Kandarp Desai, MSEM
Associate II, Global Supply Chain Warehouse at Seres Therapeutics- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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edX Verified Certificate for Supply Chain Analytics
edXNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
LAI Lean Academy Certificate
LAIJun, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Excel Essential Training (Office 365)
LinkedInJan, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Seres Therapeutics
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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300 - 400 Employee
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Associate II, Global Supply Chain Warehouse
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Aug 2022 - Present
• Performing duties in compliance with applicable SOPs, cGMP and GDP regulations, maintaining an audit ready warehouse and dock operations. • Manages materials necessary for the warehouses to perform shipping and receiving. • Works within the warehouse operations of the local and external warehouse, freezer farms and loading dock processes for local and cross border shipments of development and commercial programs. • Performs material transfers with off-site storage facilities, timely and accurate inventory/data transactions related to material receipt, material transfers and disposal and cycle counting cadence. • Support flow of supplies and materials used in donor operations, manufacturing operations; commercially focused QC/QA operations; perform kitting and transfer of needed materials to requesting departments. • Executes warehouse operations SOPs, work instructions and participates in investigations involving scope of accountability. • Ensures warehouse safety standards are upheld; notifies management of any issues, observations, or concerns regarding violations, and/or department improvements. • Executes the tracking system and cycle counting resolution either electronic or hard copy as appropriate. • Maintaining accurate inventory records at both on and off-site locations and quickly resolving issues with the aforementioned • Participate in the receipt and transfer of Donation Source Material to Supply Chain and other departments within Seres or its partners. • Timely escalation of issues impacting product quality or patient safety communicated with Tiering process
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Bright Mind Enrichment & Schooling
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
Researched, analyzed, and maintained over 100+ grants on MS Excel for other organizations resulting in a $30,000 award Coordinated with 50+ organizations and gathered grants requirements to evaluate schedules, and budgets, develop reports, and execution using MS Project Researched, analyzed, and maintained over 100+ grants on MS Excel for other organizations resulting in a $30,000 award Coordinated with 50+ organizations and gathered grants requirements to evaluate schedules, and budgets, develop reports, and execution using MS Project
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TVP Health
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United States
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Medical Device
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1 - 100 Employee
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Supply Chain Intern
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Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
• Managed end-to-end Supply Chain from sending out RFQ/RFP/RFI till the material reached our warehouses. • Developed the framework for the internal MRP system leading to a reduction in process time of 10% • Remodelled SKUs to integrate GMP for effective space utilization and eliminate 25% of excess inventory • Developed KPI/KRA for supplier scorecard resulting in increased competitiveness and reduced total cost of ownership • Partnered with Engineering, OEM, and commodity teams to develop cost reduction and qualification strategies while ensuring risk mitigation for quality, schedule, and supply continuity • Present program financial report, tooling report to executives; audit material PO price variance claims resulting from process change or forecast variance
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Lab Service
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Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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Supply Chain Intern
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Jan 2019 - May 2019
Spearheaded the migration of data to ERP by building a framework for material management involving invoices, material receipts, material issue receipts, etc. Applied lean methodology in order to optimize unloading time and material issue time resulting in a reduction of 12% in the time taken to issue material to the user department. Engineered a flowchart of inbound-outbound logistics in order to investigate regulatory bottlenecks in the supply of 02 major vendors thus improving their material availability by 10%. Created daily logistics milk runs to reduce overall inbound freight cost and level incoming material flow. Conducted process audits, quality audits, and capacity measurements for various suppliers to ensure alignment with Lab services requirements. Validated quality metrics from vendors, track KPIs, and evaluated the order quantity model to reduce the lead time of materials and inventory handling cost by 7% in coordination with quality and inventory department.
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Zera India Pvt Ltd.
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Ahmedabad Area, India
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Internship
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May 2018 - Jul 2018
Compared financial aspects and technical capabilities of different vendors supplying frequency generators zeroing in on 05 vendors for final negotiations. Indigenized the sourcing of various assembly equipment like scanners, voltage, and current amplifiers leading to an annual savings of 10% in the cost of materials and inventory holding costs. Renegotiated third party contractual purchase orders for testing and calibration of the test benches, thus reducing the monthly third-party expenditure by 5%. Developed a framework using spend analysis enabling consolidation of expenditure for miscellaneous items used in test benches, bringing down the total cost per unit by 3%.
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Rotaract Club Of Nirma Institutes
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Ahmedabad Area, India
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Joint Secretary
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Apr 2017 - May 2018
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Education
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Northeastern University
Master of Science - MS, Engineering/Industrial Management -
Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Bachelor's degree, electrical engineering