Sanjay Kalse

Background

About Sanjay Kalse

Background - Digital chain leader who has spent 30+ years in Supply chain - sourcing and procurement practice managing the concept to source to procure cycle for various direct and indirect categories at large organizations and for large customers and their deliveries across the Globe. While doing so I have worked consistently on value additions in terms of cost reductions and buying efficiency improvement progs. with various tools and technologies - recently in TCS I had worked on transformations for large customers in Sourcing and Proc. space with the help of Artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining TCS, My focus was always for leading Global Sourcing & Supply Chain practice. Most of the years I have worked in Strategic roles building strategies for S2P operations including all the sub activities and converting them into profit centers from cost centers. have always been inclined towards bringing new concepts and adding values to the propositions. This insightful experience coupled with my passion for cost management has helped me delivering YOY cost reductions up to - 8 to 10 % in Automotive and hi-tech Mfg. MNCs through Value engineering, Value Analysis, Tear Down and Benchmarking activities. In my Various leadership roles I have handled most of the categories of Direct and Indirect Materials and Services. This includes all the engineering and non-engineering categories, Commodities like Copper, Aluminum and Steel etc. Worked on Art to Part solutions by involving in concept to design to produce to market and complete Product life cycle management. Worked on Supplier Partners development and product development, Handled India localization, worked on low cost countries sourcing, cost planning, cost management etc. I have worked in APAC - India / Japan and Singapore region for Japanese automotive MNCs and tire 1 companies for 17+ years. Trained in Product Cost management in Japan, Practiced Value Engineering and Value Analysis along with tear down analysis of the sourced products - I am a global supplier quality development auditor and have audited more than 50 sites globally. Frequent traveler working closely with businesses spread across US, Europe and Asia including Japan and China. have a natural flair for working with diverse cultures and demographics I did consulting assignments on Automotive global supply chain operations resulting in reduced lead times and cost savings, have done consulting assignments for technology transfer for engineering and non-engineering products.