Reena Sawkar Email & Phone Number

Lead Kymeta’s global logistics & 3PL network design & development for Inbound, Customer Fulfillment, and Reverse Logistics.Responsible for selecting & managing Freight Forwarders Globally (Expeditors, Maersk, DSV, FedEx, DHL), onboarding partners, negotiating & setting up net payment terms, and reviewing and approving invoices.Define lanes to move inventory per Lead Time & PO fulfillment requirements.Responsible for developing new strategies to streamline processes and reduce cost, negotiate services and rates across portfolios.Define Key Performance Indicators (CPU, OTD, Expedites) to manage & drive freight and logistics (F&L), manage monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.Lead a team to manage all F&L activities.Point of contact for Freight Forwarders & Carriers and escalation point for internal customers.Responsible for driving Cost Down Initiatives and presenting to the Cost Down Board on a monthly cadence. Interface and communicate regularly with internal customers, carriers/ freight forwarders (MBR/ QBR), team members, and the leadership team.Responsible for managing import & export clearance, Carnet setups, brokerage, tracking import & export shipments, and confirming accurate ETA.

Greater Seattle Area

Developed & Executed LSP strategy from sketch to scale for NA & EU (Capability, Scalability, Cost).Developed business case for New LSP’s including requesting & reviewing RFQ’s, executing MSA & SOW, setup payment terms / credit limits and process for monitoring & approving monthly spend. Optimized shipping lanes and negotiated rates & services with Carriers /Forwarder’s (LCL, FCL, LTL, FTL, Parcel and Global carriers)Implemented vendor onboarding process. Developed vendor scorecard / metrics to monitor and improve performance. Negotiated pricing structures and managed vendor relationships with >$18M in annual spend while growing logistics infrastructure to support 5x increase in daily shipments (Inbound & Outbound) over 4 years.Collaborated with Trade Compliance, FDA, Legal & Internal Cross Functional Teams to set up Logistics processes & systems ground up. Developed solutions for startup specific requirements (defining process, credit limit, custom brokerage etc.) to complex LSP Operations & Logistics issues to accommodate COVID impact..Standardized Processes within & across LSP’s. Created transportation management plans and implemented pricing & service agreements with Freight ForwardersKey stakeholder for internal change management process. Escalation point for LSP’s, Freight Forwarders and Internal Customers.

Bellevue

Responsible for organizing, implementing and coordinating Material Planning, Inventory Review, Forecasting, Purchasing & Production Planning with CM.Responsible for the Medium & Long-term Planning process and Weekly Demand Planning process of all assigned product groups.Monitor material shortage & overage. Manage lead-time with suppliers. Review material liability on a continuous basis through Excess & Obsolete (E&O) & Material Buy Back process and manage EOL through Last Time Buy, PO Management and Liquidation process.Engage with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Quality & Service) for introduction of New Products and EOL of Products.Coordinate release of BOM, Material CTB, Tools, Jigs, Training & Golden Samples for introduction of New Products at CM.Monitor CM & supplier/Vendor performance through KPIs / Dashboards (TAT, OTD, Fill Rate, CPU) and provide weekly performance reports to the leadership team.Key Stakeholder in Product lifecycle management to optimize Total Cost to HTC.Manage inbound/outbound logistics between carrier 3PL and CM. Ensure international trade compliance on materials between HTC Taiwan & CM’s.

Redmond, Wa

• Responsible for managing and executing end-to-end RTV (Return-To-Vendor) and Liquidation programs for products returned from Microsoft Retail stores (B&M, Online) worldwide – successfully reduced Turn Around Time (TAT) thereby maintaining minimum on-hand inventory and maximizing recovery through liquidation.• Reviewed contract allowances for return to supplier; confirmed adherence to contract, identified potential contract opportunities and on-boarded suppliers as return vendors; establishing and optimizing RTV privileges for 3rd party products where not available and maximizing returns.• Interfaced with DC’s / Return Operations Center (ROC), Logistics & Merchandising teams to manage the disposition of inventory (RTV or Liquidation) and with AP team to resolve credit issues. • Identified potential liquidators based on LOB and lead internal teams (Tax & Trade, Legal, Finance, Order Mgmt. etc.) to negotiate contracts and on-board Liquidators. Initiated liquidation bid requests and negotiate pricing.• Developed Scorecard / KPI’s to monitor Vendor and 3PL performance. Publish RTV & Liquidation KPI performance reports to Senior Leadership Team.• Developed LPP (Liquidation Pilot Projects) to validate Recovery Effectiveness Index and implemented into Run-Business. Initiated Scrap / disposal of products.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Managed and supported RMA process for specific Carrier accounts, which included coordinating activities between Carriers, Repair Centers (in Mexico & Canada), 3rd party vendors and Regional RIM RMA teams. • Engaged with vendors to procure parts for qualification. Upon approval, setup delivery of parts to repair sites.• Managed and coordinated approval of new parts with Engineering and Reliability teams.• Based on repair build schedule, coordinated supply of parts between Parts Distributor (viz. Arrow), Repair Center’s & Carrier DC’s.• Repaired Site Readiness lead for specific Carriers NPI’s.• Primed Customer & Repair / Logistics Centre interface for special projects (e.g. Code load projects, rework on FG, special shipping requirements etc.)• Conducted weekly KPI reviews internally and monthly KPI reviews with Repair Centre’s, 3rd party vendors and Carriers. • Performed on-going analysis of forecasting /accuracy, return trends, CPU, shipping / delivery performance, review to ensure adherence to Vendor Compliance Documents (VCD).• Managed monthly invoice tracking, reconciliation and billing for special projects.

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

• Released internal work orders to production based on CTB, capacity and open orders. • Responsible for resolving issues with vendors, purchase order discrepancies and collaborate with Finance team in solving issues.• Released RFQ (non-inventory items) & setup supplier profiles.• Ran monthly buy reports, review purchase requests, prepare and process Purchase Orders (EDI/ non-EDI). Publish monthly Purchasing Forecasts for inventory items.• Initiated priority-receiving procedure for expedite shipments and track as required.Demand Planning • Review Month-to-date forecasts on an on-going basis and generate Forecasting Accuracy reports.• Review Gaps Report, Market Activity and Market Share report with Marketing & Sales to identify area and opportunities to reduce gaps. • Review and maintain list and stock types for each product group and company promotional calendar.• Review safety stock levels, provide recommendations and get required approvals