Experience

Roehm
• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee
• Category Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present


Stepan Company

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Category Lead

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2022

  Owner of the sourcing portfolio across 70MM€ for direct categories such as DMS & sulphur derivatives globally and distribution, packaging, soybean & rapseed oil methyl esters, acrylates, polycarbonates, benzyl chlorides, bases, peroxides, alphaolefins, phosphorous derivates & contract manufacturing for European region.

• European Purchasing Manager

  • May 2018 - Apr 2019

  Responsible for purchasing of DMS, distribution, packaging, acid, base, peroxide, acrylates, alkoxylates, salts, preservatives, contract manufacturing and buy&resale for the European region



Arkema

• France
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Purchasing Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  -Developed and managed procurement strategies for tackifying resins globally and polymers, copolymers, waxes and rubber for EMEA region -Managed total volume of 90,000 metric tons and spend of 150 MM€ -Developed and implemented long term “Strategic Sourcing Roadmap 2020” for sourcing of key raw material -Created and analyzed price formulation and spread analysis using indexes and negotiated with suppliers pricing, delivery schedules and payment terms -Found alternate raw materials and helped in qualification as per the technical requirements -Implemented lean initiatives resulting in annualized reduction of material cost by 6MM€ in savings -Forecasted future trends and oriented strategies to capture maximum benefits through market analysis & research -Contributed to raw material negotiations for key project resulting in 8% additional profit -Audited and performed complex data calculations and scenario analysis of supplier’s long term legal contracts worth 60MM$ -Implemented hedging strategy with financial department for critical raw material -Streamlined and re-engineered work flows and processes to enhance internal communication with key stakeholder -Distributed the supplier’s risk with capacity demand analysis -Analyzed demand flow for all suppliers which includes days of supply, consigned warehouse arrangement and safely stock to support production -Created quality and performance ad-hoc reports to evaluate suppliers performance and ensure contract requirements -Proactively mitigated potential delivery problems to ensure consistent on-time delivery of raw materials -Assisted in improvement, development and application of SAP ERP system -Liaised between stakeholders, business and technical personnel for process optimization



Metropolitian Exichem Pvt Lmt

• Market Analyst Intern

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013

  -Built customer acquisition strategy that generated monthly growth of 6% for optical brightener used in dye products -Increased customer base by 210 new potential customers (B2B) through referrals, cold calling, direct mails and networking in 5 months -Assisted a marketing team of 4 in carrying out market research based activities -Calculated KPI, created market segmentation and performed detail analysis on customer territory to effectively penetrate new growth opportunities -Consulted R&D in formulation of the product to meet the chemical specifications of the customers leading to higher customer satisfaction ratings -Qualitative and quantitative data analysis to provide support to sales, marketing and logistic department