Greater Bengaluru Area
Head of Procurement & Logistics for ITC’s Food Division. Member Divisional Management Committee. Forward-thinking Senior Executive with a proven record of accomplishment in the Procurement and Supply Chain space over a stellar 34-year career. Driven and ambitious leader dedicated to continuous business improvement focused on enhancing revenue and streamlining business operations. Diligent in driving profit maximization through multifaced business approaches. I see myself as a business driver. From product innovations to launch strategy to core processes and procurement and marketing, I contribute significantly to exceeding the goals. I can understand how the business works and actively support it through domain knowledge, technology adoption, people management, and process excellence. Provides strategic leadership to his team in handling procurement for nationally famous brands such as Aashirwad Atta, Sunfeast Biscuits, Bingo chips, Kitchens of India ready to eat products, Candyman and Mintofresh candies, Yipee Noodles, Sunbean Coffee & now Fabelle Chocolates. Handles a buy size of over 5000 Crores and manages supply chain for 150 diverse locations across India, exporting to 54 countries world wide. Managing a vendor base of nearly 3000. Member of Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) strategy forum and a regular speaker at several supply chain related seminars and conferences. Passionate about knowledge sharing and often lectures management students are various B Schools. Founder Member of all India Sugar Traders Association. Executive Committee Member of Indian Vegetable Oil Producers Association. Advisory Board Member of One Nation One Symbol for made in India movement. Past Chairman of Agri &Food processing Committee at Bangalore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCIC). Member Indian Merchants Chambers (IMC) I head the Procurement Council at ITC which comprises of Procurement professionals from all businesses Divisions. Specialties: Forecast prices systematically for key spend areas. Analyze expenditure to establish potential price change impact on purchasing portfolio. Tactical & strategic negotiation for category of expenditure. Initiate & manage major cost improvement programs, resulting in significant savings. Deal with a largely fragmented & unprofessional commodity market in a way that mitigates price and contractual risk to the company.
Member Divisional Management Committee. Forward-thinking Senior Executive with a proven record of accomplishment in the Procurement and Supply Chain space over a stellar 35-year career. Driven and ambitious leader dedicated to continuous business improvement focused on enhancing revenue and streamlining business operations. Diligent in driving profit maximization through multifaced business approaches. I see myself as a business driver. From product innovations to launch strategy to core processes and procurement and marketing, I contribute significantly to exceeding the goals. I can understand how the business works and actively support it through domain knowledge, technology adoption, people management, and process excellence. Provides strategic leadership to his team in handling procurement for nationally famous brands such as Aashirwad Atta, Sunfeast Biscuits, Bingo chips, Kitchens of India ready to eat products, Candyman and Mintofresh candies, Yipee Noodles, Sunbean Coffee, Fabelle Chocolates & now ITC MasterChef frozen and Cloud kitchen business. Handles a buy size of over 8500 Crores and manages supply chain for 150 diverse locations across India, exporting to 72 countries world-wide. Managing a vendor base of over 4000. Member of Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) strategy forum and a regular speaker at several supply chain related seminars and conferences. Passionate about knowledge sharing and often lectures management students are various B Schools. Executive committee member of Indian vegetable oil producers association (IVPA). Founder member of All India Sugar Traders Association (AISTA) & Member Indian Merchants Chambers (IMC). I head the Procurement Council at ITC which comprises of Procurement professionals from all businesses Divisions.
Somnath Chatterjee is CPO of ITC’s Food Division. He is a consummate supply chain and procurement professional, who is responsible for implementing “best in class” procurement practices for this new FMCG business of ITC. He provides strategic leadership to his team in handling procurement for nationally famous brands such as Aashirwad Atta, Sunfeast Biscuits, Bingo chips, Kitchens of India ready to eat products, Candyman and Mintofresh candies, Yipee Noodles and now BNatural. He handles a buy size of over 3500 Crores and manages supply chain for 67 diverse locations across India spanning a vendor base of over 1800. Somnath has 22 years of rich experience in handling key positions at food industry / FMCG giants like Nestle. He specializes in commodities procurement and strategic planning with focus on implementing cost reduction measures. He has vast experience in logistics, warehouse management, distribution, transportation, production planning and inventory management. Somnath has done his post graduation in humanities with specialization in tea and coffee tasting from J. Thomas & Co, Kolkata and Thompson Lloyd & Ewart of London. He has also undergone various management courses on: Procurement psychology, Price Risk Management, Internal controls, Process Management, lean management and is well versed in SAP and procurement tools such as reverse auctions and e-auctions. He is a Member of Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) strategy forum and speaker at several supply chain related seminars and conferences. He is also an Expert Committee member of Bangalore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCIC)
20 years of rich experience in handling key positions at food industry / FMCG giants like Nestle. Specialization in commodities procurement and strategic planning with focus on implementing cost reduction measures. Vast experience in logistics, warehouse management, distribution, transportation, production planning and inventory management.
Master blender and saleroom coordinator for tea and TFF buying PAN INDIA. Directly responsible of networking with the company’s sales branches with regard to sales figures vis-à-vis production. Educating sales personnel with basic precepts of tea to aid sales. Market visit to gauge consumer response to new blends. Studying feasibility and introduction of sales promotion schemes like price offs and promotional packs. Have been responsible for in house training regarding tea buying and tea tasting to various Nestle personnel. Intensive training imparted in tea tasting to executives who hold key positions in Nestlé’s tea operations. Solely responsible for having modified Nestle’s old blends and creating new Domestic and Export blends after Nestle’s joint venture with Williamson Magor was dissolved. This is done after intensive market research and study of consumer requirements at the macro level. Over 7 new Domestic and 8 Export,(including tea bags) blends have been formulated by me including blends for Russia, the Middle East and the Far East.
Tea taster and auctioneer