Supply Chain Management

Nilay Kulkarni

Supply Chain Analyst at Tronox

acbza8@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

* ***** ** ************ ******** and leadership experience in procurement, vendor development and supply

chain. Thorough and hand on knowledge of all aspects of strategic sourcing, supply chain and operations

management spanning Capital Equipment’s, direct/indirect and local/global categories.

With a proven track record of partnering with leadership teams and collaborating effectively across all

organizational departments, I have earned a reputation as a high performing leader with exceptional

interpersonal and motivational skills able to consistently exceed expectations

Core Competencies Include:

• Motivational Leadership • Process Improvement • Strategic Planning

• Strategic Sourcing • Outsourcing/Offshoring • P&L & Budgeting

• Advanced Contract Negotiations • Supplier & Contract Management • Change Management • Supply Chain

Management • Cost Savings • Asset Management •Contract Law •Vendor Development •3PL operations• Lean

and Six Sigma • Kaizen • Demand Forecasting

Experience

Supply Chain Analyst at Tronox

June 2013 - Present (8 months)

Industrial and Systems Engineer at Industrial and Systems Engineer

August 2011 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Research Interest - Model Based Systems Engineering

- Application of MBSE methodologies to develop system architecture

Supply Chain/Logistics at Godrej

March 2007 - October 2010 (3 years 8 months)

• Inducted as an integral member of the Supply chain team responsible for procurement of around 800

components from 60 suppliers all over India accounting to $5 Million per Annum.

• Leading a team of Third Party Logistics (3PL), for the key role of ensuring material availability for the

production of refrigerators & washing machines.

• Entrusted with the responsibility of procuring Bought out items (Electronic, Corrugation, Press Parts and

Consumables) and trading items routed through 3PL, JIT supplies as well as direct suppliers as per the

requirement & inventory norms.

• Responsible for sending Schedules to suppliers, monitoring schedule compliance and ensuring Share of

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Business.

• Well versed with the purchase procedures vendor sourcing, scheduling with respect to Lead time, MOQ,

VMI, SAFETY STOCK, Inventory turns & Salvage plan for nonmoving materials.

• Responsible for Inward Logistics cost, Inventory budgeting & cost saving initiatives in supply chain.

• Responsible for Supplier’s Evaluation, New Vendor Development, Compliance and Improvements.

Skills & Expertise

Supply Chain Management

Lean Manufacturing

Procurement

Materials Management

Supply Chain

Six Sigma

Third Party Vendor Management

Supplier Negotiation

Vendor Management

New Vendor Development

Supplier Evaluation

Outsourcing

Savings

Kaizen

Leadership

Operations Management

Industrial Engineering

Production Planning

Value Stream Mapping

Education

University of Oklahoma

2011 - 2013

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Supply Chain Analyst at Tronox

acbza8@r.postjobfree.com

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