Supply Chain Management

Siddhant Gulati

** **** ***** ** *, Apt *** 919-***-****

Collierville, TN, USA 38017 *******@****.***

Objective

Seeking a full-time position in supply chain management within a leading service provider utilizing technical and managerial skills to develop world-class products and services that will add value to the organization

Summary of Qualifications

Analytical, dedicated, skilled, supply chain MBA graduate with technical abilities and experience in manufacturing, oil & gas and electronics & telecommunication industry

Professional Skills:

Distribution Management Continuous Improvement Sourcing Strategy

Negotiation Data Analytics Supply Chain Optimization

Vendor Selection Transportation Management Cost Modeling

Coursework Skills:

Inventory Management Demand Forecasting Fill Rates

Cost Benefit Analysis Root Cause Analysis NPV Analysis

Professional Experience

R.J Reynolds, Memphis, USA

Buyer III T/P (Direct Materials) 2011 – Present

• Evaluate supplier’s price increases for key raw materials by tracking various commodity indexes and analyzing cost models to negotiate optimum price

• Create contracts and RFP’s through global e-procure tool (GEP)

• Gather requirements from engineering, quality and manufacturing to source suppliers within direct materials group ($42 million) in order to meet the demand and risk requirements

• Negotiate pricing and establish purchasing controls in FDA regulated industry

• Develop an audit tool based on supplier’s performance, CRAM, spend etc.

• Monitor material requirements in SAP/MRP, approve POs (up to $150,000) and track shipments for smooth order to procure process

• Revise supplier sourcing strategies and metrics pertaining to risk management (quadrants) & performance management (scorecards) based on spend analysis

Chevron, Houston, USA

SCRC Project Consultant, Drilling & Completion Category Management 2010

• Developed a quantitative “cost adjustment factor” that was specific to Drilling & Completion Well Construction operations in West Africa, Indonesia and Brazil to tackle volatility in costs in international markets due to macroeconomic factors

• Interacted with global SMEs to identity and weigh cost drivers of the category

• Sourced, cleansed and interpreted data from multiple disparate databases and ran complex analysis in order to develop a tool that would help the sourcing team have a better should-cost estimate

Royal Dutch Shell, Gurgaon, India

Shell Internship Program (Supply Chain & Logistics) 2010

• Analyzed data of 11 DCs to monitor performance and plan improvements

• Worked in line with procurement department in identifying and evaluating potential 3PLs in the market based on Shell’s KPIs, including the stringent safety requirements (HSSE) of the company, to successfully source a 3PL provider

• Coordinated with various freight carriers in the market for RFI & RFQs for new contracts and pre-negotiations

• Performed transportation savings analysis to quantify savings that would result from a shift towards TL from LTL due to consolidation

Bank of America, Charlotte, USA

NCSU Spring Project, Supplier Sourcing and Risk Management 2010

• Categorized BOA suppliers based on their spend for supply base optimization

• Learned BOA’s vendor risk assessment policies and procedures to assess the tier classification of the vendor portfolio

• Conducted primary and secondary market research to benchmark BOA’s market research supplier base with that of other companies for best practices

• Defined metrics and performance indicators for market research suppliers based on BOA’s supplier selection and supplier evaluation criteria

Bentex Electronics, New Delhi, India

Quality Control Engineer 2007- 2009

• Inspected and analyzed quality reports on Energy Meters

• Adhered to ISO 9001 standards for quality maintenance

• Assisted Quality Control Manager in redesigning business processes to increase process efficiency

• Inspected PCB (Printed Circuit Board) for defects, ensuring next steps in the process to be completed

• Supervised final testing by directing workers on product or process quality

Education

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2011

Jenkins Graduate School of Management

Master of Business Administration

Supply Chain Management & Finance (Minor)

GPA: 3.97/4.00 GMAT: 700

Analytics

• Evaluated New Product Introduction/make-buy decisions for organizations

• Using SAS, Excel and DPL, built data-driven customer response models that analyzed raw data to predict meaningful insights to aid in business strategy

• Topics learned: Multivariate regression analysis, logistic regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, network optimization, evaluating market segments – attractiveness & profitability, TCO modeling and trend analysis

Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India 2007

Bachelor of Technology

Electronics & Telecommunication

Technical Abilities & Certifications

• SAP University Alliance Certification (SAP ECC 6.0 – Trained on SD, MM, FI, CO and PP including transaction processing and configuration)

• DPL 7 for decision modeling and analysis including spreadsheet modeling

• SAS Enterprise 9.2, Lotus Notes, MS Visio, MS Access, SimQuick, C/C++

• Proficient in MS Excel (pivot tables, solver, vlookup), MS Word and MS PowerPoint

Honors and Awards

• North Carolina State University Full Scholarship, Recipient 2009

• Assisted professor as a Teaching Assistant at NCSU 2009

• Team stood 27th in the US in Business Strategy Game for high EPS 2009

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