Bikash Kumar Panda Email & Phone Number

An accomplished professional with over 37 years of experience & solid performance track record in all Materials Management functions with a sound experience in Supply chain Management .Worked as Group General Manager (Materials ) at Mines and Refinery Complex at Nalco Damanjodi Koraput Odisha as a part Senior Management team.As HOD of Materials Management function, I was looking after the Procurement of all Revenue & Capital items, finalizing the LSTK projects, Stores and Warehouse Management, Contract Management, Scrap & Hazardous Material management under waste to wealth concept.Ensured seamless procurement thru strategic planning & optimizing the sourcing challenges by managing a team of resourceful vendors and a team of supply chain professionals with innovative ideas .With my 37 years of dedicated Materials Management role, having a flair for strategic and operational Business excellence, I have contributed immensely towards the growth of the company by the way of reducing the procurement cost, maintaining the philosophy of competitive buying under challenging situations , resorting to the modern warehouse management with SAP driven Stores accounting system as well as through effective management of Scrap items creating wealth for the company and improving the bottom line. Specialties• In depth understanding of Materials Management Functions under the contemporary business environment.• Strategic and sustainable sourcing on digital platform like GeM and CPP portal which is cost effective and ensures transparency as per CVC guideline.• Efficient and responsive Supply chain management with resilience to future disruptions.• Building high performance teams by entrusting the correct person with responsibilities.• Effective vendor management thru creation of facilities and recognition of suppliers as partners to our business process, thus designing the supply chain eco system.• Establishing and Nurturing key Vendor relationships & translating customer relationships into business.• Digital collaboration with suppliers as partners.• Applying various learnings from Covid-19 for managing the Supply chain.• Risk management by minimizing various fixed cost.

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  Group General Manager

  National Aluminium Company Limited - Nalco

  Nov 1985 - Aug 2022