Ravindu Botheju Email & Phone Number

Notting Hill, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Collaborate with the Planning Manager and Plant Managers to develop material plans that align with monthly and weekly production plans.• Procure materials and consumables, maintain stocks at optimal levels and generate purchase orders as required.• Purchase materials that meet quality, time, and cost requirements, and negotiate with suppliers to secure optimal terms.• Review and implement cost-saving strategies related to procuring and inventorying materials.• Monitor supplier performance to ensure that key suppliers meet quality, service, and delivery expectations.• Liaise with logistics, 3PL, and freight forwarding companies to coordinate deliveries of materials and ensure supply continuity.• Maintain relationships with suppliers, including attending formal meetings and managing annual audits.• Collaborate with the Operations, Customer Service, Warehouse, and Sales teams to ensure timely delivery of goods and services to meet customer requirements.• Participate in cycle counting and annual stocktakes, meetings, training, and other activities necessary to ensure accurate and appropriate inventory is maintained.• Replenish warehouse storage locations as per nominated stock levels, maintain stock records in the ERP system, and coordinate, record and report any damage or loss of materials/stock.

Managed Lane Bryant Cacique customer accounts, overseeing a business worth USD 19 million across local and overseas factories.Successfully coordinated with the MGF buying office account and Lane Bryant Cacique customer account, ensuring clear and effective communication.Led end-to-end raw materials and finished goods shipment processes, optimizing efficiency and minimizing delays.Proactively forecasted and monitored the weekly production status of four factories, located in Sri Lanka and the Seed plant in India, providing critical data for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.Collaborated with key stakeholders to ensure the seamless execution of operations, resulting in the successful management of a multi-million-dollar business.Contributed to the growth of the Lane Bryant Cacique account, achieving a USD 19 million business value.

Oversaw the raw material assurance governance process, managing a business value of USD 280 million across 9 business units and 6 local and 3 overseas factories in India, Bangladesh, and Haiti.Initiated a raw material risk forecast and mitigation process, which significantly improved raw material hit rate results to 90% through accurate forecasting and mitigation strategies.Governed weekly raw material status meetings across 9 business units, facilitating effective communication and decision-making.Introduced a weekly failure hindsight review process to enhance accountability and learning opportunities.Standardized and automated MS Excel-based tasks, optimizing workload and improving operational efficiency.Streamlined the functional structure to enhance process efficiency.Designed and developed a comprehensive raw material dashboard for Brandix group, playing a major role in data visualization and reporting.Provided cross-cluster support for raw material follow-up process establishment.Spearheaded the implementation of a tool to measure daily raw material status, resulting in real-time insights into material availability.Successfully incorporated the raw materials status tool across 6 plants, significantly reducing the workload for production planners, procurement merchants, and the warehouse team.Collaborated with the supply chain team to define procurement merchant KPIs, contributing to more effective performance measurement.Developed a raw material risk forecast model, enhancing data-driven decision-making and risk mitigation strategies.

Achieved zero lost time to production, ensuring the smooth flow and improved value addition of warehouse operations.Successfully onboarded green channel suppliers, eliminating non-value-adding activities in the raw materials unloading process.Implemented a fabric swatch cutting delegation strategy, resulting in a 15-minute reduction in unloading cycle time.Pioneered a demand-based fabric relaxing plan for the warehouse and inspection team, optimizing resource allocation and operations.

Bachelor Of Global Logistics, Supplies And Materials Management, Merit

Research project on RM risk forecast in the apparel industry.

Certificate Of Stores Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

French Language And Literature