Handling Indirect, Infrastructure & Logistics spend. Responsible for Supplier engagement and development plan, Cost Optimization, Contract management, Source to Contract (S2C), tender support, taking care of Manpower consultants, Airline & Hotel Negotiations, long term logistics contract, Office space management• Responsible for high value and strategic sourcing of Indirect, Infra and Logistics services• Manage spend of INR 380 Cr/Year for 5 locations, including 3 remote one having… Show more Handling Indirect, Infrastructure & Logistics spend. Responsible for Supplier engagement and development plan, Cost Optimization, Contract management, Source to Contract (S2C), tender support, taking care of Manpower consultants, Airline & Hotel Negotiations, long term logistics contract, Office space management• Responsible for high value and strategic sourcing of Indirect, Infra and Logistics services• Manage spend of INR 380 Cr/Year for 5 locations, including 3 remote one having complexity of local influence• Contract Negotiation and Contract Execution for various services and supply• Identify opportunities & implements actions to continually reduce NPT, cost & resources on assigned tasks• Define and Execute sourcing plan in accordance to project based requirements and implementation timelines• Responsible for defining performance KPI and Quarterly Business Review of objectives assigned to suppliers • Yearly budget planning and spend controlling basis Product line business forecast and market inflation indices Show less

Lead a central team handling procurement of 165 Cr category of Consumables and Chemicals for all India requirement along with the additional responsibility of Branch operation of BCCL newest print location of Manesar

• Managed a 4-member team and an annual buying of INR 165 Cr. for Consumables required for printing process• Was Directly responsible for Strategic Sourcing of Printing Blankets and Printing Inks • Headed annual Negotiations with 40+ suppliers to fix the annual Rate Contracts for Consumables supplies• Handled 600 SKU’s spread across 14 plants and 26 outside printing locations of TOI across the country

• Responsible for procurement of engineering, services, labour and other items of INR 71 million annually • Negotiation and Contracting for Newsprint waste management for the entire west zone• Core member of project team for Green Field project (Baroda), Capacity building (Ahmedabad)

• Headed a 13-member team (4 with direct & 9 dotted line reporting) managing Newsprint category for end-to-end Supply Chain & Operations: Purchase, Planning, Scheduling, Warehousing and North Zone Outside Printers• Buying and Scheduling of domestic newsprint worth INR 400 Cr annually• Tendering & contracting of inbound logistics worth INR 8.3 Cr/year for movement of 1 lakh tons of Newsprint • Design & implementation of Hub to Spoke model for smaller locations having demand… Show more • Headed a 13-member team (4 with direct & 9 dotted line reporting) managing Newsprint category for end-to-end Supply Chain & Operations: Purchase, Planning, Scheduling, Warehousing and North Zone Outside Printers• Buying and Scheduling of domestic newsprint worth INR 400 Cr annually• Tendering & contracting of inbound logistics worth INR 8.3 Cr/year for movement of 1 lakh tons of Newsprint • Design & implementation of Hub to Spoke model for smaller locations having demand variability• Inventory & consumption management of stock (INR 1600 Cr) at 45 locations across India• Draw sourcing plan, scheduling, distribution & controlling of 0.4-million-ton newsprint annually• Project leader and procurement coordinator for new locations and new product launch Show less

Handled purchase & techno commercial negotiation for the CapEx category for BCCL’s printing division along with annual buying of spares (Rs 190 cr) from major global suppliers for 18 printing locations in India. • Handled major global suppliers (Germany, USA, Hongkong, China, Switzerland, France, Italy)• Negotiated high value 12 years’ service contract (INR 250 Cr). This was an “Industry first time practice ” which has now been implemented in many publishing houses• Reduction in… Show more Handled purchase & techno commercial negotiation for the CapEx category for BCCL’s printing division along with annual buying of spares (Rs 190 cr) from major global suppliers for 18 printing locations in India. • Handled major global suppliers (Germany, USA, Hongkong, China, Switzerland, France, Italy)• Negotiated high value 12 years’ service contract (INR 250 Cr). This was an “Industry first time practice ” which has now been implemented in many publishing houses• Reduction in inventory via hub & spoke model, centralization of inventory & Alternate Sourcing Created Source mix of domestic & international spares vendor to create BCP Show less

• Key member of core team responsible for launch of Luxury Division in India• Stock norm formation and catalogue management for Vichy and Luxury Product Division (LPD)• Demand planning, ordering and distribution of 56 SKU of Vichy & 280 SKU of LPD• Preparation of various Supply Chain Indicators like Service Rate, Forecast Deviation Rate, Stock Consolidation, Stock Evolution, Low Stock Cover Report and New Launch Update

• Annual rate finalization with OEM, service vendors & contractors (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical)• Purchase & planning of Stock and Non-stock material worth INR 100 million annually• Workload allocation for printing job outsourced to different vendors • Generation of Vendor Dashboard & MIS

• Price negotiation, contracting and buying of INR 900 million worth of raw material per year• Identification & Development of new vendors & raw material and evaluation of existing vendors • Negotiation, contracting and logistic movement planning for 6000 MT of Raw material per month• Warehouse & Inventory management for 6 plants across India