Shravanti Sen, Senior Manager-Supply Chain

Shravanti Sen

Senior Manager-Supply Chain

Kout Food Group

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
24 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 9 Months

Senior Manager-Supply Chain at Kout Food Group
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since July 2022
Manager at Kout Food Group
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2013

Accountabilities: My job is to ensure procurement of services/products with installation and commissioning for different Kout
Food Group brands by entering into commercial and contractual relationships with the best service providers and Contractors who
provide value in terms of quality, time and cost. I manage people, systems and process for procurement of services, overseeing day
to day commercial department operations related to contracts pertaining to brand operations.
Strategic Planning
Contract
Management
Vendor
Development &
Management
Negotiation
Effective
commercial
solutions
Support in new
initiatives
Team Management
• Plan, organize and manage services procurement/bids for all Kout Food Group brands
• Planning for optimized service/Profitability/Cost optimization
• Ensure that internal customer requirements from different brands are elicited correctly and bids are invited accordingly
• Ensure that vendor selection is in accordance with a predetermined criterion pertaining to the factors of job requirement
• Comply with and maintain knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, standards and industry best practices
• Aligning with stakeholders every two weeks on the progress of their service requests made for the Restaurant operations
• Manage bidding and contract award process as per established processes and procedures within legal and operational
standards and codes of ethical conduct
• Develop and measure key performance indicators to determine and improve the effectiveness of procurement of services
• Spearhead Strategic Services & Logistics related contracts
• Negotiate with service Providers and ensure value for money for all procurements
• Preparation of reports/presentations related to the procurement function
• Ensure Contracts and service orders are accordance with the customer requirements and industry best standards
• Audit recommendations are adhered to and acted upon
• Ensure that expenditure is within the approved budgets allocated and properly utilized
• Put forward new ideas, negotiations to manage services in less resources and improve KFG profitability
• By undertaking procurement as per strategic objectives of the organization and focusing on beneficial mutual business
partnerships for long term interests of the business.
• Reviewing Feasibility reports for the critical projects and accordingly negotiate with Contractor
• Managing supplier relationship
• Team development and leadership

Manager at Kout Food Group/ Al Homaizi
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since May 2019
Assistant Manager
  • August 2017 to July 2019
Senior Commercial Officer
  • Kuwait
  • May 2013 to July 2017
International Business Manager at Kanoos Group of Companies/ Al Hokook Intl. Gen. Trading & Contracting Co. W.L.L.
  • Kuwait
  • September 2009 to May 2013
Business Coordinator at Corporate Office
  • Kuwait
  • June 2009 to August 2009

Accountabilities: My job was to identify business opportunities through tendering and proposal submission in Kuwait/Dubai,
Registration with different organizations/ Govt. Bodies and Tie ups for Agency Agreements with Companies. Headed Business
development and Tenders department of Dubai and partially Kuwait offices.

Office Manager at Cyrus Technologies
  • Kuwait
  • May 2008 to April 2009
Customer care at Global Freight System Co. W.L.L
  • January 2006 to April 2008

and Sales Co- Ordinator for U.S. Embassy, Kuwait : December

Technical Asst at KOC
  • Kuwait
  • October 2005 to November 2006
Unit Manager at ICICI Bank
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2003 to October 2005

Special Achievement
Best Employee Award -

Customer Service Executive at Sony India LTD
  • India
  • August 1998 to December 2001

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Sikkim Manipal University
  • January 2013

Master's degree, English
  • at Burdwan University
  • January 2000

Bachelor's degree, English
  • at Burdwan University
  • January 1998

Specialties & Skills

Demand Planning
Dispute Resolution
Strategic Partnerships
Team Management
Negotiating Contracts
Procurement
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSAL WRITING
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
BUDGETING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATA MANAGEMENT
Project Management
Procurement
Management
Negotiation
Planning
Contracts

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert