Kishore Kumar
Aiming to build resilience and de-risk strategies in organisations for quicker
Business recovery and to mitigate Business discontinuity for future disruptions
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Bangalore-560072, Karnataka, India
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WORK EXPERIENCE
07/2016 – 06/2017
Procurement Engineer
L&T Construction
Chennai, India
Responsible for Strategic Sourcing of Turbo-Machineries worth $ 7,000,000 for multiple EPC projects across India.
Abbreviated purchase costs by Leveraging Total cost of Ownership approach, RFQ/RFI process, Benchmarking, formalising BATNA and Spend Analysis.
03/2019 – 07/2019
ICT Procurement Analyst Intern
Ferrero
Alba, Italy
Developed a framework of KPIs for selection and evaluation of IT suppliers (Softwares, SaaS, Hardwares, Consulting Services). Slashed transaction costs and prevented Maverick buying by rationalising the supply base using Spend analysis and Spend Classification.
11/2019 – 02/2020
Supply Chain Logistics Analyst Intern
Albini Group
Albino, Italy
Founded in 1876, Cotonificio Albini SpA is a major Italian B2B producer and supplier of High quality Fabrics to iconic Fashion and Luxury brands. Achieved a reduction of 4% in annual Logistics costs by implementing a purchasing strategy and a robust shipments planning process. Implemented a KPI framework to select and evaluate 3PLs. Prevented Maverick buying through Spend analysis, Category tree, Spend Classification and RFQ process.
Achieved an average reduction of 40% in tariffs for Road and Air transport by Kraljic Classification and Price Analysis. 05/2020 – 06/2020
Supply Chain Research Intern
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
The project was managed by Supply Chain division of CII and was mentored by the Director of Logistics in a Global FMCG company in India. Project involved defining a FMCG company with as-is scenario of Source, Make, Move and Sell framework. Following which challenges and opportunities arising out of COVID-19 were brainstormed. Finally, strategies and tactics were defined along with KPIs to reset the FMCG value chain. The project was recognised as one of the Top 3 by CII jury. EDUCATION
09/2017 – 04/2020
Master of Science in Management Engineering
Politecnico Di Milano
Milan, Italy
Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance, Economics, Strategy & Marketing 05/2012 – 05/2016
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Mangalore, India
COMPETENCES
Future focused Critical thinking Visionary
Resiliency Leadership Principled
SKILLS
ETL, SAP MM, SAP PP, SAP SD, SAP BEx Query Designer, Tableau, JAGGAER, VBA, R, MS Office, Primavera
Supply Chain Strategy & Planning, Business Intelligence, SCOR Framework, Sourcing, Logistics Design, Vendor Management, Inventory Management, Manufacturing
Technology, S&OP, Industry 4.0
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Slashed Cycle time by 22% using Value Stream Mapping, Root cause analysis, Fixtures Development and Plant layout re-design
Development of a Business Model Canvas for
implementation of Predictive Maintenance and Field Service Management services using Predix IoT platform and Industry 4.0 solutions
CERTIFICATES
ERP with SAP S/4HANA
erp4students (2020)
SAP NetWeaver 7.5 BW on HANA
erp4students (2020) ; Dataflow and BusinessObjects Analysis (SAP BO/BI) Supply Chain Finance and Strategy
The Cool Connection (2019)
ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
MEMBERSHIP (2020)
LANGUAGES
English
Italian
Kannada
INTERESTS
Sustainability Economics Geopolitics
Green Technology Public Policy
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