Purchase Head for Animal Health & Nutrition Business for South Asia

Purchase Head for Animal Health & Nutrition Business for South Asia .

Headed PAN India & Bangladesh purchase for Vitamins & Additives Category as a part of Central Buying Organization.Procurement of commodity items like Soya Flour, Vegetable/Animal Fats & Oils.Sourcing of Animal proteins items: Fish meal & Shrimp head meal, Squid liver powder & paste.Procurement of Vitamins (Vit.A,B,C,D3,E), Minerals (Sulphates of Zinc/Copper/Ferrous/ Manganese, Phosphates of Calcium/Sodium/Potassium, Carbonates/Bicarbonates of Sodium/Potassium) Vitamin premixes & many veterinary medicines & Animal Nutrition & Health Products including Enzymes .Procurement & over all coordination of Imports of amino acids ( DL- Methionine, L-Lysine, L-threonine) , Vitamins, other medicines as well their custom clearance .Procurement of Packing materials (PP Bags, Paper Bags, BOPP Bags, Gunny Bags ) having more than 50 variants & volume more than 10 lacs bags/Month required for all plants.Handled International business by way of Imports/ Exports from/to Asian, European & American Continents.Streamlined the process of Purchase of many RMs by centralized buying.Robust Cost reduction by Timely & strategic purchase planning .Streamlined the process of Imports & Exports .Source based supply of monopolistic items from Manufacturers.Brought uniformity in packing materials procurement across country with standardizing procurement norms & terms. Proven track record of performance. Awarded RACE for the Excellent performance in Q3 of 2011-12.

Administered entire gamut of Retail involving Procurement, Category & Retail Operations.Sourcing of Agricultural & horticultural commodities for intra & inter state from Mandis as well as Farm gate.Category Management for Food Category- for F & V, Staples, Pulses, Oils, Spices and other assorted foods.Dexterously implemented all processes for the establishment of 1st chain of Reliance retail stores at Hyderabad as well as Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior & Jabalpur.Successfully designed & Implemented the process of DSD (Direct Store Delivery) from sourcing point to all stores across MP .

Rich Experience of Procurement, Quality Inspection, Space , Logistics arrangement & Trading of Multicommodity -Oil seeds (Soyabean, Mustard seeds), Pulses (Gram, Lentils), Food Grains (Wheat, Maize), Spices (Fenugreek) & and Basic Vegetables (Potatoes & Onions).Exposure of more than 80 commodities specific APMC Mandis of Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.Diversified the commodity trading baskets by including Potato, Onion, Garlic, Cotton as well as Fenugreek Seeds.Handled price support scheme for Mustard, Gram, Lentil & Cotton and Price stabilization operation for onion.Contract farming of Potatoes and Soybean seeds.Arranged Processing of Mustard seeds and Raw Cotton and Trading of mustard seeds, Oil and oilcake.Logistic Management-Liaison with the SWCs, CWCs and Marketing cooperatives.Commenced Future trading & General Insurance business & Soyabean seed development program in MP.