Kanagaraj Kumarasamy

AquaChemie, a leading company in GCC for Chemical manufacturing & distribution in Dubai.

Regions handled: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain & Rest of GCC with spend of $ 120 Mil per Annum.
My role was to expand the market share through Strategic sourcing of products & services with global principals, Toll manufacturing, 3rd party manufacturing, Vendor Qualification methods, Logistics KPI, ISO Management, create & implement Supply Chain strategies & KPI's to improve revenue & reduce cost. Indirect Categories handled: Industrial Consumables, MRO, Services, IT & CAPEX
Achievements
• Expanded Chemical Supplier network with additional 30% in a span of less than 1 year with improved Vendor qualification methods resulted 9% additional revenue.
• Chaired 500+ Technical Specification reviews & streamlined Bid process conserved 30% time.
• Improved On-time Delivery (OTD) by 20% through root cause analysis within first 6 months.
• Capitalized 1.2 $ Million Sales revenue opportunity with SWOT analysis, through substitute product.
• Posted an average of 0.3 $ M Supply savings each year over the last 3 years with low cost & best cost country sourcing methodologies.
• Directed Suppliers to achieve 100% Customer Service rating by vendor performance campaign.
• Acquired, secured, and qualified a portfolio of 135 new product Vendors and built vendor database.
• Enabled & mentored Sales & Logistics team of 4 for two consecutive years with Continuous Improvement (CI) programs & value stream mapping.
• Benchmarked specification compliance check for 3 GCC regions increased productivity of 12%.