Ravi V. Lakshman Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore

Lead a team of 12 in managing the end to end supply chain for the Rs. 150 Cr Furniture Business. The team handles vendor development, new product introduction, production planning and control across two factories and 25+ vendors, inventory management, logistics , warehousing & commercial controls.Implemented Theory of Constraints based planning; Improvement in On Time in Full (OTIF) from 29% to 70% in workstations and 48% to 80% in chairs. Improved planning processes led to a reduction of freight spend by 1% and elimination of demurrage and ad-hoc warehousing charges in first year itself.Implemented SIAM index based costing processes in Vendor Management to help smooth the impact of commodity price fluctuation in raw material sourcing.

Bengaluru Area, India

Planning and Logistics for the Lighting line of business. Managed the supply chain for the B2C Lighting Division, responsible for the availability of 600+ SKUs from four factories, 15+ domestic suppliers and 11+ international suppliers; Vendor management of domestic vendors for production planning and sequencing, distribution and availability.Ensured 90%+ fill rates in all categories while maintaining tight control on inventory limit of Rs. 40 Cr.Member core team for implementation of JDA planning and fulfillment modules; SPOC for implementation of reporting module. Managed the design and implementation of Business MIS and reporting with in house IT team.

Bengaluru Area, India

Customer Service Manager for Institutional and Food Services (B2B) supplies pan-India, handling the entire order to delivery cycle for 100+ customers. Led the supply chain team of four members ensuring on time in full supplies to all major customers from eight plants and network of 20+ warehouses.Led the team handling the (B2C) distribution network for the four states in South India. Managed monthly S&OP, weekly supply phasing, production planning, inventory management, freight and inventory management of three plants and 10 third party (C&F) warehouses. Fill rates maintained on a weekly basis against the weekly sales phasing plan.

Paradip Garh Area, India

Managed the planning and distribution activities for the East Region with 12 C&F locations and a central mother warehouse.Handled the role of Production Planner and Logistics Manager at the edible oil refinery located at Paradip, Orissa.

Gurgaon, India

- Category analysis and developing a buying strategy for Phosphoric Acid- Category analysis and developing a buying strategy for Primary Freight- Excel + VBA solution for determining optimal sourcing location to 60+ warehouses across oil categories.

Mumbai Area, India

- Design and Development of the digital electronics for the LAXPC payload on the Indian Astronomy Satellite, ASTROSAT- Experience in conceptualization, design, development and testing of FPGA and Microcontroller based digital systems- Development of analysis and test software in C, C++, Visual Basic and LabView

Management Development Program - Chief Operations Officer, Business Administration, Management And Operations, Excellent (Ranked First In Class Of 92)

First batch of participants in the Chief Operations Officer - Management Development Program at IIM Lucknow. We completed an 11-month.

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

Activities and Societies: Admissions Committee, Website Committee

Bachelor’S Degree, Electronics Engineering

High School, High School And Junior College