Sandeep Singh Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Global Procurement , Raw Material , Packaging Material , Cost Optimization , Capex , NPD , Sourcing , Negotiation , Strategic Procurement. Forward Contracting. CAPEX. Contracting and Spot Buying.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Responsible for : 1.Own complete set-up for the business unit from product, inventory, sales, after sales, logistics.2.Managing a team of 42 people ( on roll + off roll ).3.Managing yearly spend of 700 + Crores.4.Handling 400 suppliers in terms of timely Purchase Orders , Fill rates , timely payents and reconcialtion.5.Return to vendors and liquidation.6.Inventory Managemenmt.7.Liasoning with warehouse team for PDP ( permananet despacth plan ), supplier materails unloading and RTVs.8.Handling 2 ambient and 2 Cold warehouses.9.70 Dark stores.10.Handling Campaigns like Holi , Diwali , Valentine Day , Republic day , New Year etc.11.Design & implement the right processes and policies for the unit to achieve best customer experience12.Track and monitor Top-line/Bottom-line and costs along with stage level SLA for each area and improve them periodically13Manage, train and hire multi-country teams for the group14.Contracts Management15.Operations Managemen16.Vendor Management.17.Strategy planning, operations, product management for business channel.18. Local/ Regional assortment finalization19. Management of daily operations with necessary compliance and regulations adherence.10. Design the value chain of the business.Achievements:1. 95 % Fill rates ( Line fill rate and Unit Fill rate ).2. 70 Dark Stores Launch.3. 85 % adherenece to PDPs ( Permanent Despatch Plan ).4. Procurement Income of 20%.5. Handling 400 Plus suppliers in West region.6. Handling SKU assortment of 5000 Products.7. Played pivotal role in liquidation of inventory of 1 Cr.8. Played pivot role in margin recovery in tune of 2 Cr( Due to margin mismatch / GRN issues / MRP issues etc.9. Got nominated twice in 2022 and 2023 as League of Champion Awards.

India

Responsible for : 1.Supervising the development & implementation of purchase, category and procurement strategies for sourcing of various FMCG & Processed Food items 2.Currently managing more than 150 vendors & 250 clients across India and buying for more than 15 Crores per month/ 180 crores per year3.Achieving substantial cost savings through purchase process optimization projects; preparing annual budgets developing ideas around for cost rationalization4.Analysing procurement needs, building strategies, developing budgets & plans and raising procurement sources basis project scope of work; proposing & implementing strategies for cost effective purchase of materials .Delivering process breakthrough improvements towards business excellence by adopting business process improvement techniques and ensuring compliance5.Assessing overall supply chain to design innovative solutions, reducing operational costs and improving delivery times while maintaining high service levels6.Designing & developing systems and procedures to implement purchasing, production scheduling, inventory control which assured availability of parts, materials and transportation in accordance with Just-in-Time delivery schedules, while maintaining minimum inventory7.Coordinating with vendors for product innovation; developing upstream vendor base for FMCG and Non-Perishables category8.Heading national tie-ups and promotional events.Achievements:1.Played a key role in achieving the savings of approx. 14% on spend.2.Appreciated for executing strategic sourcing and joint business plans with various renowned brands like Parle, Britannia, TATA, Dabur, Kellogg’s, Haldiram, Paper Boat, Nestle, Coke, PepsiCo., Cadbury, Amul, HUL, ITC, Bikano, Dukes, Delmonte, Bambino, TOPS, Lijjat Papad, Mothers Recipe, Nilons, Cremica 3.Approved Price List rationalisation and Approved Supplier list rationalisation. 5.Implementation of Hot and Code vending across India as a brand name of Deli marche.

Pune Area, India

 Identifying, negotiating and developing dedicated supplier/vendor sources, for achieving cost effective purchase of raw material for foods and non-food category. Managing and Handling more than 400 vendors across Maharashtra and Gujarat. Number of Client: Managing and Handling 20 Clients across Maharashtra and Gujarat. Purchase Spend: Buying for more than 7 Crores per month / 84 crores / year. Savings: Managed savings of Approx 2 crores. Managing and Introduced Alternate Channels and Alternate Products for cost reduction. Spend Analysis. Procurement Cost Reduction. Direct and Indirect Procurement / Purchase. SAP MM Warehouse Inventory Management. Inflation management -Forecasting and trend analysis of category, food basket analysis. Devise the long term strategic category plans for food and non-food category. Standardised the specification, brands, UOM of food products all across the countries Guiding the category buyer’s team to finalise the contract covering Maharashtra & Gujarat. Design and execute SLA for high value vendors in food and non-food category.  National contract – Tie-up with national brands for pan India supply by consolidating volume resulting more discounts. Responsibility of national tie ups and promotional events, vendor development and back up plan of existing vendors, possibilities of bulk buying, hedging.  SAP ECC – Implementation – Core team member of SAP B1 implementation.

Noida Area, India

Key Accountabilities: Drawing and implementing a strategic category plan for perishable, food categories. To develop and maintain a supply chain that delivers goods & services of safe & right quality in right quantities, on time at lowest total delivered cost. Inflation management -Forecasting and trend analysis of category, food basket analysis. Standardise the products specification, drawn down brand specification, quality norms, SLA of key items in categories best suitable to sodexo requirement.  Develop and drive low-cost sourcing strategies, aligning strategy and business practices with Management Design and execute SLA for key vendors in category which consist quality,packaging,delivery norms etc Coordinating with operational team covering North India and 100 sites. Prepare and review bid proposal by setting up target price by doing market benchmarking/analysis, negotiate contract with budgetary limitation and scope of authority in line with product requirement, focusing efforts on fixing prices with suppliers, increasing terms of payments. Market Intelligence Report-developed system to monitor wholesale rates, future trends of major items for all regions which helped during contract negotiation. Bulk Buying/hedging –exploring possibilities of bulk buying by doing tie-up with direct manufacturer. Reduction in cash purchase by effective coordination with vendor and site operation. MIS report and management presentation - Coordination and collecting data from all sites and prepare MIS report for food and non food category for HOD presentation to top management.  Food basket Analysis -Ensuring GOP of the site meets its target & analysing pricing trend across categories / regions. Monitor and Customize Seasonal availability of items and coordinating with operation team to set next month menu planning.

Master'S Degree, Supply Chain And Operations Management, A

Activities and Societies: o Member – Delegate’s Team Chain Act’10 at ISB&M. o Internship with Maharashtra Police for increasing their.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Engineering, First Class

Bachelors, Computer Engineering, A

Ssc, Theoretical And Mathematical Physics, A

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Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Engineering