An FMCG & Retail professional with a strong combination of strategic thinking coupled with fast paced,

entrepreneurial and results oriented execution. Having around 16 years of leadership experience in end to
end supply chain management, sales & distribution, P&L management, business development, quality
and regulatory compliance management. Extensive exposure of the India subcontinent market across
FMCG, Healthcare Nutrition, Retail & Petrochemicals.
Have a proven track record in delivering successful organizational change management, business and
supply chain turnarounds, supply chain setups from ground up, people leadership across different
organizational and cultural setups and successfully delivering in startup environments.
Currently looking after extended supply chain for India subcontinent for one of the fastest growing FMCG
players in India.

SENIOR MANAGER SUPPLY CHAIN, HEADING EASTERN INDIA

Nestl India
January 2013 Present (3 years 7 months)Kolkata Area, India
@Regional Head of Supply Chain to anchor and drive S&OP process of Nestle India integrating upstream
and downstream supply chain across all SBUs
@Strongly support and cascade the SBUs on creation of business strategy, RTM and overall business
process decisions.
@Be the custodian of business planning, implementation and enable cross functional alignment in line
with the business priorities and challenges.
@Ensuring cascading of the business targets to sales categories and channels
@Drive the operational blue print for physical logistics to upgrade warehousing implement WMS and
RFID enhance people capability manage 3 PLs and drive transport optimizations
@Be the custodians for all Cost of Distribution related spends and undertake the aggregation and annual
budgeting of the spends
@Influence the organization on tactical procurement of services and indirect materials. Implement
statutory controls in terms of 3PL contacts, quality, safety and regulatory guidelines @Develop
business partnership with customers and suppliers and be overall responsible to deliver vendor
performance and service levels
@Lead, coach and develop a team of 14 direct reports and more than 100 direct and indirect staffs and
manage highly matrix relationships to ensure business continuity.

REGIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGER (WESTERN REGION)

ITC Ltd
January 2008 January 2013 (5 years 1 month)Mumbai Area, India
@Heading the overall Logistics and Distribution portfolio for Western Region based at Mumbai, catering
to all SBUs across organization in the FMCG category.
@Was responsible for Converting Western region to be the best performing region continuously for 2
years since inception of All India Performance Rating System (PRS).
@Delivered a savings of more than 20 million rupees in secondary freight with route rationalization and
network optimization during the 2009-10.
@Responsible for managing and budgets of a yearly Logistics cost of 300 million rupees covering
transportation management, materials management, warehouse management and real estate
Management.

@Planning, developing and Managing 5.2 lakh square feet of space across 6 states, 14 locations with a
throughput of 23000 tons pm
@Delivered a savings of more than 20 million rupees in secondary freight with route rationalization and
network optimization during the 2009-10.
@Was responsible for a team of 12 ITC Managers and more than 100 direct and indirect staffs ensuring
and very high level of coordination and relationships to deliver organizational goals.

Areas of expertise:
Business Leadership
Execution Strategy
Corporate Planning
Profit Centre / SBU Management
Team Building
Sales Management, Marketing and Business Development
Business Development in Logistics Industry
Institutional & Logistics / 3PL Sales, Key Account Management
Bazaar & Trade Sales, Product Management
Marketing & Communication Strategy
Receivables & Cash Flow Management
Supply Chain, Logistics, 3 PL and Inventory Management
Managing SCM for a Rs 3000 Crore orgn.
Supply Chain Strategy & Network Design
Inventory & Vendor Management
Entire 3 PL / Logistics, Transport Management
Warehouse Operations
Procurement, Purchase & Techno Commercial Negotiations
Establishing new Businesses/ Organisations and networks
Creating Business Partner Network in All India
Creating Business Organisation Ground Up
Managing entire Gamut of HR Functions
Establishing facilities for executing Business
Ensuring Statutory Compliances
Specialties: Business Analysis & Supply Chain Solutioning
Warehouse Design and Solutioning
Setting up of Transport Network

Manager-Warehousing & Supply Chain

Reliance Retail
January 2007 November 2010 (3 years 11 months)Ranchi , Gurgaon

Started the 1st Warehouse & Distribution Centre for Perishables - F&V (along with cold items) in Eastern
India in Ranchi ,right from the Inception Stage & ran the Operations for an year.
Thereafter, Operated one of the largest Distribution Centre of FMCG/General Merchandise in Gurgaon,
(10500sq ft ). catering to around 180 Stores of various Value/Specialty Formats of Reliance Retail for
Delhi & Punjab.

