About

Krushna Chandra Pradhan is a seasoned procurement professional with over 10 years of experience in Procurement & Supply Chain Management (SCM). He is currently serving as the Procurement Team Lead at Bosch Global Software Technologies, where he is responsible for the global procurement of Capex and Indirect Procurement. Krushna is an expert in negotiation and is known for driving the 5R's for the organization, which are every RIGHT (Quality, Quantity, Price, Time, Location). Krushna's professional skills include Procure to Pay (P2P), Source to Supply (S2S), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM). He is well-versed in using SAP-HANA (MM Module R3/R4), SAP-SRM, SAP-FLM, and Microsoft software. Prior to his current role, Krushna worked as a Senior Executive Procurement at TÜV Rheinland India, where he handled the Central Procurement activities for India locations. He was responsible for negotiating and finalizing orders for project requirements, including CAPEX, OPEX, services, sub-contracting, etc. He managed procurement volume of 6-7 million € (INR 50-60 Crore) from different vendors across the globe and handled supply chain activities. He also managed procurement for categories such as machinery, test equipment, consumables, AMC/CMC, service orders, sub-contracting, indirect & internal purchases. Krushna has also handled prestigious projects such as the procurement of biomedical, EMC/EMI, and electrical safety laboratories for the Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) project for the medical devices manufacturing park near Vishakapatnam, AP, India, set up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Krushna has also worked as a Procurement Executive at Insolare Energy Pvt. Ltd., where he managed the Procure to Payment (P2P) of solar projects (80MW) and was responsible for categories such as electrical, mechanical, and electronics products & services. He managed contracts for manufacturing parts, assemblies, sub-assemblies, electrical & electronic goods & sub-contracting of service works, etc. He has successfully handled projects for clients such as Bharat Dynamics Ltd, Hyderabad, Infosys Ltd, India, Cisco System India, KA-Scheme, Rattan India, and others. Krushna holds a