Rakesh Hande Email and Phone Number

Handling the entire Maharashtra Team for OC procurement and category management for 3 business verticals of company (i.e. Rural, Rurban& Comex). In a last 1 year able to grow the business from 8 Cr to 16 Cr and 50L to 3 Cr (Comex) and margin from 4% to 7.8% and 0.30% to 1.5% (comex) respectively.• Monitored development program for suppliers and training them for future business. Responsible for product P/L- Delivered the category financial matrix of sales, inventory turns and managed the item counts in OC. Analyzed market trend and keep track on competitor’s price factor to provide valuable inputs for tuning sale • Obtain relevant information for developing new commodity strategies considering the entire supply chain, information and economic considerations. Develop initial hypothesis of keys saving drivers for commodity across multiple levers like cost, demand and process. Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmark. • Develop robust procurement operations and control framework. Manage every aspect of the supply chain and notify the management team of any possible obstacles to ideal efficiency. Track strategic Procurement targets by measuring KPI`s. Monitor critical activities based on the schedule and advise the project manager

• Determined recurring business needs and maintained necessary inventory levels.• Tracked and approved procurement plans and inventory levels.• Located and vetted vendors established good relationships and negotiated contracts.• Improved warehousing and inventory management operations,• Implemented robust inspection policies to check the quality of all incoming products.• Managed purchases, receipts and documentation of finished goods, materials, packaging and ingredients for submission in reports.Conducted market research to determine appropriate pricing.• Collected documentation to assemble new purchase order contract folders.• Cultivated new vendor relationships using dynamic communication and negotiation skills.• Negotiated and managed vendor contracts.• Negotiated with suppliers to obtain cheaper shipping rates and faster turnaround on Grocery orders