Arun Prakash. Cpsm Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tn, In

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai

Profit & Loss owner of Dedicated Warehousing vertical of Contract Logistics - Cultivating 4 of 5 largest accounts of the group. Responsible for handling entire gamut of supply chain activities of 400,000 Sq Ft Warehousing and Global multi modal distribution facility, emanating from customer order processing, delivery planning, shipping, imports, warehousing and distribution. The job encompasses managing a team of 150+ comprising of order managers, warehousing professionals and distribution managers along with aligning various linkages from domestic & overseas plants and vendors, freight forwarders, CHAs, to internal stake holders.• Responsible for a yearly supplychain and correlated activities budget of over INR 100Million.• Implemented a robust and highly effective System for administration and billing resulting in improved operational efficiencies, compliance and cost control.• Developed and employed a fully systemized and transparent productivity capturing platform, creating a performance-based culture of empowerment and accountability. • Reduced operational overhead by INR 1.5Million through the implementation and execution of new operational workflows and high-value solutions.• Redefined warehouse operations process to maximize efficiencies in human capital, facilities and equipment, resulting in a cost savings of INR 2.Million• Successfully restored client confidence and retained key accounts while increasing customer portfolio.• Re-designed conceptual layout there by re-structuring receiving which reduced unloading cost by 20 % and increased space utilization by 30 %.• Re-designed packing process which mitigated error and increased order accuracy from 91 % to 96 %.• Designed improvements in Order fulfillment cycle that decreased back order rate and increased perfect order rate performance from 83 % to 95 %.• Led inventory control process team, increased accuracy to 99.5%. from 94 %

Chennai Area, India

I have been fortunate in cultivating 5 largest accounts of the vertical.Key accounts partnered includes: Finland-headquartered Telecommunications infrastructure and Information technology development and licensing company positioned at Special Economic Zone Oragadam–Chennai. Italy-headquartered company specializing in the manufacturing of gear motors, drives systems and planetary gearboxes, Mannur- Chennai. American headquartered corporation in the manufacturing of Health, Beauty, and Home care products positioned at Dindukal –Madurai. French Multinational Company specializing in power generation, transmission and transport. Taiwan-headquartered company specializing in Hardware and electronics. French multinational corporation that specializes in energy management and automation solutions. Irish-headquartered global health care products company and manufacturer of medical devices. Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware. German based Technology group in the field of electrical, electronic and optical connection, transmission, and networking. Switzerland-headquartered Electronics, components, networking manufacturing company. American headquartered dental equipment manufacturing company. Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo. Indian and British multinational telecommunications company.

Chennai Area, India

• Effectively managing full time work force. Created flexibility in resource sharing, reducing employee turnover from 10% to 4 % while improving staff engagement. • Delivered strong results, improved productivity by 20%.• Maintained delivery route effectiveness at 98 % and target ship dates at 95%.• Implemented lean logistics milk run process, achieving transport synergy and 15% cost savings on transportation budget and increased visibility.• Responsible for a yearly transport and correlated activities budget of over INR 40Million.• Reduced all transportation related activity costs without obligatory contracts or additional increase over inflation/cost increase.• Managing Global end to end supply chain from inbound materials to final delivery to end customers.• Business lead for deployment of an integrated WMS/TMS system & Productivity measurement system• Facilitated and managed complete redesign of warehouse operations facility, improved productivity by 30%.

Joined in, In-flight Catering Logistics department and rose to the level of In-charge - Central Store – Warehouse and Purchase Department, overseeing satellite store operations of Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin, Calicut and Trivandram.• Managing Global end to end supply chain from inbound materials to final delivery to end customers.• Business lead for deployment of an integrated WMS/TMS system & Productivity measurement system• Facilitated and managed complete redesign of warehouse operations facility, improved productivity by 30%.• Successfully designed and configured a warehousing and distribution facility which evolved in to an regional hub.• Resolved significant labor problem that threatened operational stability, by developing new shift system that provided optimum labor utilization.• Developed Kaizen event teams to remove process waste that increased throughput by 30 %.• Core team member towards implementation of SAP R/3.• Initiated & implemented the BAR CODE applications for efficiency.• Applied cross docking technique.• Implemented pull system of inventory control saving INR.200 000 / - annually on excess and obsolete material.

Certified Professional In Supply Management

Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Black Belt - Six Sigma, Six Sigma

Master'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Business Administration And Management, General

Hotel Management And Catering Technology, Business Administration And Management, General

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