Specialist - Supply Chain
Alghanim Industries
Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months
Leading a team of 35 in managing USD 17 mn worth of inventory across three warehouses
Formulated inventory control policy; optimized availability by balancing cost and service objectives
- Built a statistical model incorporating demand volatility; lowered safety stock level by ~18%
- Implemented ‘reorder point planning’ in SAP with staggered delivery; lowered cycle inventory by ~7%
Working with Suppliers’ to finalize a vendor managed inventory program for high value SKUs
Redesigned ‘slotting’ strategy in warehouse; improved order-picking rate from 19 to 22 orders per hour
Performed root-cause analysis on non-moving inventory; recommended changes to the S&OP process
Customer service: Identified gaps in customer service and presented a report to the CEO
- Implemented ‘single point of contact’ for strategic customers to improve control over the project and to offer personalized service; customer satisfaction index improved from 76% (H2’14) to 79% (H1’15)
- Established a support desk & a framework to manage customer complaints within defined service levels
Developed a dashboard to track forecast accuracy, actual vs. plan, issues, schedule & cost variance
Strategy: worked on a go-to-market project to enter retail market for ‘building components’
Process improvement: built process map of order management cycle; proposed revamp of ‘engineering approval’ activity through application of lean principles; this reduced the overall cycle time by ~13%
Worked independently on valuation of five portfolio of road assets bid under BOT contracts by NHAI; built financial models & analyzed sensitivities for purchase pricing
Interacted with consultants & research analysts to assess investment climate in SE Asia’s Infrastructure sector; recommended opportunities in Power & Port sector in Thailand and Road & Power sector in Vietnam
Prepared macro level strategies for infrastructure works ( ~ INR 14000 mn) pertaining to Thermal Power Projects
Single-handedly improvised the system of daily progress reporting by creating an Excel tool
Evaluated & finalized Budget Estimate for over-all Capital Expenditure for financial year 2010 & 2011
Prepared ‘Exception Reports’ for critical works and activities for review by the Chief Executive Officer
Member, Special team: studied foundation works & brought in various changes that improved output by 20%
-1 out of 28 students (from a batch of 375 students) selected for exchange program with HEC Paris -Elected to the Placement Committee by 750+ students; recognized as ‘Best Placement Cell’ by India Today
-Secured Gold medal for securing highest CGPA (Rank 1/44 students) in B. Tech. Civil Engineering 2003-07 -Conferred Outstanding Student in B.Tech. Civil Engineering for the year 2006 by Alumni association of NIT Trichy -Secured Academic Proficiency prize for three consecutive years
Secured 3rd rank in School