Manager
Cognizant Business Consulting (CBC)
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
-Rakesh is an experienced consultant having worked globally with Fortune-500 clients. He has an impressive
record of delivering engagements and successful business development
-He has 8+ years of experience in business consulting and industry-specializing in Strategy & Operations,
Business-IT strategy, Digital Strategy & Transformation, IT Advisory & Application Management,
Procurement & IT Cost Reduction, Business Process Re-engineering and ERP led business transformation,
primary industry focus being manufacturing, telecom, consumer packaged goods and retail
•Done end-to-end strategic consulting assignments with Fortune-500 clientscorporates and government firms, delivered client workshops, interacted regularly with top management and received accolades from the firm and clients
•Designed and executed a world-class frequent flyer loyalty program for a national airline-created the business model for the program, revamped the accrual structure, developed processes and financial model to determine the value of a mile
•Executed a strategy project to reduce procurement cost and increase sales (pricing strategy, dealer management) for a large cycle manufacturer
•Engaged in business development activities to bring projects to the firm, made several pitches to the client team
• Good working credentials of the critical supply chain concepts like Demand Planning and Forecasting, S&OP, Inventory Management and Logistics
• Implementing procurement strategies for optimized purchasing and analyzing key metrics such as time to procure, average value of orders, percentage of delays, actual savings to estimated savings, et al
• Analyzing key Supplier Relationship Management metrics such as vendor evaluation score-card, spend per supplier, supplier rationalization, percentage of procurement requests, OTIF delivery et al
• Contract Management for enhanced and efficient purchasing and leveraging vendor relations
• Mapping the business process of clients using Deloitte proprietary tool IP5(Industry Print) and standardizing the processes using Deloitte’s best industry practices benchmarking tools and methods
• Understanding the entire supply chain and procurement cycle of clients using business modeling tools like ARIS and SCOR and suggest an improved business case
• Deployment of strategic technological tools to optimize purchasing cycle and training the end users
• Rigorous analysis of data to generate insights and enable data based decision making for the clients
• Received “Applause Award” for handling the critical element of the project independently
• Responsible for pan India distribution of stocks across the Logistics Network in line with the sales requirement-handled 15 warehouses and hubs and managed all modes of logistics such as by road, rakes, containers and sea movement
• Forecasting & Demand Planning and Inventory Management for Aashirvaad brand of FMCG products, a leading staples brand from ITC Foods
• Designed a procurement-strategy for sourcing of raw materials for manufacturing facilities across India- handled volumes of more than 1, oo, ooo MT/year, reduced delays and cost of procurement per tonne
• Reduced procurement cycle time through contract management and quota arrangements
• Developed Vendor Evaluation tools like vendor scorecard for segregating vendors into different categories, for negotiations and for enhanced vendor relationship management
• Handled procurement of packaging material for a gamut of products and SKU’-managed extensive procurement for food products like salt, biscuits, flour and secondary bags
• Managed appropriate levels of stocks across the Logistics Network through proper Inventory Management and coordination with plant, sales and finance teams in order to avoid stock-outs as well as expiries.
• Controlling & reducing the cost, rework and rejection in the process - led to reduction of wastages by 22%
2011 –2012 Master of Business Administration CGPA-3.20/4.0 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai (Ranked among top-10 tier-1 B-Schools) 2012-13 Yellow Belt Certified-Lean Six Sigma 100% 2012 Deloitte certified Supply Chain Professional- Level 1 2012 Certified Consumer and Industrial Products (C&IP) Professional-Level 1 Deloitte Consulting 2011 CPIM (Certified Production and Inventory Management Professional Scored 314/330 -BSCM)-APICS 2004-2008 Chemical Engineering, Panjab University-Chandigarh (CGPA-8.91) (University Honors-A) (Ranked Number 1 in India, world rank-226-250, Times Higher Education World University Rankings-2013-14) 10th/12th C.B.S.E. 88.2/81