3,000 ppm to 100 ppm, having knowledge of Various ERPs and related web tools including SAP MM Module, Smart Client™ & Arriba.
 

▪ 7+ years of experience in SAP MM
▪ 5 Years of Experience in Procurement and Production planning
▪ Total 13 years of experiance
▪ Gathered the requirements, configured, worked with the technical team and conducted end to end
testing
▪ Deputed in Canada for through Infosys
▪ Experience in P2P cycle, purchasing, inventory control, invoice verifications through SAP.
▪ Sourcing and Vendor Development.
▪ Negotiations for Pricing and various terms.
▪ Capex/Opex Buying.
▪ Spot Buying and E-Tendering.
▪ Logistics, Packaging & Dispatch and Emergency Breakdown Freight Arrangements.
▪ Ensuring process capability & study of new model development
▪ Good functional and business process knowledge of Procure to Pay
▪ Excellent organizational skills and coordinate with Client and Offshore team
▪ Excellent leadership, exceptional written and oral communication skills and ability to interact with all
levels within the company
▪ Extensive experience in Procure to Pay using SAP MM (Materials Management)
▪ Strong experience in Sourcing, Contracting, Purchasing, Inventory and Invoicing
▪ Knowledge of special procurement processes like Subcontracting, Pipeline, Third Party & Consignment
processes
▪ Experienced in Physical Inventory
▪ Strong understanding of the integration of SAP MM with other SAP modules
▪ Excellent experience in the manufacturing, distribution and service industry.
▪ Familiar with SAP support area for problem escalation
▪ Self-motivated professional with Outstanding communication, documentation, leadership, presentation
and project management skills
▪ Strong analytical, planning, multitasking, decision making and problem-solving skills
▪ Strong motivation and team-building skills
▪ Excellent customer service skills
▪ Expertise in Microsoft suite like Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Visio

Diploma in Supply Chain Management

BE in Mechanical and Production Engineering