SATHISH SAMBASIVAM

B.E, M.E,M.B.A,

(Supply Chain Management)

India Mobile -+91-760*******, +919*********, Email - adggor@r.postjobfree.com Key Skills

Materials Management Supply Chain Management Logistics and Distribution

Warehouse Management Sourcing and Procurement Vendor Management

Import/Export Operations Project Logistics Negotiation and Deal Closing

Budgets and Cost Control Documentation and Control Inventory Management

Continual Improvement Programs Trained in HSE by petroleum development of OMAN (PDO), Oil

& Gas.

Teamwork and Logistics

20 years Professional Experience

Store Manager – Supply Chain and Logistics (August 2018 to October 2019) Sobha Hartland LLC, Dubai, UAE

Profile:Sobha Group is a multinational, multiproduct group with developments and investments in U.A.E., Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Brunei and India with leading positions in Architects, Electromechanical,Interiors,Horticulture,Restoplus,Contracting.https://www.sobha-me.com/ Highlights:

• Consolidating the material deliveries to the sites from Central stores in a single vehicle and reducing transportation cost

• Obtaining the material requirement schedule 2 days prior and arrange the delivery of material to the sites from central stores to avoid delay and last-minute rush

• Liaising with the carriers for 3 PL and JIT in coordination’s with the operations team

• Accumulation of non-moving items in the central stores from projects and consuming the non-moving materials leading to a cost saving of 20 millionAED.

• ~saved a cost of 2 million AED per month by making a centralized procurement that is consolidating the PR’s and procuring from central stores.

• Reduced the lead time from PR- PO from an average of 10 days to 4 days by eliminating the items under 500 AED for direct cash purchase instead of PR-PO and reducing the various levels of approval mechanism.

• Reduced man power from the site stores due to thecentralized procurement which led to a cost saving of 40 k AED per month.

• Purchasing from agreed catalogues

• Review replacement strategies for tools & PPE which resulted in a cost saving of 2 million AED per quarter.

• Construction of central ware house for centralized procurement & storage of non-moving items

• Successful Implementation of New ERP system In collaboration with the Procurement&IT team after migrating the existing data from Oracle to XPEDION and updating the material master . Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, adapting, and adopting strategies, rules & policies relative to Inventory Management, and Warehouse Control, for both types of warehouses Bonded or owned, that support the subordinates' roles and ensure optimizing the utilization, efficiency, and service in regard of Material Management; holding, flow, ordering, lot size, repetition, expediting and validating of materials.

• Responsible to provide training for lower level employees, by means of his responsibilities, tackle advanced techniques and methodologies.

• Responsible to provide leadership and assign responsibility for the functional and financial control of the department including development and management of an annual business plan and budget. Principal Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Establish and modify inventory management strategies and guidelines to ensure consistency of processes, through working with:

• Supply Chain Management.

• Procurement

• ABC analysis.

• Baseline assessment of Suppliers.

• Minimum Stock and Safety Stock Criteria through MRP

• Warehouse Layout; 5s, FIFO, LIFO

• Physical Inventory Management.

• Forecasting and Demand Planning.

• ERP Implementation.

• Troubleshooting, Compromised and Arbitrary Practices.

• Responsible for defining and implementing an inventory planning, allocation and replenishment program that ensure adequate stock levels while maximizing inventory productivity.

• Oversee and scan of processes' implementation and subordinates' performance, and ensuring the adequate methodologies provide the accurate results of On-Hand stock.

• Ability to initiate, prescribe ERP' Reports related to Activities within Purchasing Function that link to the desired traceability.

• Oversee all aspects of forecasting, assortment planning, replenishment, receiving, issuing and distribution when needed.

• Manage the cycle count and physical inventory activities; monitor variances and identify or resolve issues.

• Recommend and administer policies and procedures to enhance the function activities.

• Establish and implement short- and long-range inventory guidelines that imitate the departmental plans.

• Manage internal purchasing process and the placing of orders with external suppliers, where appropriate.

• Proactively seek out opportunities for the business to make immediate and long term cost savings under respective area.

• Recommend a reliable and efficient base of suppliers who provide good value across a wide range of Group requirements as outputs of service provided.

• Provide functional guidance, training and coordination for all aspects of Inventory Management including operational and capital expenditures.

• Coordinate communication with Accounting, Store and Operation/Production management and other impacted departments.

• Managerial General Responsibilities:

• Ensures that subordinates have the required knowledge, skills, competencies and experience in order to reach the Department's objectives.

• Contributes to the selection of personnel within the Department, and oversee the orientation and the performance for new employees.

• Formulating broad guidelines for public relations, group culture, and reputation.

