Supply Chain Inventory Management

GURSHARAN SINGH

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Supply Chain & Procurement professional with 11 years of experience; APICS-CPIM certified & Post-Graduate Diploma holder with majors in Supply Chain & Operations from IIM Mumbai, one of India’s Ivy League B-Schools Core Competencies

S&OP/Distribution Management Inventory Management (Demand/Supply Planning) Strategic Sourcing Spend Analysis & Optimization Commodities (Agro/food, Dairy, Metals, Crude derivatives) Software Proficiency: SAP R3 MM Module (Business User), Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), Bangalore, India (one of world’s leading agro-commodities company) Deputy General Manager, Supply Chain 2.5 Years (November 2020 – April 2023)

• Headed newly-created Central Supply Chain function with objectives of: o Developing & institutionalizing processes such as Demand Forecasting, S&OP, OTIF improvement projects for businesses working on Key Accounts & other strategic sales channels o Introduced cost efficiencies using new transporters, network-restructuring, tweaks in logistics planning

• Headed Central Procurement function, managing indirect spends such as Capex procurement, Transportation/Warehousing, Packaging, Construction, IT, etc. totaling USD 80 million per year

• Managed team of 9 consisting of inventory planners, purchase managers, logistics managers and customer service McDonald’s India, Mumbai, India

Senior Manager, Supply Chain 3 Years & 9 months (February 2017 – November 2020)

• Category Manager for Distribution, Food & Non-Food categories summing to an Annual Spend Base of USD 2.5 Mn

• Manage in full and on-time (OTIF) performance of 4PL Partner and other KPIs (inventory in days, projects etc)

• Finalization of open-book pricing protocol (inbound, outbound & warehousing costs) with 4PL partner and for food/non-food vendors

Special Projects:

• Prepared detailed Business Case for new regional Distribution Centre (DC) by doing Network Study for commercial assessment (Logistics + Warehousing costs) of potential new locations; savings of USD 125,000 per year

• ECOSIMA (Economic Stores Inventory Management Assistance) roll out in entire market o Drive installation of racks with adjustable height at restaurants to augment cubic storage capacities, implement a new system for correct method of inventory ordering, labeling & stacking as per the storage infrastructure available at each restaurant

o Optimize delivery frequency to stores, de-skill ordering at restaurants, reduce delivery unloading time, optimization of truck utilization

• Reduce distribution costs by USD 100,000 per year using levers like suppliers’ distribution scales, re-mapping of inbound/outbound logistics planning; reduced food costs through packaging re-design and recipe changes products like mayonnaise, ketchup, desserts, etc.

• Inventory Planning Projects:

• Introduced Dynamic Route Scheduling to replenish restaurant orders

• Streamlined crew uniforms ordering process from 6-month ordering to monthly ordering

• COVID-19 Crisis Management

o Led 4PL team on mapping its resources (trucks, manpower etc) against upcoming demand during each wave of lockdown and re-openings; developed roadmap for re-start of operations by leading or participating in:

Re-modelling of demand to factor in store closures/openings, lumpiness due to lockdown-driven expiries & product-mix changes

Changing Outbound route mappings as per stores shut down and re-opened

Introduced new order mgmt. process with restaurants considering lockdown constraints o Communication with regional business teams on flagging inventory shortage concerns for crisis mgmt. o Led supplier identification, pricing discussions & distribution of COVID essentials (masks, IPA, sanitizers etc.) o Computed cash-flow requirements basis multiples scenarios of sales, current inventory, supplier credit terms during the nation-wide lockdown; re-negotiated pricing and payment terms with vendors o Computed & minimized food expiry through cross-functional coordination for inter-store transfer of food inventory, re-allocation of business to suppliers, product substitutions and purchase postponement CEAT Limited, Mumbai, India (Among top 40 tire companies globally) Manager - Supply Chain (Export Planning) 9 months (May 2016 – February 2017)

• Export Supply & dispatch Planning to customers in more than 30 countries across the globe

• Oversee warehouse (bonded) activities, on-time delivery for FCLs at least variable cost possible, liquidate slow/non-moving stock

Manager – Sourcing 4 Years (June 2012 – May 2016)

• Category Manager for imported & domestic Raw Materials having annual spend-base of USD 110 mn. & utility fuels (biomass briquettes, coal, furnace oil) with annual spend base of USD 7 mn; Develop sourcing strategies & accordingly award business based on landed cost comparisons; Conceive & execute strategic/opportunistic buying above regular inventory norms

• Regression-based annual budgeting & continuous monitoring of feedstock prices using market research agencies like ICIS and Platts; competitor benchmarking through Port Data Special Projects:

• Created Total-Cost-of-Ownership (TCO) framework for comparing landed costs of synthetic rubbers of different vendors; framework included factors like payment terms, delivery lead time, scrap rate, supplier quality rating etc.

• Inventory Planning Projects

o Devised methodology for inventory norms for various commodities for Plant-Supplier-SKU combinations o Developed Excel-solver based model for optimum allocation of volumes to vendors across 30 SKUs/4 vendors/5 plants; reduced monthly spend by USD 10,000 compared to previous heuristic-based planning Education/Professional Certifications, Languages

Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai (erstwhile NITIE) PGDIE, Specialization: Supply Chain & Operations Management CGPA 7.2/10; (2010 – 2012)

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Technical Campus, Punjab Tech Univ. B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering;

Grade 70.58%; (2004 – 2008)

• APICS CPIM Certified across all 5 modules

• Status: On Open Work Permit, PR under

processing (expected in 2-3 months)

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