Manager Management

SANDIP DAS

Mobile: +91-981*******;

E-Mail: *******@*****.***

http://in.linkedin.com/in/sandipdas

F-13, F/F, South City 2, Gurgaon 122002, India.

SENIOR LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS

~ Global Sourcing ~ Category Management ~ Business Development ~

Career Summation

25 years of diversified, International experience providing increasing levels of leadership in Production,

Global Sourcing, Ethical Compliance, Merchandising and Retail, Marketing and Business development initiatives for global majors like PHILIPS (12 years), IKEA (3.5 years), HOME DEPOT (4 years) and also rapidly ramping up new businesses that are in start-up or early growth phase (5+ years).

A seasoned / result oriented professional with extensive experience in managing global sourcing operations, product and business development initiatives, merchandising with P&L responsibility across various industries like lighting, luxury retail, home furnishings, furniture & building materials.

COMPETENCIES OVERVIEW

Supply Chain Global Sourcing Planning & Forecast analytics

Marketing & Exports Cost Reduction Project Management

Category Management Business Development Cross functional Leadership

Employment Scan

Since Nov’13: Associated Group, Delhi as Chief Business Officer and Working as consultant for start ups (Supplies lighting, furniture, etc. to IKEA, Home Depot, Philips, Zara, Opple and online retailers)

Highlights:

Develop the business strategy by creating a viable business model to grow top line sales 5X in 4 years.

Driving the complete range of decorative lighting for Philips facilitating cross-functional teams from design, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing and marketing teams.

Executed first direct import (DI) program for Home Lighting under Hampton Bay brand outside China.

Successfully handled products such as Decorative Lighting (including LED), Furniture and offer strategic management consultancy to start ups.

Sep’10–Nov’13: Magickwoods, Chennai as Business Head

(Largest exporter of bath & kitchen furniture & one of the top 3 players globally)

Highlights:

Led India and China operations as business head and was part of core management group in Canada.

Managed, executed and drove the sales growth of group by 30% YOY during 2010-13 through S&OP, expansion of existing business activities and improved profitability of existing business through new product development from China, India, Mexico and Indonesia.

Implemented “GLOCAL” supply chain methodology for North American customers.

Played active role to expand PAN India retail initiatives for kitchen and bath to open 20 stores from scratch in one year and execute >10 builder projects using 20-20 design software platform.

Led >98% service levels with 0 stock-outs at all store shelves for all our customers managing operations teams across India, China, Canada and Mexico.

Managed various products such as:

oBath and Kitchen Furniture (Solid Wood & MDF)

oVessels and Tops (glass, Ceramic, Granite and Metal)

oFaucets, Storage Cabinets & Accessories

Jul’06–Jul’10: The Home Depot, Gurgaon as Regional Sourcing Leader (Country Manager)

Highlights:

Was the primary liaison with Global Sourcing Office and Merchandising teams based at Atlanta, US.

Developed a direct import garden tools program of $20MM with 25% savings and also managed the deployment of a SKU intensive catalog program under Home Decorators Collection.

Various responsibilities included Mapping India sourcing strategy; Managing key sourcing projects in China, Vietnam, Dubai, India; Leading & mentoring Sourcing team, managing the supplier fulfillment metrics; Supplier Communications / Training / Compliance.

Successfully handled product categories:

oHome Décor, Furnishings & Window treatment, Floor coverings (rugs/carpets/stones)

oBed, Bath & Living room furniture / textiles, Lighting & electrical appliances.

oGarden/Lawn Décor, hand tools, seasonal products.

Mar’03-Jun’06: IKEA Trading South Asia, Gurgaon as Business Developer

Highlights:

Pivotal in reducing cost to make Indian suppliers 20% more competitive than Chinese suppliers for lighting products based on extensive China market landscape thereby expanding sourcing volume from $8MM to $20MM in 3 years.

Successfully lowered product development lead-time for lamps from 12 months to 6 months to improve Speed to Market and Manufacturing lead-time for handmade rugs from 12 weeks to 4 weeks to improve Delivery Security (weekly performance) from 75% to 95%

Merit of being Certified as Trainer for Cost Management and IWAY (Social Compliance) for IKEA South Asia – trained 18 purchasers across all material areas

Instrumental in managing various product categories such as Home Lighting, CFL Light Sources and Batteries, Rugs & Carpets, Free range items (Furnishings / Décor), etc.

May’91-Mar’03 with Philips India Ltd. (Consumer Electronics & Lighting divisions)

Growth Path

May’91 to Apr’96 : Production Executive / Shift In charge (Philips CE division, Calcutta)

Apr’96 to Mar’98 : Asst. Manager – Planning & Logistics (Philips CE division, Calcutta)

Apr’98 to Mar’03 : Strategic Purchase Manager (Philips Lighting, Calcutta/Baroda/Mohali)

Highlights:

Achieved TCO savings of INR 7 Crores (9%) in 2000 and INR 9 Crores (10%) in 2001 by Global Sourcing and Value Engineering for Lamps division.

Reducing cycle-time by 40% integrally for GLS and TL lamps using tools like Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Just in Time (JIT), Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Kanban.

Coordinating cross-functional commodity strategy teams for Metal Components, Chemicals and Packaging to implement best practices across 5 lamp factories in India.

Executed ERP (JD Edwards), ISO 9001 systems and driving Philips Business Excellence (PBE) implementation in CTV production for Deming Award (highest recognition for TQM).

Successfully participated in the execution of Black Belt Six Sigma project for breakthrough reduction in manufacturing cost to generate 22% cost reduction in metal caps.

Merit of being certified trainer for Process Survey Tool (PST - global standard of business excellence) to drive world class sourcing process across 5 lighting factories in India.

Significantly handled Product categories such as:

oCTV & home appliances components – electronics, plastic & metal components, packaging.

oLighting components – chemicals, metal parts, spares, packaging, etc.

Aug’89-May’91: Project Engineer

Aditya Birla Nuvo (Erstwhile Indian Rayon Ind. Ltd.), Mumbai/Jodhpur

EDUCATION

PGDBM (Marketing) from IIM Calcutta: 1998-2001

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata: 1985-89

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

“Green Belt in Six Sigma” at Motorola University

“Effective Management” at IIM, Calcutta

“Lead Assessor for ISO 9001” at ERTL

Certified trainer for “Process Survey Tool” at Philips APAC

“Philips Business Excellence” certificate for contribution to TQM

Certified Trainer for “Cost Management” and IWAY (IKEA way of working) at IKEA Sweden

Various training programs in China, Singapore, Thailand, Sweden, USA, Malaysia and India.

Contact this candidate