Avinash Kumar Gupta, General Manager

Avinash Kumar Gupta

General Manager

Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd

Location
India - Noida
Education
Master's degree, Material Management
Experience
23 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 11 Months

General Manager at Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Noida
  • April 2013 to July 2020

Heading Pan India Supply Chain thru multiple DC’s at strategic locations to cater customer demand within defined TAT, ensuring efficiencies and profitability in operations thru continuous improvements.

Key Accountabilities
• Handling end-to-end Supply Chain operations thru 10 Fulfilment centre / warehouse / 1 lakh sqft./ +60 resources / +2500 SKU and Turnover 500Cr.
• Manage operations material planning process including RFP to Purchase for stock replenishment, and supply follow-up with vendors as per PO delivery schedule.
• Ensure optimal Logistics modes, routing, equipment, or frequency is being followed by the team.
• Distribution planning of SKU’s between FCs to ensure right and timely availability of stock as per the forecast plan in the most optimized manner.
• Conducting analysis of slow and non-moving inventory, stock accuracy, min-max stock levels & lead-time analysis
• Conducting RCA (root cause analysis) for identification of improvement in Supply Chain, Develop and implement new systems, best practices in inventory control, demand planning, and other optimizations to meet organizational goals
• Ensuring FIFO / Expiry Date for all inventory issuance to achieve max benefit of warranty and shelf life.
• Negotiating & appointing transport / courier & Cargo for cost effective pricing and delivery as per defined timelines.
• Managing complete life cycle of shipment closure including forward as well as RTO.
• Prepare and manage data for in transit, Damaged and RTO shipments
• Establish KPI’s, monitor ongoing performance and fixing accountability of Team Leads for themselves and their team.
• Close Co-ordination with management teams, all stake holders for implementation of required actions towards achievement of set targets.
• Undertaking repair & maintenance activity for EHS Compliance at stores to ensure effective utilization and minimize losses on the shop floor.

Achievement: Contributed to the phenomenal growth of the company in the initial years by expanding the SCM activity from Single HO Location to 10 DC’s PAN India.
Played instrumental role in development & implementation of IMS (Inventory Management System)

Store In Charge at NKG Infrastructure
  • India - Bijnor
  • December 2012 to April 2013

Handling Store infrastructure creation and material requirement planning for undergoing rural electrification project in Bijnore sub division of UP

Key Accountabilities
• Handling the Stores activities for Rural Electric Distribution under Bijnore Division HQ.
• Identification of site stores location for dumping material in co-ordination of engineers.
• Creating basic stores infra for safety and security of material.
• Planning for material movement from vendor to site locations as per project needs.
• Ensuring Daily Material receipts and issuance reports from sites timely.
• Co-ordinating with HO for timely release of PO and follow-up with vendors for site deliveries.
• Timely submission of Vendor bills to HO for payment.
• Sites stores audit to ensure physical v/s ledger stock and proper stacking of material.

Sr. Officer (Stores) at Era Infra Engineering Ltd
  • India - Ghaziabad
  • June 2011 to December 2012

Posted at company HO in Noida and accountable for Inventory & Logistics activities of 08 ongoing construction sites.

Key Accountabilities
• Handling 08 Site Stores including residential and commercial projects.
• Ensuring proper accounting and documentation of inbound & outbound material flow.
• Setting up of storage facilities like steel yard, cement store, general items stores etc for safe storage of material.
• Monitoring Inventory thru various tools like Inventory Ageing, VED, LIFO, FIFO.
• Arranging for stock/asset movement between sites for efficient utilization of existing inventory.
• Sharing of the inventory status on daily basis with all concerned.
• Co-ordination with Purchase team for PO issued along with delivery schedule.
• Ensuring day to day updating of receipt and issue of stocks in ERP.
• Checking, clearance and submission of Vendor Bills to Finance.
• Keeping track of vendor / transporters payment.
• Facilitating Scrap disposal by negotiating with scrap vendors.
• Administering compliance of laid down process, policies & procedures at site.

Sr. Executive at Sahara Prime City limited
  • India - Nagpur
  • February 2009 to June 2011

Posted at company ZO in Nagpur and accountable for Inventory & Logistics activities of 18 ongoing & Upcoming construction sites in Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh.

Key Accountabilities
• Handling around 18 construction sites on PAN India.
• Controlling and Management of day to day Stores functions.
• Stock Transfer between sites for proper utilization of excess material.
• Negotiating and appointing transporters and courier to meet inter site transfers.
• Keeping track of vendor / transporters payment, forms utilization and correspondence
• Disposal of Scrap by collecting the quotations from scrap vendors, preparing comparative rate analysis, negotiation, approval from all scrap committee members & final disposal.
• Co - ordination between HO & site wrt various periodic SCM MIS reports.
• Administering compliance of laid down process, policies & procedures at site.
• Physical reconciliation of stock between bin card, stock ledger, system & physical stock.

Achievement: Individually handled movement of 200 employees with their House Hold and Office assets from Lucknow (HO) to 04 Zones (Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur & Bangalore) thru movers and packers in record time of 30 days.

Warehouse Manager at Amway India Enterprises
  • India - Lucknow
  • September 2001 to January 2009

Accountable for Amway- Fulfilment Centre operation for across Eastern UP and managing high volume of Home Delivery of online orders, Spot sales management, COD’s and refilling of City Centre Stores.

Key Accountabilities
• Handling Distribution & Inventory control of the Lucknow RDC (Re Distribution Centre).
• Overseeing complete line of Logistics, from indenting requirement, receipt of goods, storage and Warehousing up-to Distribution and Home Delivery of the orders
• Managing a Store Area of 20, 000 sqft with average inventory consisting of more than 300 SKU’s worth Rs. 07 Cr.
• Reduce waste due to obsolescence, mishandling, damages & expiry of shelf life items.
• Implementing tools like FIFO, LIFO, VED, Cycle Count, Perpetual Stock Taking etc for controlling inventory.
• Managing the Pick N Pack activity and dispatch operations for Counter Sale and HD orders.
• Updating inventory transactions and Delivery Tracking on AS400 System.
• Negotiating and finalizing vendors for Logistics function, Office Supplies, AMC and Packaging Material.

Achievement: Maintained Zero variance at LKO warehouse for a period of 5 years in a row, contributed to the volumetric growth order and item wise of the company. Played important role in opening 03 Mini RDC by training the staff on companies software & SOP.

Purchase Asst. at Malvika Steels Limited
  • India - Lucknow
  • September 1996 to August 2001

Responsible for Procurement activity (vendor development, rate negotiation and material delivery) at factory site.

Key Accountabilities
• Handling Purchase related activity.
• Vendor development and rate comparison and negotiation.
• Purchase order placement, requisite forms issuance and material delivery follow-up.
• Handling cash purchase of urgent items from local market.
• Controlling & Monitoring of Inventory ageing report,
• Ensuring proper storage/stacking of material as per norms.
• Developing vendor for Scrap Disposal, collecting the quotations from scrap vendors, preparing comparative rate analysis, negotiation, approvals from all scrap committee members & final disposal.
• Co - ordination between various departments wrt inventory related issues.
• Verification and forwarding of Bill of Suppliers to stores for processing.

Education

Master's degree, Material Management
  • at Indian Institute of Materials Management
  • June 2005
Master's degree, Applied Economics
  • at Lucknow University
  • July 1996

Specialties & Skills

Process Development
Logistics
Process Development and Implementation
Distribution
Store Management
Team Management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Lean Inventory Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021

Hobbies

  • Watching Television