Chandra Sekar - Over ** years of experience

Contact No.: +91-967******* E-Mail: adm11x@r.postjobfree.com SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS

Result-oriented professional targeting senior level assignments in Procurement with an organization of high repute preferably in Chennai

PROFILE SUMMARY

● Focused professional with over 10 years of rich experience in Warehouse Management and Supply process.

● Resourceful in managing day-to-day relationship with vendors, customers, transporters, shipping lines & freight forwarders, from placement of order till delivery of shipment, rate negotiations as to ensure achievement of service and quality norms for smooth flow of operations & supply of required items

● Worked on ERP Packages: SAP (Material Management and Warehouse Management)

● Effectively cultivated positive business relationships with customers and vendors; directed pricing and performance reviews to identify service and revenue improvement opportunities and manage costs

● Managed the overall operations and enhanced the operational efficiency by eliminating obsolescence using Kaizen & achieving cost reduction through vendor development, curbing rework & rejection, materials and inventory control

CORE COMPETENCIES

Supply Chain Logistics

Warehouse / Materials Management

Logistics Operations

Vendor Management

Process Improvements & Enhancements

Inbound Logistics (IBL) / Outbound

Logistics (OBL)

Inventory Management & Control

Freight Transportation

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since Oct’2010 BMW India Pvt ltd

2010 - 2013 BMW India Pvt ltd. - Worked as a Trainee 2013 - 2015 BMW India Pvt ltd - Worked as a Junior Engineer Since 2015 BMW India Pvt ltd – Working as a Group Leader Key Result Areas:

o Giving container call off for the daily production by verifying the Production steering report. o Receiving the materials from Germany through Air Freight & Sea Freight o Receiving local content material for Direct & Indirect materials. o Deliver the obtained parts to the respective person in JIT system wise and physically o Checking cost, resource deployment, time overruns & quality compliance to ensure execution of projects within the time & cost parameters

o Preparing & issuing Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the selected vendors, price & technical specifications o Mapping the business processes for smooth running and effective control at micro level on various SCM functions such as purchase, logistics, warehouse management and inventory management o Streamlining department processes and procedures to determine optimum staffing levels, metrics to document cost savings, purchase requisition turnaround, and number of Purchase Orders (POs) issued o Monitoring the project operations activities involving resource utilization, spare management and manpower management for ensuring timely completion

o Actively following up for material with vendor

o Issuing & administering Request for Quotation (RFQs), Modification Requests (MRs), Purchase Orders (POs) through ERP system per project schedule; scrutinizing quotations, preparing commercial & technical bid tabs o Directing logistics service providers and delivering to customer on time o Interfaced with vendors and forwarder for the shipment; arranged the shipment with the right forwarder based on the best price

o Receipt of Materials as per the pack check commission list. o Received parts are moved to respective location. o Feed to the Assembly Line Based on the daily requirement o Maintaining packing standards

o Receipts and Issues Control – In SAP

o Proper accounting and better stock control by following FIFO system. o Issuing material against M.C.D.R(Material control discrepancy report) o Following JIT technology

o Circulated the shipping instructions to the forwarder to collect the shipment from vendor with mandatory documents:

“Shipping Invoice / Packing List & Certificate of Origin” o Followed up with internal warehouse on product delivery to clients and managed free stock o Managing Warehouse, Work in Process and Finished Goods inventories by following Kanban System o Maintaining Safety Stocks and Conducting W/h Audits and 4Wall audit. o Storing and issuing material as per MSDS specification o Complete knowledge of material handling equipment such as toe trucker. o Allocated Rewards & Recognition, to the team member’s performance on a monthly/quarterly basis with the help of

“Performance Management System”

Highlight:

o Projects: Kanban operation for Bulky parts and Car Model Launch G01, F48 o Successfully minimized warehouse capacity issues by collaborating with sales/marketing team to find homes for aged inventory, resulting in increased monthly sales

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CAREER

Received the following awards:

o Best Group Leader award for the year 2019

o Received the AGAMUS Lean Award for Outstanding Performance by a Team and Plant -2018 o Received the 5’s Award twice by a Team.

INTERPERSONAL SKILL

o Decision making

o Team building

o Priotization matrix

CERTIFICATIONS

o Core Tools (FMEA, Problem Solving, SWOT Analysis, Trend Analysis) o Training attended ISO 45001:2018 (OHSAS)

o Step Up to Leadership.

o Business Communication Skills.

o High Impact Presentations.

EDUCATION

● Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from V. Ramakrishna Polytechnic College – 2010 with 89% TECHNICAL SKILLS

● ERP Packages: SAP R/3 (Material Management /Warehouse Management)

● Operating Systems:Windows 7, Window 10,

● MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & MS Outlook

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 25th November 1990

Marital Status: Married

Languages Known: English & Tamil

Address: No 1, 8th street Ulaganathapuram Ennore, Chennai-57

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