Naveen Sethi Email & Phone Number

Ottawa

• Responsible for inventory performance, SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process and timely procurement for over 800 SKU for 3 internal sites and 7 customers.• Manage lead times by monitoring escalations from for each stage from planning through component procurement and production to logistics and delivery to customer.• Lead bi-weekly discussions with suppliers\ customer\ internal business units to prioritize, allocate, escalate and communicate.• Manage product… Show more • Responsible for inventory performance, SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process and timely procurement for over 800 SKU for 3 internal sites and 7 customers.• Manage lead times by monitoring escalations from for each stage from planning through component procurement and production to logistics and delivery to customer.• Lead bi-weekly discussions with suppliers\ customer\ internal business units to prioritize, allocate, escalate and communicate.• Manage product costing for existing and proposed products under complex sourcing agreements.• Project Owner for SAP (MM) implementation to integrate sourcing for all internal sites.• Supervise Business Intelligence projects for Sales and Supply chain functions and regular weekly/monthly reporting on KRA matrix for sales and supply chain functions.• Responsible for projects such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with key customers, 3PL warehouse and Suppliers, Demand and Supply Management automations, Document Management related automation to support rapid growth. Show less

Ottawa, Canada

Founded and progressed viable businesses in multiple areas :• Supplementary Education Center• Web design and development business• Designing e-learning portals and training material

Dubai, Uae, Acer Computers Middle East

• Worked with cross functional teams to grow a new vertical to US$10+ million in 3 years. • Acted as project manager for a large project involving Networking, LMS, K12 3D simulators, Projectors, Interactive Whiteboards and Tablets 240 classes with 6,000 users.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Acer Computers Me Ltd

• Started as Country Manager for East Africa (2006) and took additional responsibility: 2007 - West and Central Africa; 2008 – Pakistan and Afghanistan; 2009- 7 CIS countries.• Recruited, trained and mentored a team of 8 sales persons and 4 support staff.• Received number of recognitions for helping grow the region from $3.5mto $13m mainly by streamlining and mixing air/sea shipments from China, India, Europe and Middle East to Africa.• Managed subcontractors and certified partners… Show more • Started as Country Manager for East Africa (2006) and took additional responsibility: 2007 - West and Central Africa; 2008 – Pakistan and Afghanistan; 2009- 7 CIS countries.• Recruited, trained and mentored a team of 8 sales persons and 4 support staff.• Received number of recognitions for helping grow the region from $3.5mto $13m mainly by streamlining and mixing air/sea shipments from China, India, Europe and Middle East to Africa.• Managed subcontractors and certified partners to execute 3 complex projects (over $3m).• Recruited authorised warranty support partners in 13 countries to create a service network.• Managed over $50m in average inventory for finished products and bill of material components. Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Acer Computers Me Ltd

• Managed requirements reporting and several million $ finished product inventory for over 10 distributors in the region. Planned and implemented monthly ageing inventory liquidation.• Assured adherence to timely reporting and also authorized returns, while staying within budgets.• Managed system analysis, design, development and testing of a CRM and reporting system that was tightly linked to lotus notes mail system.• Supervised an 8-seat call center with French, English, Arabic… Show more • Managed requirements reporting and several million $ finished product inventory for over 10 distributors in the region. Planned and implemented monthly ageing inventory liquidation.• Assured adherence to timely reporting and also authorized returns, while staying within budgets.• Managed system analysis, design, development and testing of a CRM and reporting system that was tightly linked to lotus notes mail system.• Supervised an 8-seat call center with French, English, Arabic, Turkish and Russian speaking agents covering sales and technical support for Middle East, Turkey, Africa, CIS and Pakistan countries. Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Acer Computers Me Ltd

• Managed costing for bid pricing, inventory and aging for corporate partners in the country• Managed Service contracts and customized product order fulfillment process for over several hundred server clusters for 2 large end users Etisalat-Telco and Emirates-National Airlines.• Part of multifunctional team for system analysis, design and development of Acer Global ERP system (now being used worldwide for managing a revenue of over 10 billion $)• Honoured as outstanding contributor… Show more • Managed costing for bid pricing, inventory and aging for corporate partners in the country• Managed Service contracts and customized product order fulfillment process for over several hundred server clusters for 2 large end users Etisalat-Telco and Emirates-National Airlines.• Part of multifunctional team for system analysis, design and development of Acer Global ERP system (now being used worldwide for managing a revenue of over 10 billion $)• Honoured as outstanding contributor for consistently exceeding performance standards Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Uae)

• Managed vendor relationships, negotiations and purchasing from Hewlett Packard (HP), Microsoft and Epson and key business metrics reporting to both inside and outside stakeholders• Extensive involvement in pricing for large tenders, preparing price-list

Jaipur, Rajasthan State, India

• Organized first Auto show (now an annual event), this resulted in market leadership in first year of operation in the city.• Successfully established 3 branches in the region, with a total of 12 employees.

Udaipur City, Rajasthan State, India

Performed supervision of accounts, credit process and collections

Jaipur City, Rajasthan State, India - Srf Finance Ltd

Responsible for sales, credit appraisals, brokers and commission agents.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing And Finance, Second

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Physics,Chem, Maths, Second

School, Physics Chemistry Biology And Maths, First

Master Of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Completed First Year, Second

Diploma In Training And Development, Diploma In Training And Development, Second

Diploma In Electronic Data Interchange (Edi), Edifact, Second