Supply Chain Management

PARMEET SHAW - MBA

*** ******* ****** • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3G 1T6

204-***-**** / 282 8073• *******.****@*****.***

PROFILE

Demonstrated strengths in general supply chain management, with extensive experience of 17 years in leading complex business functions. Excellent leadership and management skills, cross-functional experience in operations, project management, logistics, HR management, process improvement and business analysis. Proven areas of expertise include:

Strategic Sourcing Initiatives & Global Supply Chain Management

Continuous Process Improvement using Lean Value Stream Mapping

Project Management of Cost Save Initiatives, Logistics and Inventory Management

Supplier Negotiations using Negotiable Matrix

Developing Performance Matrix and KPI’s

Vendor Management and Vendor Relations

Building progressive and motivated teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Strategic Sourcing Group Lead, New Flyer Industries, Winnipeg. (May 2011– Oct 2012)

Responsible to provide leadership and direction to Strategic Sourcing Team (team includes 3 Sr. Procurement Specialists, 3 Sourcing coordinators).

Act as a lead negotiator for all long-term supply/ distributor agreements.

Oversee cost save initiatives and sign off on cost increases over determined threshold.

Sourcing new suppliers and strategically spreading the risk amongst different suppliers based on capacity, prices, and economy of that country.

Oversee off-shore/ North American sourcing of parts, visiting trade shows.

Managing multiple projects with sourcing team, ensuring all members are meeting deadlines and reporting any issues to leadership team.

Evaluating global risk and opportunities for new projects. Developing, strategic plans, policies, and procedures to mitigate the risks and enhance opportunities.

Working with hedge funds manager to forecast buying patterns for off-shore suppliers.

Evaluating capacity and lead times and establishing critical paths.

Managing Vendor evaluations and improvement programs.

Carry out HR related duties such as EPRs, hiring, and evaluation of workload.

Managing disputes within team and motivating to excel.

Recognizing and developing talent to promote department growth.

Integral part of Leadership team and contribute to leadership decisions such as AOPs.

Quarterly review of strategic direction, review variances of actual and target budget.

Reviewing weekly KPIs. Ensuring KPIs indicate and support our MBOs.

Responsible for managing a sourcing budget of $97 million.

Supply Chain Manager, Westward Industries, Winnipeg. (Sep 2010 – May 2011) (Westward filed for bankruptcy which is why I had to change jobs)

Responsible to keep the supply chain going. Ensuring all the buying is done in timely manner. Expediting all the urgent requirements.

Negotiating contracts and supply agreements.

Visiting vendors on regular basis to oversee production.

Resolving any quality issues that may arise with suppliers and mediating with engineering department.

Issuing POs, and processing engineering change orders.

Working closely with after-market to forecast their buying needs.

Working closely with inventory department to issue POs for items in Kanban that were under the safety stock.

Ensuring lean management practices were adopted where ever possible.

Working closely with finance department to release payments because of limited cash flow issues.

Merchandising Team Lead, Nygard International, Winnipeg, (SEP 2005 – SEP2010)

Managed a team of 5 (2 directly and 3 indirectly).

Quarterly &Yearly reviews of the team members.

Workload management amongst team members.

Demonstrated track record of mentoring/ training individual team members.

Process management and system breakdown analysis in merchandising team.

Working closely with Design group to process merchandise for next season.

Order and follow-up line release samples for releasing collections to sales teams.

Dealing with various warehouses for deliveries, inventory levels and tracking orders.

Reducing lead times and costs by consolidating shipments.

Analysing Sales, Variances and KPI (key performance indicators) reports.

Work closely with Project managers to develop critical paths for projects on hand.

Running project tests being the power user.

Working with HR/ IT to develop RFP(Request for Proposal) and RFQ(Request for Qualifications/ Quotations) for new hiring requirements / projects.

Supported management through factory closure and moving production to orient.

Acted as a member of key executive team in Moderate division at Nygard.

Acted as a member of Key Core Survey Committee in Moderate division at Nygard.

Product Manager, (Head of Men’s Dept) Groupé Andre, India (APR 2000 – JUL 2002)

Purchasing based on budgets and demand projections provided by head office.

Evaluating capacity and lead times and establishing critical paths.

Processing orders / Follow-up with suppliers / Ensure timely deliveries.

Evaluated factory capacity based on quota allocation.

Liaison between suppliers and clients. Extensively traveled to Europe.

Dealing with clearing agents for shipping details and vessel numbers.

Carried out management agenda during management buy-outs and changing management

Sr. Buyer, Siplec E. Leclerc, India (SEP1997- APR 2000)

Buying based on budgets, negotiating and conducting inline and final inspections.

Maintaining continuously evolving supplier base by carrying out regular audits.

Travelling to Orient to visit new and existing suppliers.

Visiting trade shows for new products & new vendors and preparing trip reports.

Shopping competition and new products in Europe.

Co-ordination with Banks for Letter of Credits applications.

Sr. Coordinator & Auditor, S.G.S. India Ltd, India (SEP1995 –SEP1997)

Reviewing testing reports / Quality assessments based on EU /BS Standards.

Had established stringent AQL levels for better quality product.

Co-conducted ISO 9000 certifications for many vendors nationwide.

Helped co-ordinate inspections and audits on behalf of international buyers.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Windows/ Microsoft Office XP (Word, Advanced Excel, PPT & Outlook).

Web PDM / AS400, Oracle ERP, Work Agora.

RFX (electronic sourcing and procurement management application).

ePO (Electronic Purchase Order System).

CAD /Corel / Visio/ Photoshop and Illustrator).

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) UOM, Asper School of Business (2007- JUL 2010)

CPIM – APICS – In process of acquiring the certification (2011)

Lean 101 Course – OEM Consultant Inc (2010)

Bachelor of Human Ecology (Social Science) UOM, Winnipeg (2002- 2005)

ISO 9000 and Quality Control Management, National Institute of Industrial R&D, India(1997-1998)

Bachelor of Commerce Kurukshetra University, India (1991-1994)

AWARDS

Cecilia A. Gonzalez Scholarship - 2004 - On Dean's Honour list for Outstanding Achievement in Dept. of Human Ecology.

VOLUNTEER WORK

United Way Campaign Year 2011

Turning Leaf Year 2010 - 2011

Network of Indian Professionals Year 2005 - 2010

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