• Contribute, follow up, persuade, accomplish, and or ensure fulfillment of annual KPI's desired by the respective area and by the Department in all.

• Contributes to the performance and performance appraisal process and ensures that individual and collective performance standards are reached within the Department.

• Track, rectify, and follow up in adhering to budget, and propose fair justification for needed deviations, and or recommend and control solutions to overcome unaccepted or expected deviations, and provide with reports stand for.

• Identifies development needs within the Department and ensures that staff receives appropriate training on an ongoing basis in coordination with relevant departments

• Supervise the employees and the operations of reporting areas within the Department and monitor performance on a periodic basis.

Store Manager – Supply Chain and Logistics (September 2015 to August 2018) Al Turki Enterprises LLC/Al Tasnim Enterprises LLC, Muscat, Oman Profile: The Al Tasnim – Al Turki group is an Omani conglomerate with leading positions in civil construction, building finishes, cement products & services, oil & gas and catering & food services.http://www.altasnimgroup.com/ Highlights:

• Trained in HSE by petroleum development of OMAN (PDO), Oil & Gas.

• Introduced and deployed analytical tools – ABC, FSN and XYZ – for selective control of inventories which optimized inventory holdings and reduced costs.

• Made significant contributions in streamlining the material database with ~100,000 line items from old SAP codes to the UNSPSC coding system.

• Established a 20,000 m2 warehouse in Misfah Muscat in close coordination with consultants and design and construction teams.

• Implemented a system enabling the site stores materials coordinator in monitoring material deliveries to site with an escalation matrix for ensuring just in time (JIT) deliveries.

• Cost Saving of 2 million OMR per quarter in logistic by directing the vendor supply to the sites directly for project materials.

• Developed and implemented a strategy for formulating KPIs using SMART criteria and monitoring achievement of predefined metrics.

• Implementation of WMS in the new ware house and for all the workshop stores

• Major contributor for ISO 9001:2015

• Implementation of Perpetual inventory system at all stores and continuous monitoring, stock updating, consumption entries

• Binning system implemented at all workshop stores

• Virtual stores location creation in SAP and movement of materials to such stores for improved consumption of Nonmoving

& Dead Stock resulting in cost cutting and inventory reduction.

• Liquidation of 10 million OMR worth non-moving/ dead stock material by moving to the central stores and releasing to various sites when a PR is raised.

• Cost saving of 1 million OMR per quarter by using the material rejected by projects or partially damaged in the labour camps maintenance.

• Consolidated PR’s for consumables across the company which resulted in heavy vendor discounts of approximately 4 million OMR per quarter.

• Enabling MRP for fast moving items and procurement.

• Implementation of SAP migrating from existing ERP Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Management

• Contribute to the development, review and updating of manuals, policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) for the supply chain function to ensure efficient and effective operations.

• Participate in establishing operational procedures for the inventory and warehouse management ensuring consistent, accurate and on time replenishment of inventories and smooth warehouse operations.

• Coordinate with the HR department in determining staffing levels and formulating and approving job descriptions for various positions in company warehouses.

• Manage all aspects of budget administration ensuring optimum allocation and utilization of resources, control of costs and expenditure to achieve cost reduction targets.

• Work closely with other departments ensuring smooth progress of ongoing projects as well as in identifying new business opportunities.

• Support management teams and committees by providing inputs and recommendations on updating processes and procedures for improved efficiency and cost reduction. Operations Management

• Supervise warehouse staff and provide direction and control to day-to-day operations of multiple warehouses ensuring optimum utilization of warehouse space and equipment and adherence to HSE rules and procedures.

• Creation of Stores Audit format and Auditing of stores periodically

• Skill evaluation and rating of stores personnel

• Creation of Store keeper Man Power matrix after discussing and getting the approvals from the concerned Divisional heads

• Closure of long pending Open PR / PO across the company

• Recruitment of stores manpower

• Enforcing FIFO,LIFO

• Quarterly and monthly Cycle count

• Periodic Stores Audit and feed back

• Coordinate with the division management to evaluate progress or changes in projects and implement actions to mitigate impacts on warehouse operations, service and delivery

• Conduct regular visits and inspections of warehouse locations to monitor and evaluate performance and initiate measures for improving performance and productivity.

• Manage third party logistics (3PL) operations, coordinating with service providers ensuring adherence to contract terms and service level agreements.

• Ensure provision of required training and equipment to employees for consistent compliance with approved quality management and HSE requirements.

