Head Supply Chain
Khimji Ramdas
Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months
Managed End to End Supply Chain across all Food/Non Food FMCG business of $ 400 Million with a large cold storage operation for some of the leading Global FMCG brands - P&G, Kellogg, Nivea, Red Bull, BEL, Marlboro etc. with an organisation of 400 team members and reporting to CEO directly.
• Transformed logistics network into a customer centric cost effective network for all the brands delivering reduced response time by 1 day to key retailers and delivering 10 % cost reduction.
• Created dashboard for demand and supply planning to activate action plan across forecast accuracy, inventory management and service levels to key customers.
• Improved Case Fill Rate from 96 % to 98 % through improved forecast accuracy and supply planning
• Reduced Non Productive Inventory and expiry products by 5 % through systematic action planning
• Delivered 7 % cost saving through value stream mapping with key principles by optimising the cost & the processes
• Implemented Transport Management System across all businesses delivering 8% cost saving and process efficiency
• Leading supply chain digital transformation across all the processes
Responsible for delivering Logistics Project Across the globe to improve cost efficiency, drive process simplification and compliance
• Leading global implementation of a project on Logistics PO simplification and automated cost allocation delivering 25-50 % reduction in PO, up to 50% reduction in no of cost centre and improving cost forecast accuracy
• Responsible for implementing JDA Transport Management System in India with the objective to drive cost compliance, improving productivity and delivering 5 % cost reduction
• Conducted feasibility study on raw pack material ground transport across the globe with the objective to estimate spend pool, address compliance/ process gap and suggest options to fix the gap.
Responsible for Order Management and Accounts Receivables covering Middle East Africa and Central Eastern Europe managing business across 195 customers, 48 sourcing sites and 109, 000 orders per annum with the help of 45 team members
• Implemented plan to outsource order management function delivering saving of $ 700 M
• Executed plan to relocate account receivables from Dubai to Manila delivering saving of $ 500 M
• Executed successful transition of Order Management- Levant and Accounts Receivable - South Africa without any business loss from local operations into remote operations at Dubai
• Delivered vertical start-up of Legal Entity restructuring project in line with tax compliance covering $1B Sales, 50 Countries, 36 Plants and 150 shipping lanes without any loss of shipment capacity
• Implemented organization effectiveness and team capability plan resulting in 5% improvement in organisation survey results