Leading supply chain for food categories at KFC India

Leader - Protein Category for Amazon Fresh

● Strategic sourcing of key Direct Materials (RM/PM) across India● Managing vendor base for ~ 1350 Dominos restaurants supported by 12 Supply Chain Centers● Spend analysis and identification of opportunities for cost saving through various projects like Global sourcing / Low cost country sourcing / Alternate Sourcing / Vendor Consolidation etc.● Devising strategy for category sourcing and defining framework for execution along with various sourcing projects● Managing high spend Services and CAPEX contracts in addition to direct material sourcing as part of cross functional team

Senior Consultant in Strategy & Operations (Supply Chain practice) with focus on Sourcing & Procurement and S&OP projects

• Managing spends & contracts for Toothbrush Category• Vendor management including new vendor development, ensuring ethical & social compliances• Supporting new product development / launches & future cost planning• Inventory optimization & driving savings projects, driving e-Sourcing usage• Developing sourcing strategies for various spend categories• Managing conversion cost and RM / PM spend for third party contract manufacturers

Responsible for production planning & scheduling at Colgate Palmolive Baddi factoryPlanning & souring of imported raw materialsManaging Implementation of new formulas, new raw materials and all packaging changesEnsuring Finished product labeling standard implementation and that its guidelines are met Overseeing Co-packing operationsDelivering volumes as per demandResponsible for coordination between central planning, supply network operations, marketing, packaging and plant operationsCoordination with Commercial and Finance for Budget exercise, price change implementations, costing etc

Management Trainee - Business Leadership Program at ColgateCore Area - Supply Chain/Operations

Project - Optimizing the Planned Maintenance Plan of Colgate Goa Factory Learnt the maintenance plan of the campus, mean time between failures of key parts Developed a complete maintenance plan with detailed tasks, schedules and due dates Improved upon Planned Maintenance effectiveness and achieved targeted reduction in UPDT  Worked out a method on visual display for the Goa Campus The project will be used by each focus factory line crew and PM leader for guiding their PM work

 Worked in Products Research & Development unit that develops products to provide supply chain solutions Developer in Supply Chain Visibility Product Suite which is a platform-driven analytical performance management suite Was responsible for the Microsoft Office 2010 development part of the product where I was the single person handling this development effort and integration to the main product Worked on Data Enrichment Tool for supplier normalization and item auto-classification Introduced workflows in the product that aimed at enhancing usability