Krishna Prasad Kasinath
Spore
Summary
Director with 22 years track record in various technology industries, marked by strong leadership in global procurement, strategic sourcing, category management and business transformation. Adept at merging business acumen with in-depth technology expertise to build and enhance competitive advantage and profitability on a global scale. Leading a global team of staff. Procurement Sourcing/Category Knowledge: Contract Manufacturing (with vertical integration), EMS Assemblies, OEMs/ODMs, Fabrication Categories (mechanical, metals, plastics, secondary processes) and Capex. Project and Program Management. Market & Technical Knowledge: Marco-Economic & Market Supply Effects Analysis (Raw Materials, Forex, Logistics, Finance Rates), Commercial activities (RFI, RFP, RFQ, TCO, Business Case/ROI Analysis, Taxation, Permits, etc.) and Technical Knowhow (GD&T, Bill of Materials, Specifications, Design to Manufacturing/Sourcing, Design to Cost and Quality Management). Program Management.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
DIEBOLD NIXDORF
07.2013 - Current
- US-European-based banking & retail equipment manufacturer with USD4bil turnover
- Director, Cluster Head, Global Procurement – Contract Manufacturing Automation and Program Management
- Responsible for long term global strategies (including enhanced competitive differentiation, supply/market availability, cost, and performance) and management of global category teams & cluster spends of approx. USD200M
- Leading business processes and priorities with executive leadership, business units and stakeholders, for improved cost/asset positions and time to market, through strategic outsourcing, supply base resilience and reduced complexities
- Responsible to grow the procurement organization and ensure best in class people, processes, and partnerships
- Achievements
- Achieving in excess, of 5% year-on-year cost savings based managed spends
- Have conducted over 25 sourcing boards
- Have been nominated to lead 90% of all top global projects (NPI, outsourcing transfers), towards 100% favorable TCO
- Lead in PMO, driving key change management activities during merger between Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf
- Have achieved multiple promotions and team/role expansions
- And management nominations to lead high stake projects
- Have maintained leadership of global teams, comprising of direct reports and regional head for procurement.
Global Supply Chain Manager & Global Commodity Lead
01.2012 - 07.2013
- Led teams of Supply Chain Management engineers, NPI buyers, and Commodity Managers for Contract Manufacturing and Robotics/Automation commodities
- Championed market analysis and benchmarking on automation suppliers’ technology capabilities
- Managed risk elements across commodities in line with global supply chain strategies
- Managed global sourcing in support of vertical integration and technology transfers
- Managed materials support on design changes, engineering release and compatibility
- Achievements
- Achieved USD3.1M annualized cost savings, based on USD62M annual spend
- Centralized KLA-Tencor worldwide procurement support process to manage and streamline operations between 4 R&D and manufacturing locations (Site-to-site, Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal, Plan of Record, reverse auctions, etc.)
- Circumvented costs of USD10M in commodity-related price increase (over 1.5years) due to currency fluctuations, raw part cost inflation and surging fuel prices
- Reduced annual material costs by approx. USD1M through localization of OEM supplier to low-cost regions and value engineering changes.
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
09.2008 - 07.2013
- US-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer with USD3.2bil turnover
Materials Manager & Global Commodity Lead (Automation)
09.2008 - 12.2011
- Led team of 5 buyers and 2 production planners to ensure supply continuity/ramp readiness for 4 product divisions in Singapore and headed Commodity Managers and Senior Buyers for Automation commodities
- Managed risk elements across commodities in line with global supply chain strategies
- Achievements
- Supervised materials transfer of front-end manufacturing from Singapore to Israel
- Achieved USD1M in contractual volume discounts and based on USD51M in robotics/automation
- Successfully mitigated risks due to exit of key contract manufacturer worth USD30M to ensure full resourcing of supply to all 10 product divisions within just 3 months’ notice
- Achieved annualized cost savings (approx
- USD2M) through resourcing efforts and retrospective volume discounts; also negotiated to avoid contractual liabilities of USD1M from materials exposures
- Maintained QBRs with overall preferred combined scores of above 90%
- Maintained over 70% penetration with supplier DFT (demand flow technology) implementation; allowing greater than 30% reduction in overall product lead times.
Commodity Manager
BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC, Crossing
04.2004 - 09.2008
- Leading supplier of automation solutions and engineering services, Developed and managed key strategies for mechanical commodities to achieve growth and profitability
- Defined and executed LCR sourcing and global localization plans coupled with risk mitigation strategies
- Managed key supplier performance development plans for cost and yield improvement programs
- Streamlined supply base; oversaw Tier 1 management and qualification of current and new suppliers
- Achievements
- Transferred manufacturing of 5 major product lines from US to Asian contract manufacturers and tier 2 suppliers, achieving USD2.6M in annualized cost savings
- Exceeded 98% on-time-deliveries and out-of-box-quality yields for top 5 suppliers
- Localized over 25 key suppliers to Asia while reducing supply base by 40% to leverage economies of scale
- Achieved RPC (raw part costs) reduction by up to 30% to meet gross margin improvement targets, through early supplier involvement for new product sourcing and component recommendations.
Supplier Base & Quality Engineer
NIDEC SINGAPORE PTE LTD
10.2000 - 01.2003
- HDD motor manufacturer with Global presence, Drove qualitative and quantitative improvements in supply to maximize competitive advantage
- Conducted failure analysis and implemented preventive actions to enhance supplier effectiveness
- Supported sourcing functions on supplier process audits and oversaw qualification of critical sub-tier processes
- Achievements
- Achieved better than 99.5% on delivered parts performance over 8 quarters
- Improved supplier upside flexibility by 30% through process quality improvements
- Reduced recurring quality failures by over 50% for SEA parts/components
- Supported qualifications of over 40 regional suppliers (Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore)
- Managed over 500 first article qualifications with greater than 98% first pass yields
- Improved lot-to-lot repeatability of category A items (high complexity) by 10%.
Education
Practical Negotiation Skills -
Singapore Institute of Purchasing
Strategic Procurement Management - undefined
Singapore Institute of Purchasing
Certificates aPriori Cost Modeling – VPE Manager, An aPriori licensed training - undefined
Nanyang Technological University
2013
Communication and Relationship Management – Supervisory, Workforce Development Agency - undefined
2009
and Materials Management - undefined
2008
and Materials Management - undefined
2007
Supply Chain Management - undefined
Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management
2006
Double Master of Science & Master of Engineering - Human Factors Engineering & Ergonomics
Linköping University
2004
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical and Production Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
2000
Timeline
DIEBOLD NIXDORF
07.2013 - Current
Global Supply Chain Manager & Global Commodity Lead
01.2012 - 07.2013
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
09.2008 - 07.2013
Materials Manager & Global Commodity Lead (Automation)
09.2008 - 12.2011
Commodity Manager
BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC, Crossing
04.2004 - 09.2008
Supplier Base & Quality Engineer
NIDEC SINGAPORE PTE LTD
10.2000 - 01.2003
Practical Negotiation Skills -
Singapore Institute of Purchasing
Strategic Procurement Management - undefined
Singapore Institute of Purchasing
Certificates aPriori Cost Modeling – VPE Manager, An aPriori licensed training - undefined
Nanyang Technological University
Communication and Relationship Management – Supervisory, Workforce Development Agency - undefined
and Materials Management - undefined
and Materials Management - undefined
Supply Chain Management - undefined
Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management
Double Master of Science & Master of Engineering - Human Factors Engineering & Ergonomics
Linköping University
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical and Production Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
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