Kailas M. Email and Phone Number

Managed inventory of over 6000 SKUs, large spend management of INR 5000mn and led teams of 500+ personnelSpecialties: Procurement strategies, Inventory management, Operational excellence, Benchmarking, Materials, Supply Chain, Plant operations, Manufacturing. Improving On time Delivery (OTD / OTIF), Root cause analysis, Team buildingAdept in implementing strategies honed with hands on experience of more than 27 years, tailored to meet medium/large scale deliverables in multi-location /multi-product units. Demonstrated experience in supply chain management, techno-commercial operations, supplier risk management & mitigation, operational strategy & excellence. Skilled in aligning strategies to increase reliability, productivity, quality, and system efficiencies.Reduction in inventory costs by 22% month-wise with a 3.5% net reduction in component cost while ensuring on time delivery (OTD) of 91%+ thereby enhancing customer experience.Negotiated contracts to link component prices and implemented E-buying to achieve Year on year average component cost saving of 7%. Improved Fund flow by increasing average procurement payment terms from 40 days to 65 daysImproved OTIF (on time in full) to 92% by implementing ‘7-day average offtake’ component inventory buildup with vendors.Managed inventory of over 6000 SKUs, large spend management of INR 5000mn, and led teams of 500+ personnel.Customer complaints related to new product supply (related to product, delivery, service…) reduced by 44% on a quarterly basis through error proofing of installation settings, communications & better dispatch controls.New unit setup from scratch in 8 (eight) months beginning with finalizing project size & ROI.Diverse industries: Fortune 500 MNCs, Leading Indian group companies such as TATA & BAJAJI can be reached on mobile phone : +91 9619203974 and by email at menonkailask@gmail.com