Santa Rosa, California, United States
With over 15 years of experience in supply chain management across various industries, I am a strategic and analytical leader who drives operational excellence, cost savings, and customer satisfaction. As the Supply Chain Director at NeilMed Pharmaceuticals, I am solely responsible for selecting and managing suppliers and logistics providers, negotiating and executing contracts, and ensuring smooth production and inventory management. I also lead and mentor a team of five direct reports across the US and India, and report directly to the Founder and CEO. My core competencies include procurement, logistics, operations, demand and supply planning, contract management, and cross-functional team leadership. I have extensive knowledge and skills in using Oracle NetSuite ERP, SAP Business One, and crystal reports. I have successfully delivered multiple projects and initiatives that resulted in significant savings, efficiency, and quality improvements. Some of my notable achievements include obtaining operational profitability and full ROI for Urban Lokal Cafe within 12 months, achieving $800,000 USD savings at PureTek Corp, and managing a $200 million portfolio at Iovate Health Services. I am passionate about applying my expertise and experience to create value and impact for NeilMed and its customers.
- Solely responsible for selecting and on-boarding suppliers & logistics providers and negotiating, drafting, executing, and effectively managing region-specific contracts across various regions to bundle spend and optimize buying leverage (raw-materials/ packaging/ logistics) - Extensively involved in Demand Planning, Warehouse Management, Production Scheduling, Inventory Planning, New Product Development - Expert usage of Oracle NetSuite ERP system for inventory management, logistics management, and production scheduling purposes - Achieved 6% savings across overall spend in the first year - Reporting directly to the Founder & Chief Executive Officer
- Identified and implemented local, regional, and global processes across US, UK, Greece, India, and Australia regions to ensure compliance with procurement regulations and policies while increasing efficiency and effectiveness with agile solutions - Negotiated, created, executed and managed effective region specific contracts with suppliers (where required) that maximized opportunity globally - Managed a team of 8 direct reports spread across US, UK, Greece, Australia - Extensively used SAP Business One and crystal reports - Worked with external customs clearance agencies on US imports and US government reporting of imports (medicines/machines/etc.) - Reported directly to the Chief Operating Officer
- Created and formalized a Supply Chain Strategy to manage end to end supply chain including Planning (demand & supply), Operations, Sourcing & Customer service - Negotiated long term contracts with multiple vendors (Pricing, KPIs, Minimum Order Quantities, Budgets, etc.) - Solely responsible for Demand Planning, Warehouse Management, Production Scheduling, and Inventory Planning - Achieved 10% savings across raw material and logistics spend - Managed new products and project timelines reporting directly to the CEO - Assisted with USFDA site inspections and prepared responses and action plans for FDA 483s - Responsible for US FDA quota applications process of controlled substances
- Founded café with rustic interiors providing fast food at reasonable prices - Managed day-to-day operations (supply chain/finances/marketing) - Obtained profitability within 3 months of establishment with full ROI in 12 months - Established 7 franchise outlets of this café in Vadodara, Pune, Mumbai, Bhopal (India)
- Singularly responsible for managing all price negotiations with raw material and packaging suppliers located in US, Canada, China, Europe - Lead budget, sourcing, and procurement strategy initiatives to reduce material & logistics costs and improve overall supply chain efficiency - Worked with the marketing and sales teams on new product development, sales and marketing plans, and new product launches - Achieved 10% savings through improved contract and pricing negotiations with raw material and logistics vendors annually - Assisted with USFDA site inspections and created action reports for any 483s received during inspection to be provided to US FDA