• Monitor all aspects of issue, storage, utilization, accounting and reconciliation of company materials issued to contractors ensuring optimum utilization and protection of the company’s interests. Inventory control Analyst(April 2007 –August 2015) DELL International Services India Pvt. limited, India. Profile:DELL India is a wholly owned subsidiary of DELL USA, and is a market leader in Desktops, laptops & servers Highlights:

• Design, worked closely with consultants and construction team to set up 10,000 sq.m warehouse for storing and shipping of Finished goods

• Utilize useable components from a QC failed machine and maintain inventory of such machine ( MRB)

• Installation of a shrink-wrapping machine to wrap the, laptop, desk top, monitors in order to avoid fungus formation on the boxes during rainy seasons which in turn zeroed the box replacement request from the dealers.

• Implementation of WMS in the new ware house

• Implementation of SEZ express model

• Implemented POD scan attachment in the system stop the complaints of non-receipt from dealers & customers.

• 100 % inventory accuracy in all the PWC year-end Audit between 2010 & 2015

• Implementation of SEZ express model

• Customs Clearance of FG during the yearly budget/Tax revisions by the Government of India receipt Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of wide range of goods from the warehouse.

• Maximising space usage with the warehouse.

• Quarterly and Monthly stock counting & Auditing

• Order processing

• Coordinating with Customs officials, Custom House Agents, C&F Agents and other external agencies for ensuring timely clearances and cost-effective transport solutions.

• Monitoring Last mile delivery of the carriers and expediting

• Liaising with various carriers like DHL, Blue Dart, YCH, DB shenkeretc for the distribution of FG across India, Gulf countries and Europe.

• Liaising with the carriers for 3 PL and JIT in coordination’s with the operations team

• Preparation of Bill of laden in case of exports by sea

• Managing the import and export operations, keeping compliance with custom laws, notifications, tariffs, RBI rules and guidelines. Ensuring timely and maximum realization of export incentives

• Maximum clearance of FG during Quarter ends to achieve & exceed targets

• Coordinating with the entire cross functions like Customer care, sales, tech support, Production, logistics, finance for the timely delivery of FG.

• Looking after the transportation of goods into and out of the warehouse.

• Implementing specific customer packaging requirements.

• Managing a team up to 15 employees within the warehouse.

• Setting aside storage areas for new stock.

• Ensuring compliance with all Health, safety and Environmental standards.

• Ensuring stock levels are managed and controlled effectively.

• Implementing new projects.

• Operating automated warehouse storage and retrieval systems.

• Maintaining high standards of material handling.

• Continuous monitoring of SOH and follow-up with the related cross functions for clearance of FG.

• Conducting and attending meetings with the related stake holders for reducing the SOH and to reduce the cycle time.

• Making sure that all freight receipts and deliveries are carried out in time.

• Leading, Motivating, training and developing staff.

• Updating and maintaining computerised &paper based administrative records.

• Responsible for the disciplinary & grievance procedures.

• Working with team to review procedures & maximise customer satisfaction.

• Managing inventory accuracy through monitoring of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts, stock takes and audit of same to verify results.

• Conducting crime and loss investigations into missing stock and loads.

• Organizing and monitoring transport of goods from the factory.

• Monitoring the supply and delivery of materials both inside and outside the company.

• Kaizen initiatives

• Green initiatives

• Involving and motivating team for CSR activities. Manager– Warehouse and Logistics (September 2003 – March 2007) JSA Freight Forwarders, Chennai, India

Profile: JSA Freight Forwarders is a leading global company with operations in shipping, import clearance, transportation and warehousing. Its clients include ITC Ltd, L&T Valves Ltd and Saint-Gobain. Key Responsibilities:

• Managed warehousing activities for providing services to clients in the industrial and commercial sectors ensuring quality deliverables as per client requirements.

• Coordinated with client departments like production, sales, procurement and document control and executed physical counts and reconciliation of warehouse stocks to ensure inventory accuracy.

• Dealt with efficient distribution of finished goods of assigned client(s), developing daily schedules for shipments and monitoring on time in full (OTIF) deliveries to consignees.

• Developed and executed day-to-day tactical plans related to warehousing, shipping and inventory management and resolved problems including over/short shipments.

• Ensured compliance with federal, state and local requirements related to warehousing, material handling and shipping and assured compliance with applicable standards.

Previous Assignments

• Technical Officer, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India, September 2001 to August 2003

• Graduate Engineer Trainee, Heavy Vehicles Factory, Ordnance Factory Board, Chennai India, April 1998 to March 1999

• Purchase Officer, Southern Industrial Fasteners Ltd, Chennai, India, November 1996 to March 1998 Software proficiency

• SAP

• Oracle

• Microsoft Office

Professional Development

MEMBERSHIPS:

Life Member of International federation of Purchasing and supply chain Management (IFPSM) Chennai chapter. Personal Details

• Nationality: India

• Date of Birth:25 February 1974

• Marital Status: Married

• Languages: English, Tamil,Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu

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