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Student Internship (Aug 2021 - Present) at MES, Inc. As Part of My Curriculum. at MES, We Have

This document is a cover letter from Abhilash Bollam, an MS student in Global Supply Chain Management at Purdue University. He has received a merit scholarship based on his past experience in IT and supply chain operations. His current internships include a role at MES, Inc. where he has reduced freight and approval costs, and a research role analyzing Indiana transportation routes. Previously he worked at Cognizant where he led a procurement team and developed strategies to optimize transportation, manufacturing, and inventory. He is looking for a summer internship in supply chain and operations and believes his education and experience would make him a strong fit.

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Student Internship (Aug 2021 - Present) at MES, Inc. As Part of My Curriculum. at MES, We Have

This document is a cover letter from Abhilash Bollam, an MS student in Global Supply Chain Management at Purdue University. He has received a merit scholarship based on his past experience in IT and supply chain operations. His current internships include a role at MES, Inc. where he has reduced freight and approval costs, and a research role analyzing Indiana transportation routes. Previously he worked at Cognizant where he led a procurement team and developed strategies to optimize transportation, manufacturing, and inventory. He is looking for a summer internship in supply chain and operations and believes his education and experience would make him a strong fit.

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Greetings,

This is Abhilash Bollam, an MS Global Supply Chain Management student at Purdue University. I have
been awarded a merit Scholarship based on my past 4 years of experience which was a blend of IT and
Supply Chain Operations. My past position as a Purchasing Lead has given me a broad understanding of
business and management. Experiential learning projects have provided me with the ability to wear
multiple hats, attention to detail, and a sense of ownership. I’m elated to say that working towards
APICS – Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) certification and will be certified before Summer next
year.

I’m looking for a 2022, Summer Intern role in Supply Chain and Operations and I will be graduating by
Dec 2022.

After being certified with KPMG’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Management, I was offered a Supply Chain
Student Internship(Aug 2021 - Present) at MES, Inc. as part of my curriculum. At MES, we have
mitigated freight costs using network analysis and reduced the approval lead-time for RFI, RFP and RFQ
processes from 48 to 24 hrs.

Also, my Research analyst(Aug 2021- present) role at DCMME-Dauch Center for the Management of
Manufacturing Enterprises which is the Krannert Business school’s exclusive Supply Chain Management
enterprise Centre. This real-time work with the Indiana Transport department, where we reduced Dead-
head routes by 236 Miles using an excel-based optimization mode that helped me with the exposure
required to perform better under challenging conditions.

I was awarded the best employee for the year 2018 at Cognizant(Nov 2017 – Aug 2021) for my
exceeding the expectations throughout the year where I led a team of 03 buyers for strategic sourcing.
Developed a vendor ecosystem around the firm’s physical locations to reduce overall transportation
time, minimize manufacturing delays and track quality and optimize inventory usage and turnover.

I believe Supply Chain optimization is a great globalization problem to solve and improve. With the right
knowledge in both IT and Operations, alongside my master’s education would help me perform better in
the role which I take up.

As I looked towards to future, I am very interested in using my effective team and time management
skills. From what I have learned about your company, I feel I would be a great fit. I would love to hear
your perspective on this and any other suggestions you might have where my strengths might be of
value.

Thank you.
Led a team of 03 buyers for strategic sourcing of all tertiary equipment for nuclear managing end to end
procurement processes including floating RFx’s, evaluating bids, PO creation and payment to suppliers

Developed a vendor ecosystem around the firm’s physical locations to reduce overall transportation
time, minimize manufacturing delays and track quality and optimize inventory usage and turnover

Developed KPI’s/KRA’s for Supplier Scorecard, resulting in increased competitiveness and reduced Total
Cost of Ownership

Developed framework for technical assessment and rating of vendors in the process of internet bidding
procurement process

Managed a yearly TSS of over $10 Mn with a total savings of 15% over the transfer price. Used strategies
such as demand aggregation, low-cost country sourcing, value engineering, framework agreements and
benchmarking

Coached the Indirect Sourcing Team by developing KPIs and managing spend-data generated in Coupa
Supplier Portal

Achieved 95% success in the automation of bi-weekly metrics reports by using advanced Excel to create
pivot tables and VLOOKUP, which fetched the total soft dollar savings of $8240 a month

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