Managing Partner – SCM
A. A. Associates
Total years of experience :23 years, 9 Months
- Drive procurement optimization and review existing practices to structure the supply chain activities to maximize commercial benefits
- Strive for introduction and application of Lean concepts like JIT and benchmark best practices
- Review the supply network to achieve cost reduction objectives through effective negotiations
- Achieve the supply chain objectives in terms of lean inventory and on-time project delivery
Key Achievements
Promoted to manage the inventory management and purchasingfunctions of equipment and aftermarket for a $46 M sales operation
Achieved cost reduction objectives of over 8% through negotiations in 2012 with supplier network across the USA, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East
Business process analysis team leader for process improvement initiative to eliminate waste through the application of lean concepts to achieve ACE Gold certification
Resolved supply issues by switching to weekly projections for packaged and split units
Top 5 performer in High Performance Team workshop, conducted by renown leadership expert and management consultant, Terence Mauri
Analysed spares inventory and initiated actions to improve turns by 40%
Job Profile
- Drive procurement optimization and efficiency in line with regional initiatives, including a review of existing practices to structure the purchasing activity to maximize commercial benefits
- Review demand plan to realistic levels using data to influence stake holders to right thought pattern
- Analyse and define strategies to reduce inventory levels
- Achieve the supply chain objectives in terms of improving inventory turns and cost reduction
- Strive for continuous process improvements through the application of Lean concepts and benchmarking best practices
- Understand the market conditions that impact price and availability and used this to advantage
- Analyze and develop supplier relations and define strategies to optimize leverage
- Implement SOP’s and identify and resolve day-to-day operational problems
- Worked closely with senior management to provide reports and relevant data on performance metrics - inventory turns, on-time delivery, cost reduction initiatives, etc
Parts & Commercial refrigeration Dec’2002 - Dec 2005
Initiated a cross-functional effort that resulted in reducing spares stock-outs by 80%
Reduced obsolescence and achieved significant reduction in dormant inventory
- Full cycle supply chain support from demand planning to delivery to end customers
- Monitoring inventory levels, coordinate cycle counts and expediting orders
- Inventory analysis for exception and fill-in orders(30, 000 SKU’s)
- To effectively track CMI (co-managed inventory) at the distributor-level
- Tracked inventory movement at central and 4 zonal warehouses and facilitated inventory needs by transferring and releasing stock between zones and stockist
- Provided MIS reports to management on key performance indicators
Developed a report to effectively track CMI (co-managed inventory) at the distributor-level, and aid demand planning
Facilitated migration of inventory and invoicing modules of DePuy, during transition from BPCS to J. D. Edwards One World ERP
