Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I am an MBA from a premier B-School with Mechanical Engineering background from one of the top engineering colleges. Total experience of 10+ years in areas of Supply Chain Management having exposure to Sourcing/Procurement, Zero Based Costing, Supplier Management, Contract Management, Material Requirement Planning and Business Processes Controls. Championed various Business Process Reengineering / Process Automation Programs and identified areas of risk/opportunities to derive value from Supply Chain. Experience of End-to-End Sourcing processes (RFP / RFQ) including crafting commercial negotiations strategies. Managed the Build Services Category for India's Largest Telecom Infra Company, wherein I was responsible to manage spend of Approx INR. 10000 Mn. Past experience of working in a Navratna PSU with diverse culture on both social and economic front. Experience of spearheading a large team of 40 Technicians with different backgrounds and ensuring smooth operations in a challenging environment of Iron Ore Mines. Recognized to work along with internal customers by promoting trust, transparency and evolving mechanisms that capture all customer needs.
Source to Pay Transformation for a software MNC-HQ at US • Conducted competency assessment across entire S2P process and created as-is and to-be state across all competencies • Source to Pay Process evaluation and gap identification to design optimized processes across the value stream • Evaluated current technology landscape across all the S2P capabilities and prepared a 3-year Technology roadmap • Detailed comparison established for different leading P2P suite as per client landscape and suggested the best fit solution Cost Optimization at one of India’s Largest paper manufacturers • Price discovery in multiple categories like packaging material and scrap using reverse and forward E-auction • Consolidation of MRO items across all three plants and create a strategy for centralized buying to optimize spend • Spend optimization of packaging material led by Value Engineering • Benchmarking of price, specification and consumption of direct material categories against the peers • Evaluation of current gaps in MDM and SAP P2P module to evaluate the requirement of enhancements in it S2P suite implementation for a Pharma company • Design the process flow as per the client requirement across multiple modules- Supplier Management, Sourcing, Contract Management, Purchasing and Invoicing • Detailed out the future integration architecture between multiple ERPs and platforms • Designed the tool as per the customer requirement and ensure smooth functioning by executing end to end testing
Sourcing (RFP/RFQ) & Contracting activities for Build Services having overall Spend Value of INR 10000 Mn Managing Procurement activities PAN India for Electrical, Civil and Mechanical components and allied services for 13 Business units (Telecom Circles) PAN India Vendor Capacity Planning & Delivery Management (Ensuring delivery of >20K Projects per month) Management of P2P Cycle to Turnkey Service Providers and allied Build Services vendors Cost Benchmarking / Price Discovery / Zero Base Costing of procured products along with analysis of various market Indices like Steel guru, London Metal Exchange, SIAM etc. Defining guidelines for Market Survey Analysis and Share of Business for PAN India Vendor Performance Management and Contract Governance Cost innovation by developing Alternate Solution/source Devising cost optimization strategies and driving Cost Reduction initiatives in circles (13 Business units) Implementation of process controls and monitoring of controls across all circles (13 Business units) Identify risk in supply chain processes and ensure effective controls in place Carry out Spend Analysis to identify major cost drivers and take actions to minimise the high cost drivers
• Responsible for procurement of supply and service worth Rs. 1500 Mn following established policies and procedures • Vendor identification and development as per project requirement and ensuring all projects target is achieved • Responsible for assigning service activity to vendors for carrying out different projects to achieve desired targets • Analyse the service vendor capacity and decide their share of business based on the vendor rating • Carry out detailed “Activity based costing” in order to arrive on “Should be cost” for product and services • Ensure uninterrupted service and supply base capable of meeting the cost, quality and delivery requirements • Demand planning for electrical equipment and cables to ensure smooth supply by maintaining optimum inventory • Carry out ABC and FSN analysis while taking procurement decisions to optimize the overall Warehouse inventory • Ensure timely placing of orders and delivery of products as per user requirement to avoid stock outs. • Carry out Spend Analysis to identify major cost drivers and take actions to minimise the high cost drivers • Ensure release of PO within defined TAT and release of payments to the vendors and address their concerns
Developed a Go to Market Strategy and business plan analysis for a German brand (Vileda) launch in India. • Market analysis including competitor analysis for the premium household cleaning tool brand Vileda • Quantitative research & in-depth interview to gauge consumer preference for product, price & channels • Benchmarking with the existing brand (Gala) to forecast the sales capability on Ecommerce Platform • Business plan and unit economics analysis based on market share calculations and pricing analysis • Sensitivity analysis based on different parameters including market growth, market share and pricing • Finalised Product Assortment to be launched in various channels like DTH, Modern Trade, Ecommerce • Developed 3-year business plan, marketing budget & sales strategy for Ecommerce & Direct Marketing
• Led a team of 40 Technicians and Spearheaded maintenance of Heavy Earth Moving Machineries. • Regularly achieved Daily maintenance targets to meet 10 MMT/annum target of ROM iron ore. • Maintenance planning & Resource allocation for weekly and shift scheduling. • Facilitated TPM functions in identifying abnormality using 5S and Kaizen practices. • Documented IMS and complied with ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 norms. • Planning and procurement of spares parts of Shovels, Drills and other HEM equipments. • Mentoring & skill enhancement by imparting 150 man hours of training. • Root cause analysis of abnormalities in Cummins QSK38 engine using Insite software. • Coordinated with cross functional teams for achieving daily production target.