Supply Chain Management

~ SENIOR MANAGEMENT (Commercial & Exports) PROFESSIONAL Pharma ~

Arun Kumar Aggarwal

Preferred Industry: Pharmaceutical / Petrochemical / Chemical / FMCG

Experience Summary

An experienced Pharma Commercial, Exports Professional with 25 years of rich experience in the following areas:

~ Commercial ~ Export/Import Documentation ~ Supply Chain Management

~ Ex/Im Operations ~ Logistics ~ Ware House & Stores Mgmt

~ Export Liaison ~ L/C Handling ~ Expertise in 150 Countries Export

~ Sales & Marketing Co-ordination ~ Purchase and Production ~ Customer Relationship Management

~ ISO Implementation ~ cGMP Environment ~ Complete SAP handling expertise

~ Liaison with Govt and Non-Govt Bodies ~ DGFT Matters related to Export

~ Global Mktg,, Sales and Customer Co-ordination ~ GST Policy

25 years of Association with Sun Pharma (erstwhile Ranbaxy Labs Ltd, Mohali as Sr.Executive Commercial and Export Operations (from 1987 to 2015).

Expertise in heading entire gamut of Export related Supply Chain and Documentation activities for Pharma API products, including streamlining processes to reduce delivery time and implementing systems/ SOPs to standardise processes.

Resourceful in coordinating Logistics and Warehouse and Stores Operations including Planning, Order process, Establishment of Letters of credits and Amendments (L/C), negotiation with service providers like CHA's and Shipping and Air Cargo as well as liaising with internal and external customers.

Proficient in managing contract manufacturing activities for APIs.

An effective communicator with excellent team leadership skills, strong analytical, problem solving & organisational abilities.

PROFICIENCY FORTE

Commercial :

Daily planning and co-ordination with the Factory personnel for Dispatch of materials.

Planning and management of CHA's, releasing Delivery Orders (DOs)

Follow up with Shipping Company and Freight Forwarders for timely movement of the goods

Evaluation & selection of freight forwarders for best possible lowest freight in the Market & proper service

Cross-functional Co-ordination with the concerned departments for the procurement of the materials

Liaison with Finance and Accounts dept for payment terms.

Arrangement of Insurance Cover Note / Policies /Certificates from Insurance Company before movement of Consignment from Warehouse and Monthly review with Insurance Cos. for settlement of Claims.

Customer interaction by providing sailing schedules, and intimation of loading conformation and details etc.

Correspondence and communication with Marketing, Business Finance & Customer on prevailing status and any deviation from SOP is discussed.

Supply Chain Management :

Setting up warehousing arrangements to store necessary items in order to meet demands.

Managing the schedules to procure raw material and other critical items to have optimum stocks and required to meet production targets.

Maintaining the freight and other expenses involved in procuring at the lower level through freight consolidation and choosing appropriate transportation methods.

Exports :

Expertise in handling Export Documentation related with 150 countries comprise the regions- Gulf, Europe, African Ports & Far East Sector by leading a team of 10-12 of Global Supply chain & Logistics department to achieve USD 36 Million valued API business.

L/Cs, and L/C amendments.

Digital and SAP Environment experience and expertise.

Management of Pre and Post Shipment Export Documents Preparation, checking and timely Submission with Business Finance Dept.

Co-ordination with Customs for clearances.

Management of transporters, warehouses personnel & FF/CHAs to reach consignment as per Schedules.

Permission and approval from Narcotics Bureau, Gwalior for Export of Dangerous goods/Narcotic products/items.

Organize with Business finance to arrange ECGC cover, packing credit with banks etc.

Liaison with Govt and Non-Govt Bodies like RBI, DGFT, Excise, Custom Authorities, PHD Chamber of Commerce, Ministry of External affair & various Embassies for attestation/legalization of Export Documents.

Experience in Present Day GST formalities and Modvat procedures.

