Manish defined and managed sourcing methodologies for governance of the Rolling Stock Sites (14 sites) of Alstom Transport. He Managed all sourcing tools impacting a sourcing community of more than 500 people. He pioneered several key initiatives to improve the efficiency of our internal clients and audited sites on Alstom Transport Sourcing Maturity roadmap and supported improvement actions.

He was the Sourcing Project Manager in Alstom and pioneered the organization and execution of online Auctions for various commodities (Successfully trained in 6 sigma Black-belt processes. He executed an RFQ project (green belt project) to increase the Hit Rate conversion (from RFQs to Business Orders) from 9% to 25%.

He designed and deployed world-wide (with external vendors) eSourcing tools like eRFQ, Supplier Risk Management and Supplier Document Repository and implemented KPIs to monitor their deployment and compliance. He led the project to manage Alstom Grid Sourcing Actions (Benefit Book) from Conceptualization, Design, Development and Deployment. The application is estimated to increase efficiency of sourcing community by 20% (effort reduction).

He trains in Cost breakdown methodology, purchasing strategies, supplier risk analysis and SOC purchase.