- Analyse, brainstorm and lead implementation of business transformation, process improvement and analytics initiatives in strategic sourcing for a leading global consumer and product goods company.- Material group contracting – led the implementation of a new procurement model for packaging material thereby reducing time to create contracts by more than half.- Automated price updates for volume-based consignment contracts – Evaluated and designed an automated solution to update… Show more - Analyse, brainstorm and lead implementation of business transformation, process improvement and analytics initiatives in strategic sourcing for a leading global consumer and product goods company.- Material group contracting – led the implementation of a new procurement model for packaging material thereby reducing time to create contracts by more than half.- Automated price updates for volume-based consignment contracts – Evaluated and designed an automated solution to update consignment info record prices after checking for consumption against previous lots so that the correct price is picked during vendor settlement. Led to a reduction in blocked invoices by 90%.- Covid Console - Due to the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, led the implementation of an analytics dashboard to analyze sudden surge in FG demand and corresponding RM/PM dependent requirements, material consumption, available stock and safety profiles, in-transit inventory and alternate suppliers.Helped anticipate and calculate material risk and possible turnover lossEvaluated and analyzed procurement and planning processes and data requirementsWorked with the global procurement business in the design for implementation of a digital procurement tool- Pipeline Contracting – Led the implementation of pipeline contracting process on to the central contract lifecycle management toolNew tool evaluation and strategy - Market research and intelligence for new tool strategy for direct, indirect, legal & R&D contracting- Framework for new tool evaluation for direct procurement contracting- Interacted with various vendors such as Exari, iCERTIS, iValua, SpringCM, Coupa, Zycus SAP Ariba and Jagger on requirements, business process and fit gap analysis.- Analyzed and scored the vendor partners for their capabilities in contracting- Present and facilitate with business globally- Lead & subject matter expert for direct procurement contracting process Show less

Interact with multiple stakeholders and support S&OP corporate plan for the special elastomers and butyl business unit and present future business outlay to senior managementAnalyze sales and inventory position and enable strategic decision makingAnalyse logistics and distribution costs across plan and outlook and enable decisions around cost optimizationGather data from multiple sources develop models and analyze multiple metrics generating insights and enabling decisions for… Show more Interact with multiple stakeholders and support S&OP corporate plan for the special elastomers and butyl business unit and present future business outlay to senior managementAnalyze sales and inventory position and enable strategic decision makingAnalyse logistics and distribution costs across plan and outlook and enable decisions around cost optimizationGather data from multiple sources develop models and analyze multiple metrics generating insights and enabling decisions for forecast accuracy and bias, ageing inventory, inventory vs target, safety stock analysis, DDI trend analysis, blocked inventory analysis, grade slate accuracy etc.Evaluate benefits/ROI from implementing MRP system and present the same to senior leadership Show less

- Led a project to analyze the outbound supply chain operations of a large American tier 1 automotive manufacturer.Performed gap analysis and warranty claim analytics to identify warranty costs leakage, root cause of failure and early warning signals. Established $1 M savings through process optimization and analytics- Performed functional redundancy assessment for a leading German automobile manufacturer for their European operations. Identified $2 M savings through retiring functional… Show more - Led a project to analyze the outbound supply chain operations of a large American tier 1 automotive manufacturer.Performed gap analysis and warranty claim analytics to identify warranty costs leakage, root cause of failure and early warning signals. Established $1 M savings through process optimization and analytics- Performed functional redundancy assessment for a leading German automobile manufacturer for their European operations. Identified $2 M savings through retiring functional redundancies.- Led market research, consulting & analytics solutions across the supply chain – warranty contact management, customer service, IoT based asset management- Designed compelling, innovative and competitive propositions and GTM strategy based on client pain points- Liaise with sales and engagement managers to identify potential clients, provide market intelligence and prepare presentations to enable client acquisition- Identify viable strategic partnerships with common synergies to take a joint GTM approach. Coordinate with legal & alliances team for contract execution- Delivered thought leadership through articles on IoT in manufacturing (predictive maintenance) and digitization in manufacturing. Show less

Operations & Supply Chain

Developed a model for the efficient procurement of RSS 5 and ISNR 20 variants of Natural Rubber under operating constraints.

Project Management