Appropriate understanding on Schemes like Advance License(AL).DEPB,(Duty Entitlement Passbook, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) & other export drawback benefits claimed after shipment/realization of the payment from the customers.

Logistics, Stores and Ware-House & Operations :

Management and maintenance of 6875 Square Feet Air conditioned area with 0.5 mio Shippers and 2000-3000 pallets.

Creation of PO & Purchase requisition in SAP Environment.

Prepare of GRN after Inspection of incoming goods.

FIFO, FILO Warehouse procedures

Core participation in cGMP Audit and management of GMP Compliance ware house.

Co-ordination with transporter to arrange normal/Reefer Truck (online Track & Trace system) monitoring to maintain Temperature up to main gate ports/airports-(Zero temperature excursions). Temperature Mapping done as per Protocol for all seasons.

Regular Ware house Temperature monitoring through scientific protocols and interaction with Alert System

Management of unloading of cargo, Shrink Wrapping, Palletization, Storage and Shipping Marks Mgmt.

Organising pre-shipment inspection at warehouse with external agencies(like SGS, Omic, Cotecna etc.) for inspection of goods and release of Clean report of finding(CRF) as per L/c’s/order/Performa Invoice.

Retrieval and Loading as per SAP guiding System and identification of Goods location,

Managing the Warehouse Staff in preparation of Loading sheet, some precautionary measurements like Zebra Labelling for Europe etc.

Control measures for transit-demurrage & delayed demurrage,

Complete observation on proper hygienic warehouse condition.

Inventory and Stock Management and regular MIS preparation.

Maintenance of ISO 900, 14001, 22000 warehouse SOPs.

Maintenance and responsible for all safety rules & regulations related with Ware House and update of IOS norms.

Vendor Management :

Negotiating with vendors to procure required items/products at reasonable rates and ensuring they comply with delivery, quality & supply norms.

Maintaining follow-up with various plant’s and import department for outsource material with different vendors,

Providing requisite support to vendors to reduce the delivery time of materials; regularly reviewing vendor performance to renew and renegotiate contracts.

ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Presently working as Sr. Manager(Commercial & Logistics Operation) with M/s. ICI Healthcare, Located in Gurgaon, Supplier/Trader of Pharmaceutical Products (Formulations/Dosage Form), since Oct. 2018.

November 1987 to September 2015 - M/s Ranbaxy Labs Ltd, present Day SUN PHARMA : Sr.Executive Commercial and Exports.

Major Attainments:

Played a key role in handling complete Exports Commercial & Supply Chain activity related with 150 Countries.

Competent in handling and managing Team members to handle all facets of API Export.

Merit of having mentored all vendors to adhere to the Pharmaceutical requirements with respect to Quality and Documentation.

Updated Transporters regarding Statutory compliances while transporting Hazardous chemicals and introduced a metrics and monitoring system.

'Just in Time' (JIT) Champion

Achieved 100% customer satisfaction & cost reduction during my tenure.

Zero 'Letter of credit' expired during my tenure of 25 years.

Reduced Lead Time/Transit Time..

Leveraging Financial cost with quality documents generation through OBT (SAP Implementation) team.

All the time strict adherence to system procedures & policies (SOP) - Standard Operation Procedures.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

B.Com Delhi University 1986

PG Dip in International Trade Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi 1990

eSourcing Championship From Ranbaxy Labs Ltd 2010

Training if any Was trained as SAP Functional by OBT Tech. Hyd. 2000

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 24th August, 1963

Permanent Address : Pocket - F-7C, M.I.G. DDA Flats, G.T.B.

Enclave, Opp: G.T.B. Hospital, Delhi-110093

Corresponding Address : H.No.4859-B Sector-125, Extn:8, New Sunny Enclave,

Greater Mohali, Kharar,Punjab-140301

E-mail : ********.*******@*****.***

Mobile : 788-***-****, 964-***-****

Languages known : English & Hindi (Read, Write & Speak)

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