Experience

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  Prabhat Dairy Limited

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Senior Manager Purchase

    • Oct 2018 - Present
    • Mumbai Area, India

    • Heading purchase of all RM & PM for entire Prabhat Dairy group (Total spends Rs. 50 crs). • Vendor development, price negotiation and rate finalization. • Identifying new savings ideas, arrange samples, conduct trails and ensure implementation.• Generated savings worth 10% of spends (key projects – CBB RFQ, Milk film spec optimization, cup sleeve to printed and conversion negotiation, poly liner cost model, etc…) • Evaluate current buying process, identify opportunities and implement new methodologies for purchasing process improvement like RFQ’s, cost sheet model, bulk buying, VMI, JIT, etc…. • Managing & team handling (4 nos. reportees), internal and external audits, rejections, supplier issues, etc…

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  Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Sr. Officer - Purchase

    • Sep 2013 - Oct 2018
    • Mumbai Area, India

     Sourcing of polymers and various other packaging materials for 15 units all over India having portfolio worth over 150 crs. Packaging items includes polymers, HDPE / PP woven bags, LD/LLD plastic bags, jars, pet bottles, caps, inserts, pre-forms, laminates, films, labels, corrugated boxes and mono/lined cartons.  Handled independent portfolio of “Nutrela” brand for all packaging material requirement, planning, ordering, rate negotiation and ensuring timely material connectivity at units. Monthly cost sheet revision of packaging items for all units based on polymer price change, communicating polymer price revision and share of business to units, co-ordinating with polymer suppliers for timely supplies, process advance payment of polymer.  Sourcing of indirect items as per need of business for various promotional schemes. Items procured like steel glass, bucket container, oil pourer, tennis ball, pen, etc…  Conducting auction for sale of scrap material in all plants. Also have conducted online auction for purchase of packing material (Bags). Liaising with planning, QC, plant and suppliers to resolve supply and quality issues

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  Hindustan Unilever Ltd

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Sr. Executive - Purchase

    • Feb 2007 - May 2013
    • Mumbai Area, India

    Handling strategic buying of Paper & Board Packaging Materials – Kraft paper, Duplex board, Mono cartons, Corrugated boxes, Labels; a portfolio worth 500 crores from May’2010 to May 2013. Driving Cost Saving Initiatives & delivering savings to business. Negotiating Raw Material and Conversion costs. Vendor development, Capacity creation.  Reducing stock on hand through MOQ negotiation, lead time reduction and Localisation. Delivering Networks (Launches, Relaunches, Consumer Promos, Grammage changes and MRP changes) on time and in full. Ensuring delivery schedules adherence and nil sales loss on account of availability stocks. Planning and ensuring smooth supplies for seasonal requirements. Working on SAP and MRP driven ordering environment. Driving Unilever’s key vision of Sustainable living plan in paper & board, whereby material is sourced by either certified sources like FSC or PEFC or 100% recycled material.  Driving Unilever’s key agenda of quality audit & SEDEX audit thereby ensuring 100% suppliers are audit complaint. Handling end to end buying of all kinds of packaging material & raw material for Speciality business - Cosmetic brand LAKME & AVIANCE ; a portfolio worth 400 crores from Feb’2007 to May 2010. Procurement of RM/PM both local & imported for 10 nos. of manufacturing units including 6 nos. outside processing units. Total nos. of RM/PM handled in speciality business were approx 2000 nos.  RM handled includes chemicals, pearls, perfumes, pigments, etc... PM handled includes Rigids, Glass, carton, corrugated boxes, labels, pumps, paper sleeve, shrink sleeve, laminate, bottles, closures,....etc Handled direct import purchase of FG items in LAKME – approx 65 nos.  Complete P2P cycle for import FG which includes – Planning of material, placing PO, FOREX cover, despatch & import document follow up, payment of customs duty, clearance of material thru CHA, delivery at units and payment to suppliers.

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  Asian Paints

  • Mumbai

  • Officer Purchase - Raw Materials

    • Sep 1999 - Feb 2007
    • Mumbai

    Handled buying of various kinds of chemicals required in Paint industry portfolio worth 100 crores from July’2003 to Feb 2007. Procured certain set of Raw Materials for Decoration business for 5 own plants & 16 outside processing units which contributed to 90 % of turnover of Asian Paints. Deriving plans from planning dept, placing PO’s on vendors, daily co-ordination with suppliers for timely deliveries as per schedules. Assisting management in price negotiation process & alternate vendor development.  Raising debit note, credit notes, issuing road permit (Form 31) to vendors. Co-ordinating with various stakeholders like planning team for plans, factories for receipt of materials, accounts for timely payment to suppliers.  Interaction with QA team & suppliers for resolving quality issues. Worked as Asst in Accounts & Finance function at Asian Paints Growth Business Unit from Sep’1999 to Jan 2003.