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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Managed vendor relationships by sourcing and comparing quotations from multiple suppliers, negotiating pricing and terms, and building a vendor database across categories including tooling, electricals, and raw materials.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Analyzed cost structures by tracking metal price trends (copper, aluminium, brass, etc.) and transportation cost slabs across weight brackets to support data-driven procurement decisions.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Gained hands-on ERP exposure for procurement transactions and conducted factory site visits (Ecoboard Factory, Velapur) to understand manufacturing operations firsthand.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Proposed a store reorganization plan incorporating 5S methodology, improved layout design for electrical and mechanical material , addressing gaps identified during a current-state assessment.</li>
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