Sunil Gera, Mba Email & Phone Number

Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, Us

As Director of Strategic Sourcing, I lead supplier management across a $1B portfolio of Clinical, Life Sciences, Chemicals, Safety & Production supplies.

While with JM Smith Corporation, I reported directly to the CFO and was handpicked by the CEO to serve as part of the Finance team to lead business transformation and best practices implementation across the supply chain ($3B/revenue, 6 business units), increasing visibility, and reducing cost, risk, and time to market.• Introduced policies and processes that reduced risk and ensured compliance across indirect spend of $100M, delivering $3M in recurring annual savings within 12 months.• Halved new customer onboarding time to 13 days by leading cross-functional workshops in practical process improvement / lean philosophy.• Championed change management efforts to adopt key policies such as spend-level approval authority, travel policy, record management, contract signatory, and expense management.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Throughout my 6+-year tenure, I developed and executed global sourcing strategy to streamline and optimize the supply chain while also overseeing teams in the US, UK, Belgium, Australia, India, and China with a total spend of $100M - $300M.• Led strategic sourcing efforts, which transformed a tactical purchasing team into a data-driven strategic sourcing team, drove $10M in cost savings, and increased low-cost region spend from 1% to 18%.• Boosted revenue assurance of $35M by developing market intelligence framework, identifying risks, and creating risk management models.• Propelled $2M+ in savings by leading an enterprise-wide Procurement Council across 5 chemical & medical devices business units, leveraging enterprise spend and best practices.• Fueled 10% YOY savings via alternate supply sources and specifications, negotiations, and technology implementations.• Secured $3M in new revenue by leading supplier-enabled innovations to accelerate new product introductions.• Spearheaded the training and adoption of SAP Ariba (Contracts & E-sourcing Module).

St Petersburg, Florida, Us

I provided strategic leadership and supply chain transformation across Asia, Europe, and North America, introducing stakeholder workshops to facilitate an improved understanding of the supply chain, pain points, and areas for improvement.• Reduced costs $1M+ by establishing and leading a strategic sourcing function in the US.• Designed and implemented a supply chain transformation road map within 24 months, which improved on-time delivery from 70% to 90% and delivered $1.5M+ in savings.• Consolidated manufacturing locations and led a Greenfield project to establish a manufacturing unit in India, transferring non-critical medical device manufacturing.

Bonn, De

As the Assistant GM of SCM Operations, I reported to the COO and managed a staff of 12 direct reports and supply chain operations with P&L responsibility for the Inbound to Manufacturing vertical.• Increased profit margins 3% by improving client relationships, conducting quarterly business reviews, restructuring delivery processes and implementing KPIs to improve service levels.• Appointed to execute synergy activities after the DHL acquisition of EXEL; increased profit margin 7% and revenue 10% by moving from cost-plus pricing to output-based pricing.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Directed lean transformation for Gillette India resulting in a 15% reduction in finished-good lead times and annual savings of $500K; trained 150+ associates on lean manufacturing concepts, transforming process-driven manufacturing to value streams.• Served as India Gatekeeper (Lead) for a Cost Reduction Management Program (CRMP) that produced cost savings of $465K.

New Delhi, In

• Led process and methods engineering for the assembly, weld, and press shop to enhance capacity from 500 vehicles to 2K vehicles per day per line.• Pioneered JIT Implementation for the assembly shop enabling a workforce reduction 65 and space savings of 15%.

Mba, International Trade

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