Manage day-to-day activities of the distribution centre in a manner to ensure efficient store deliveries as
per the given time schedules and in a cost effective manner.
Plan the DC resources in terms of manpower, tools and equipment.
Prepare the annual budgets and plan all the expenses to ensure adherence to the budget plans.
Based on the merchandise requirement plan work on the Inventory planning in the DC.
Develop the transportation requirement plans for store deliveries and home deliveries from the DCs.
Monitor pre receiving / receiving process in the DC to ensure receipt of merchandise as per schedules,
required quantities and quality.
Ensure that the put away process / algorithms and pre defined procedures are followed to ensure the
easy availability of the inventory for picking in the storage area, ease of shipment in case of flow through
merchandise and ease of picking in the forward pick areas. Effective order processing to ensure store
deliveries.
Monitoring and ensure quality storage of materials within the DC as per the SOPs so that the
merchandise is not damaged.

Summary
A Dynamic Professional with over 18 years of rich experience in Warehousing, Logistics &
Supply Chain Management. Excellent communication and people management skills that
have been fine tuned through managing multi skilled teams. The stints with leading
organizations in diverse sectors have sharpened abilities in identifying potential, complex
situations and further conceiving and implementing streamlined solutions.
Graduate with Materials Management & certificate in SCM from IIM Calcutta, with experience
in Supply Chain Management at Middle & upper middle level Management of diversified
sectors like Organized Retail, Apparels, Lifestyle, FMCG, Telecom, Consumer Electronics &
Durables, Furniture fittings in marquee companies like Future Group, Reliance Retail,
Safexpress . Presently working as GM Warehousing and Logistics with Bata India

Specialties:
Manage and control multiple warehouses at Pan India level.
Distribution, Logistics Planning & Execution, Reverse Logistics, 3PL Vendor Management
Ensure efficient management of warehouses by training 3pl, creating process oriented
team.
Optimum utilization of transport fleet in cost & time effective manner.
Understanding of SAP Full warehouse management system.
People Managment

Sr Manager Supply Chain Management.

Reliance Retail
December 2006 March 2010 (3 years 4 months)Gurgaon, India
Heading pan India Supply chain operation for Reliance Retail JV- Marks and Spencer along with North
India SCM operations for Reliance Trends business. Marks and Spencer is premium international Brand
having JV in India with Reliance Retail (Having products like Apparel, lifestyle, home ware, cosmetics and
fragrance) and Reliance Trends is mid segment apparel business of Reliance Retail
Managing multiple warehousing operations of 1.5 lakhs Sft. area with the team of 130 people spread
across north India.
Involved in Supply Chain strategy, process planning and implementation.
Managed and established FMCG warehousing operation of North India
Responsible for warehouse cost and Budget, conceive cost control methods & implementing effectively
Define & monitor SLA on weekly, monthly basis & review with 3rd Party Logistics and transporters.
Responsible for Logistics design, ensure availability of the vehicle for quick and smooth distribution of
the material in cost affective and timely manner.
Provide visibility into the operations to senior management through reporting & communications.
Optimization Warehouse Space, Manpower & equipment, Facility, Fleet.
Warehouse Management, Facility Management, Scrap Management, Manpower Management
Inventory control through effectively using inventory management techniques.
Monitor and enhance the efficiency of total supply chain overall.
Design, develop & implement automated warehousing processes, experience of implementing SAP
from user prospective.
Vendor Management Transport, 3rd Party Logistics, Facility, Packing Material.
setting up new operations, with through understanding of End to End process.
Streamlining the system and procedures for effective inventory control for ensuring ready availability of
materials to meet the customer orders and target.