Sathishkumar Devaraj

• Sourcing: Global Sourcing of Key API's/Excipients with cost effective sources for Regulatory Market
• A seasoned professional with experience in Material Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Procurement Processes
• Development of common sourcing strategies, leveraging of spend & expand global procurement business for the growth of Purchase in the organisation
• Price negotiation & Finalization for commercial contracts volumes along with development qty
• Cost reduction based on technical & commercial intelligence improving the finished formulation cost
• Market research for the Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (API) & Finished formulation for marketing requirements
• Ensure vendor qualification process as per USFDA/GMP protocols in co-ordination with QA to maintain consistency in quality and supply
• Align with QA on external inspection or Audit for Existing & new vendor for commercial Product
• Estimate the material requirement & Inventory planning for the monthly production plan
• Negotiate with the vendor to place the order with best rate and standard quality
• Schedule will be given to the vendor in the staging manner according to production need
• Preparation of reports and statistics related to the purchasing function for upper management

QC Chemicals & consumables Procurement:

• QC chemicals & consumables procurement planning from cost effective sources.
• Rate contract execution with Catalogue & non catalogue items for long terms procurement basis
• Order placing for the monthly QC chemicals requirement and communicating with vendor
• Procuring cost effective basis for HPLC & GC columns & consumables from reliable source
• Primary & Secondary Packing Materials Procurement: Procurement Planning for Primary printed & non printed packing material from reliable source from Production requirements
• Coordinating with design team for Artwork & Shade cards approvals for packing materials as per market requirement basis
• Procurement Planning for Secondary printed & non printed, tertiary packing material from reliable source from Production requirements
• Engineering Spares & Consumables Procurement: Procurement planning will be made based on the material type and market availability
• Review and assess total supply chain risk and identify opportunities to minimize and eliminate risk
• Long term contact execution (AMC/CMC) for critical equipment
• Inventory level will be maintained based on the material type and availability
• Quality issues will be communicating with vendor for their immediate action
• Having good hands-on new vendor development activity in Engg Spares and critical items segment
• Finding the right source or vendor for raw material to reducing their price without compromising its quality.

• Global Sourcing of Key API's/Excipients with cost effective sources for Regulatory Market i.e US, Europe & OTC
• Screening & identification of sources with all regulatory support
• Price negotiation & Finalization for commercial contracts volumes along with development qty
• Identification of Contract Manufactures, coordination & projects execution
• Contract Negotiation and development, including development of local contracts
• Cost reduction based on technical & commercial intelligence improving the finished formulation cost
• Project Management of new products to be sourced in time and without issue to meet launch deadlines
• Possess strong inter-personal skills, ability to conceptualise and modify the systems & processes towards accomplishment of cost, profit, and service objectives of the organization
• Scrutiny vendor on basis of complete regulatory support for Regulatory markets
• Liaising closely with suppliers, principals and team members and effectively manage coordination to maximize service levels
• Monitoring availability of Raw material, Packing Material making appropriate arrangements to ensure on time deliveries
• Market research for the new Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (API) & Finished formulation with the co-ordination of R&D & marketing
• Align with QA on external inspection or Audit for new vendor for new Product.

• Competitive sourcing of raw materials from China, India, UK & US, Management of RFQ, selection of supplier through proper system for CRAMS business
• Innovative and logical thinker and experienced at developing and deploying sourcing strategies that improve flexibility and responsiveness while reducing costs
• Maintaining commodity trend including Material price and currency change to identify for cost negotiations
• Strong understanding of business's requirements and leading a strategic sourcing process of selecting the vendors that can best meet in-house requirements
• Procurement Planning for R&D, Pilot Plant, Commercial scale CRAMS & New developmental products
• Supporting GMP projects by understanding project requirements
• Identification of Contract Manufactures, coordination & projects execution
• Competitive sourcing of raw materials for new projects both local & imported by using chemicals directories and sourcing tools
• Responsible for submission of RMC costing sheet within three days
• Regular interaction with Cross functional team for smooth and effective functioning of projects
• Identify contract manufacturers for critical KSM
• Alternate vendor development for critical materials to reduce project risk
• Product identification at risk and performing risk mitigation activities for complex projects
• Planning and coordination with central procurement team to maintain regular RM's
• Monitoring, analyzing and initiating liquidity of the slop material
• Maintaining Import - Export world chemical database & procurement database
• Vendor Management, bills processing and payment follow ups.

• Finding the right source for raw material to reducing their price without compromising its quality
• To forecast the current & future demand for catalogue products and making procurement planning
• To find major critical raw material suppliers in India & make them for approved supplier
• Floating the RFQs for Custom synthesis & commercial products to various suppliers and getting the quotes and making comparative statement
• Following the globalized purchase procedure and updating the Indian supplier's competitive quotes in centralized data base
• Responsible Preparation & Execution of purchase order and sending the same to suppliers & following timely delivery from suppliers
• Selection of appropriate supplier and negotiating with supplier and strong knowledge in new supplier searching Create adequate source & Supplier identification
• Visiting the supplier facility and evaluate supplier capability & reporting to parent company to make potential source
• Evaluating vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms and conditions with them
• Identification of custom synthesis, Fine chemicals & speciality chemical suppliers in region wise and updating their product details in centralized database
• To find out potential CRAMS Companies and assigning to new molecules development projects with contract basis
• Handling the quality claims and improving the supplier quality of service