Department Manager - Logistics
Etoile Group
Total years of experience :25 years, 4 months
Leading End to End Supply Chain Function for the High End Luxury & Premium brands in Apparels, Footwear & Fashion Accessories right from Order Placement, Co-ordination with Suppliers, Shipping, Clearance of goods at destination, Warehouse Management & Distribution Management till end customer order delivery.
Coordination with CFS based out of France, Paris, & Italy.
Price Negotiations for all logistics related services.
Supplier’s management.
Logistics Budget Planning
Contract Management.
Inventory Management.
Customer Service to High Profile clients by providing best suitable logistics solutions & after sales services.
Support to sales team by regular interaction & co-ordination.
Achievements
Reduced storage cost by 100% within a month of joining the organization.
Development of Supply Chain & 3PL service network in cities outside U.A.E like Doha (Qatar), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
Supply Chain Management, EXIM, Resource planning & Budget planning considering the sales targets for the year & budgeted norms.
Management of Two Distribution Centers facilitating Furniture (56 K Sq. Meters) & Home Furnishings (36 K Sq. Meters) products.
Distribution Management with the fleet size of 125+ vehicles.
Inventory Management.
Process Development & Implementation with control measures.
Management a team size of 700+ people in Logistics function.
Safety levels measures on Industrial Norms, Govt. regulations, Facility Management, Attendance & Administration of staff, Accounts on Budgeted Expenses & Petty Cash Management.
Visibility into the operations for Senior Management through MIS reporting & communications.
Export Management to GCC region.
Customer Service by regular interactions with internal & external customers to resolve the day to day issues.
Planning & scheduling of regular trainings of team on safety & handling issues.
Achievements
Minimized furniture handling damages by 70% on monthly basis.
Better Fill rate optimization.
Increase in Delivery efficiencies by 15%.
Better Manpower Utilization with the cost savings in over time.
Cost rationalization in Warehouse & Distribution Functions.
Implementation of “Oracle Warehouse Management System”.
Supply Chain Management for FMCG Food & Non-Food.
Strategy planning & optimization of Logistics Cost.
Coordination with CFS’s based out of China & USA, Warehouse Management & Distribution Management for 28 Supermarkets.
Achievements
Proficiently established Warehouses at 3 different locations.
Cost reduction by 25% towards International freight & operational cost on a monthly basis.
Savings of 18% towards Distribution Cost on monthly basis.
Bagged maximum output from a DC & introduced ‘Flow Through’ concept.
Successfully achieved lowest manpower by ensuring that each individual is ambidextrous in at least two functions.
Managed smooth operations including distribution management, warehouse management & inventory management to serve 85 super markets, 4 Hyper, 18 specialty stores in Delhi NCR & up country movements.
Laid special focus on distribution along with coordinating with the formats & products like Fresh & Frozen, Apparels, Footwear, Home Furnishings, Electronics, etc.
Worked as the Lead Coordinator for all movements of Marks & Spencer’s a joint venture with Reliance Retail.
Achievements
Efficiently introduced Distribution Network Design which helped increase in on time performance.
Actively reduced logistics cost by Rs. 9 lakhs per month in secondary distribution.
Responsible for Compliant Transport Management for the employees working in odd hours shifts.
Head of delivery operations for NCR area & managed express routes. Proficiently developed the vendor’s network for Delhi & NCR region & conducted the market research for company in NCR region to establish new franchises