Sumedh Agarwal Mba Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• YaYA Foods is North America’s Leading Beverage Co-manufacturer with aseptic fill, hot fill and Tetra Pak fill capabilities
• Managed and led a 3 member team to execute strategic sourcing activities by conducting RFPs, and supplier contract negotiations of over $250 million yearly spend on raw material and packaging across North America
• Increased YaYA Foods’ annualized material handling revenue by CAD $200,000 (10% increase to 2022) by collaborated with the Commercialization team to ensure YaYA common materials are offered when onboarding new.
• Worked with over 60 existing customers to substitute customer-owned material for similar spec YaYA common material thereby saving material costs and optimizing operational efficiencies
• Consolidated the number of active materials used at YaYA by over 200. Estimated active material count went down from 1950 items in 2022 to 1750 items in 2023 by running material consolidation projects of 15 similar.
• Delivered customer cost savings of over CAD $10M (annualized) on proactive, YaYA Sourcing-led projects by working on volume consolidation RFP projects to negotiate the best pricing with the vendors and contract.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Packaging and Beverages Categories for Yum! Canada
• Managed the Packaging category for KFC and Taco Bell of over $25 million yearly spend across Canada
• Managed the Beverages category for KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell of over $15 million yearly spend across Canada
• Collaborated with Yum! Canada’s Marketing and R&D departments in new/alternate product development and promotion(LTO) meetings and Suppliers to ensure stakeholder expectations are accomplished
• Strongly developed and managed supplier relationships by having weekly touch-points to optimize product delivery, pricing, and documentation
• Developed business continuity and risk mitigation plans for each supplier to meet UPGC’s Governance Goals

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Managed and led the 6 member procurement team to meet weekly production requirements and, IQF, dry food and packaging inventory with an outlay of over $2 million monthly across North America
• Managed risk and cost reduction projects to ensure products are multi-sourced and economical to avoid stock-outs due to longer lead times in the COVID pandemic
• Led the pricing negotiations to minimize expenditure($50,000 savings) on both inventory and shipping costs, resulting in improved vendor relationships and more efficient site delivery schedules at project sites
• Collaborated with Finance, Product, and Marketing teams to understand the sourcing requirements to ensure new product launches happen on time, bringing in more customers and revenue for the company

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• PC CHEF MEAL SOLUTIONS IS DEFUNCT AS OF JULY 2021
• Managed the procurement and logistical requirements, for the weekly production, packaging inventory with an outlay of over $300k monthly across Ontario
• Successfully started to scale up packaging inventory across Ontario by using demand planning tools and processing accurate Purchase orders for various packaging SKUs for home delivery and in-store demand
• Strongly started to develop and manage vendor relationships by having weekly touch-points to optimize product delivery, pricing, quality, and documentation to ensure an optimized replenishment

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Managed the procurement and logistical requirements, for the weekly production, packaging inventory with an outlay of over $1.75 million monthly across Canada
• Successfully scaled up packaging inventory to the exponential demand growth during COVID pandemic across Canada by using demand planning tools and ensuring the product is delivered within vendor lead times
• Strongly developed and managed vendor relationships by having weekly touch-points to optimize product delivery, pricing, quality, and documentation(BOLs, Invoices, and Payments) to ensure an optimized replenishment
• Developed and managed strong 3PL relationships by having daily touch-points to optimize productin-bounding and outbound delivery to the DCs by ensuring that the production schedules are met
• Processed accurate Purchase Orders for various packaging SKUs by deploying inventory management tools to ensure an optimized replenishment cycle
• Achieved weekly cost savings by 50% ($20,000) by optimizing packaging inventory and logistics at 3PL warehouses

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Worked for a Canadian plastic packaging company as Team Lead, managed communication between the stakeholders to recommend strategies for product, industry and geographical expansion to increase the revenue by 100% by.
• Analyzed historical performance data to generate key insights and market positioning by conducting internal and external analysis, value chain model, vendors, 3PL, and, competitor analysis
• Recommended strategies to efficiently manage inventory at the warehouse, on-time delivery of the finished goods to the customers and building better relations with the suppliers in Asia

Gurgaon, India

• Managed the procurement and logistical requirements for electrical inventory with an outlay of $1.5 million for a commercial project (Bestech Business Park encompassing 700,000 sq ft)
• Developed RFQs and Purchase Orders as a team lead of a 6 member procurement team for electrical power projects, resulting in cost savings of 20%, and reductions in delivery and equipment installation time
• Optimized inventory for electrical equipment while maintaining the safety and electrical standards, increasing available floor space for additional storage by 10% (3,000 sq ft) and reducing equipment costs by 10% (.
• Stakeholder management of an 11-member team, the electrical supplier and architects to define the requirements ofelectrical inventory, drawings and the on-time delivery of the documentation
• Co-led the Procurement negotiating team to minimize expenditure on both inventory and shipping costs, resulting in improved vendor relationships and more efficient site delivery schedules at project sites
• Managed logistical requirements for consultants and architects to ensure design submissions were delivered within contract and project bid deadlines

Gurgaon, India

• Worked with the Project Manager in the Siemens Headquarters and analyzed the logistics, inventory and installation requirements for Gas Insulated Switchgear equipment
• Analyzed and defined the electrical equipment requirements of the 400kV GIS substation project

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Net Impact Club, Schulich Chapter (Director, Sponsorship) •Reached out to and built relations with potential.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: • Team Lead, Raag Club o Led numerous teams on collection drives and setting up events • Certifications o.

Education record