Rakesh Patel Email & Phone Number

Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

1. Overseeing procurement, inventory management, and logistics functions for 3 sites to meet production schedules and customer demands2. Implementing strategic sourcing strategies and vendor management initiatives to enhance product quality while reducing costs

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

Mumbai Area, India

• Managed diagnostic assessment (operational audits) of Supply Chain policies and procedures of various companies to identify KPIs that required improvement
• Led and delivered various End-to-End Supply Chain improvement projects covering the breadth of the enterprise leading to overall Supply Chain cost reduction by 20% and significant improvements in other related KPIs
• Designed and implemented Inventory Management policies for companies across industries, such as, pharmaceuticals, retail, furniture, stationery, and luggage which generated an improvement in the Inventory Turnover.
• Provided hands-on leadership and direction which contributed to the growth of intellectual capital; as well as, the development of other consultants through training on various aspects of Supply Chain consulting
• Improved the daily product availability of a multi-facility stationery manufacturing company from 70% to more than 98% at the warehouse level through demand-based replenishment planning
• Analyzed large sets of data (sales, inventory, cost, etc.) and developed meaningful reports for senior management that identified the deviations from the targeted KPIs and facilitated prompt corrective actions

Mumbai Area, India

• Created content for and presented workshops on Supply Chain Simulations/Games to ensure the concept was understood by various levels of management
• Designed and developed data reporting and Excel-based tracking tool to measure and monitor KPIs
• Conducted Interactive workshops (Thought Provoking) on various topics related to Business Management
• Trained and mentored a highly motivated and skilled distribution and production planning team on semi-automated Excel-based tools which reduced the planning process time from 1 day to 2 hours resulting in faster.
• Created and circulated the weekly/monthly/quarterly MIS reports and dashboards which offered better visibility of data across the Supply Chain
• Assisted sales team by preparing and presenting information to educate customers on the benefits of Supply Chain solutions provided by the firm

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Assisted the project team with various data analysis, project presentations, and reports
• Created and published periodic reports and dashboards (on various aspects of Supply Chain) to assist the top management with prompt decision making
• Compiled industry research and analysis which was used to create a prospective client database for the sales team
• Prepared business proposals and data analysis which was submitted to the sales team to assist them with sales closures
• Designed and developed case studies of the past projects to showcase the challenges faced and solutions proposed along with the achievements for marketing purposes

Chakan, Pune

- Created innovative packaging in partnership with the suppliers to minimize the damages to the parts leading to lesser number of market returns and lesser reverse logistics cost.- Reviewed the ordering system in order to optimize the Minimum order quantities in such a way that the dealers do not end up with too much of inventories at their end which are.

Supply Chain Awareness Program, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

- Supply Chain Awareness - Supply and Demand Planning - Procurement Purchasing and Supply Chain Practices - Supply Chain Career Planning.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations

Activities and Societies: Helping NGO in educating the kids from poor background.- Supply Chain Management - Project Management - World.

Bachelor Of Management Studies, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Activities and Societies: Extracurricular activities like participating in inter-college events such as Drama, Cricket etc.