Vivek Radhakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Antwerp, Be

Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium

Contributed to a multi-year global supply chain transformation program for a leading pharmaceutical company, leading the design, build/test, and the first deployment phase for operational planning and scheduling.Facilitated design workshops to create a global supply planning and advanced scheduling template, including business processes, system design, and supply chain constraint modeling for touchless planning leveraging an advanced planning and scheduling tool (OMP).Designed planning and scheduling cycles to streamline daily and weekly activities for a supply planner and scheduler, and coached a cross-functional team to ensure successful implementation of the project and alignment with business goals.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Led the material planning organization for EMEA. Implemented improvements primarily by improving delivery to regional customers by 2.2% without increasing inventory holding. Led the transition of the planning organization to a new operating model that includes a supply chain service center that manages planning execution and regional operating team that delivers on improvements needed to customers in the region.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Led the material planning organization at the site based in Belgium and was a part of the site leadership team that helped improve overall delivery to customers in the European region. Reduced working capital for the site by $3M annually (~$300M of annual spend at the site with $150M of inventory) by implementing stocking improvements, lead time reductions with strategic suppliers and improving throughput.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Led a team of supply chain planners to drive an overall 10% increase in overall delivery performance across the business unit. Planning functional excellence initiatives were implemented in the process model in driving a cost saving of $900k annually and lead-time reductions across a range of products that drove an inventory cost reduction of $40k.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Led the forecasting/demand planning team in EMEA, and improved forecast accuracy by 3.2% over a period of a year by developing S&OP processes for one of the key business units in the region. Partnered with a key customer to develop customized forecasting processes to improve delivery to the customer by 8%.

Greater Chennai Area

Managed key accounts for 7 suppliers within the casting domain. The role also involved leading a supply chain ownership team that was mainly responsible for the development of suppliers, the improvement of process metrics and expansion of capacity to meet the unexpected increased demand of vehicles.

Greater Chennai Area

Led a team on the engine block machining line to increasing throughput by 11% along the manufacturing process, primarily by improving quality metrics and deploying lean techniques.

Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India

Lead for two key projects. The first of which, involved the development of a software that would facilitate the dynamic update of the bill of material; the project involved leading a cross functional team involving IT, Product Development and Manufacturing. The second project involved the rationalization of bar machined components and it's suppliers. It involved the strategic analysis of the part roster, and identification of anomalies in the sourcing methodology.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Certificate In Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)Winner of Vestas Winnovation Challenge, Aarhus Denmark.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Automotive Engineering, 3.93/4.00

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers