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Darshit Patel

Category Manager
Location

Hanover, Pennsylvania

Work Experience

Schindler Elevator Corporation (U.S.)

Sourcing Engineer and Category Manager
Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
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Mar 2021 – Present
(3 years 5 months) 

Jabil

Mechanical Engineer
Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Oct 2020 – Mar 2021
(6 months) 

Follett Higher Education

Team Lead
Arlington, Texas, USA

May 2018 – Mar 2020
(1 years 11 months) 

Unique Industries

Intern
Vadodara, GJ, India

Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
(2 months) 

Oil Field Equipment Pvt. Ltd.

Manufacturing Engineer Intern
Vadodara, GJ, India

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017
(3 months) 

Sourcing Engineer and Category Manager

Schindler Elevator Corporation (U.S.)

• Develop strategic supplier partnerships to help optimize cost, quality, and performance of all components. Model Should Cost analysis to support business case and negotiations.
• Execute supplier agreements to include MOQ, Part Price, Lead-Time, COPQ, Claims, and payment terms in the contract.
• Develop a Sourcing Plan that documents Early Supplier Involvement, Supply Selection, Risk Mitigation Plans, Capacity Management, and Supplier ramp-up plans and ensure the plan is executed.
• Category Manager for Metal Fabrication Components, Modernization, and Large Project Division, managing multiple vendor relationships with a portfolio of multi-million.
• Send and track Requests for Quotations (RFQ) to suppliers via SupplyOn. Solve technical queries in the process.
• Lead continuous cost and quality projects involving cross-functional team environment, engineering, supplier development, commodity managers, and global suppliers.
• Lead and drive execution of supply chain excellence strategies and services in a collaborative and multi-site matrix environment to achieve tactical and strategic goals while partnering with Engineering – R&D.
• Lead cross-functional meetings with Buyers and Commodity Managers while negotiating supplier agreements.
• Create and manage BOM for existing and new product lineups. Including deviations and approvals.
• Generated SAP reports and Data to make critical business decisions.
• Data acquisition for Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for North American elevator product lines.