Supply Chain Manager

• Oct 2023 - Present

Assistant Manager Supply Chain Management

• Oct 2021 - Oct 2023

• As the Supply Chain and Logistics Team Lead in Global Business Services, I am responsible for converting the 24-month rolling forecast into monthly requirement planning. Leading and supervising a team of two supply chain and two logistics executives, I ensure external supply and monthly scheduling to supplier (CMO) are in accordance with the team's PR to PO. Additionally, I track goods receipt in adherence with IncoTerm and stock ownership change and collaborate with CMOs for timely delivery and stock reconciliation.• My focus on building and maintaining inventory levels for various business segments maximizes overall business profit and maintains inventory objectives. I coordinate with internal stakeholders for effective stock management and conduct meetings with CMOs and freight forwarders to resolve issues. My attention to safety stock, remaining shelf life, burn rate, and forecast variance ensures adherence to established standards.• As a subject matter expert, I work on A category products, internal STO, ABC classification, and SAP MIS reporting to senior management. I drive monthly Service Council, S&OP (Sales & Operation), and QRST meetings, and maintain accurate data in SAP by creating and updating masters (SKU, Vendor, Info Records). My role involves interacting with planners, logistics, batch release, regulatory, artworks, project, technical, and warehouse personnel to ensure seamless operations.• Finally, I ensure that the team complies with Quality Management System, Refresher Trainings, Process Improvement Initiatives, GDP, GxP, SOX, CMO DIFOT, and SOPs to maintain high-quality standards and meet regulatory requirements.Addition to Previous Role: Negotiation, Team Lead, Reporting. Show less

Sr. Executive Supply Chain & Global procurement (Planner)

• Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

Executive Supply Chain & Global procurement (Planner)

• Jun 2016 - Mar 2021

• As a Supply Chain professional, I successfully consolidated 24 months rolling Forecast from multiple territories and uploaded it into SAP to prepare a comprehensive 24-month Global Supply Plan using MRP strategies. Timely PR to Purchase Orders conversion was ensured and sent to suppliers, followed by regular follow-ups for timely deliveries and confirmation from Supplier/Logistics/Warehouse.• I collaborated with Regulatory, Quality, Artwork and other stakeholders to manage stock effectively, and organized weekly calls with suppliers to discuss any delivery-related issues. I ensured adequate stock availability for fast-moving products and arranged stock transfers between warehouses as per the requirements.• Reporting was a key part of my responsibilities, and I regularly extracted various stock reports from SAP for MIS reporting, sharing information with cross-functional departments. Consignment stock management and monthly reconciliation were also effectively handled by me.• I was actively involved in monthly S&OP (Sales & Operations), QRST (Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain & Technical), and Service Council (Classified Hi Priority, Hi Contribution, Penalty Driven, Patient Critical Products) meetings. Additionally, I collaborated with freight forwarders for transporting consignments from manufacturers to warehouse/customers.• Maintaining accurate data in SAP and updating as per requirements was also my responsibility, including the creation and update of Masters (SKU, Vendor, Info Records). Show less

Assistant Commercial Manager

• Dec 2012 - Jun 2016

-Providing hardcore support to multiple manufacturing facilities in the procurement of all Direct & Indirect purchase for production, packaging, maintenance material, Negotiating Annual and Quarterly contracts for Factories - Carrying out a wide array of responsibilities by obtaining & comparing quotations, negotiation, order finalization, payment, evaluation of vendor etc. - Driving cost reduction measures such as - alternate sourcing and generating healthy competition among suppliers. - Administering inter-departmental coordination with production & quality teams and suppliers to achieve faster and better results - Conducting material inspections at vendor, store and factory level to evaluate the quality standards -Managing and training staff in the operation of Logistics, Procurement, warehousing, materials systems. Show less

SAP MM Support Consultant

• Jun 2012 - Nov 2012

-Configuration of Control data for Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Record. -Customization of Purchasing Doc types, Number Ranges & Release Procedures. -Configuring Purchasing Scenario Sub-Contracting, Consignment, Third Party Processing and Stock Transport Order. -Customizing in Pricing for Access Sequence, Condition types, Calculation Schema, Schema group, Condition tables and Accruals. -Customization in Inventory Management for Plant Parameters, Goods movements, Movement types, and Special stocks. -Customization of Logistics Invoice Verification document types, Direct Posting, Vendor Specific tolerances, Invoice Parking, and Invoice Blocks. -Post implementation support like attending various field problems. Involved in training activities to Core team member and End users. Show less

Assistant Manager Commercial

• Jun 2007 - May 2012

- Adjudged as the Best Employee of the year 2010-11. - Promoted to Asst. Manager (Commercial) in 1st year from Executive - Purchase / Procurements - Identifying prospective Vendors, establishing strategic partnership and alliances. - Vendor Optimization, Negotiation, Purchase Order, and dispatch. - Preparation and updation of Purchase Register and daily reports. - Adjudged as the Best Employee of the year 2010-11. - Promoted to Asst. Manager (Commercial) in 1st year from Executive - Purchase / Procurements - Identifying prospective Vendors, establishing strategic partnership and alliances. - Vendor Optimization, Negotiation, Purchase Order, and dispatch. - Preparation and updation of Purchase Register and daily reports.