Aashish Gondane

• Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
• Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
• Supervised 78 staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
• Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.
• Built supplier relationships to mitigate risk and establish effective purchasing arrangements with indirect and logistics customers.
• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Developed and enforced policies and procedures in compliance with local and federal regulations.
• Implemented inventory-management strategies to maximize availability and decrease waste.
• Streamlined inventory management processes to reduce supply chain costs and improve efficiency.
• Built exceptional rapport with suppliers and transportation companies to create seamless operations.
• Monitored supplier performance for compliance with contract terms and quality standards.
• Trained team for Kaizen practice.
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*Directed all local procurement starting from finding & evaluating suppliers till payment, tracking and managing all IT hardware assets, Software up gradation.

• Handling around 2.5 lac sq ft of office space across pan India including 22 zonal offices + 8 central maintenance point + 27 media conversion modes with the help of 15 team members.

• Verifying Import & Export documents for USA & China.

• Adhere to regulatory and state compliance (GST | S&E | PT | Trade license)

• Proven track record in strategic planning of roadmap for commercial deliveries in the circle, retaining key performance metrics and deliveries around service, productivity, controls, timeliness, quality, and cost.
• Executing and delivering commercial strategy in coordination with a country-level strategy to drive KPIs and Op-ex on a monthly basis.
• Competently procuring materials and services, which involves organizing, planning, controlling, logistics management and supporting functional requirements.
• Efficiently handling product and service deliveries in hardcore techno-commercials with bulk procurement and warehouse planning through process guidelines for assisting implementation.
  • Examining sources of several inputs on a global platform.
• developing vendors and monitoring their performance on price, quality and delivery parameters.
• Evaluating operational risks, ensuring contingency planning and implementing curative actions in smooth operations and commercial deliveries.
• Coordinating with local authorities for government relations, facilitation of business-critical operations and deliveries.
• Handling bidding and e-auctions with evaluating, negotiating, contract management and quality control through KPIs for business results; exposure to sales & service related activities with the responsibility to mentor sales team in zones.

• Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
• Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
• Directed market expansions to propel business forward, meet changing customer needs.
• Implemented successfully JUST IN TIME practice.

• Six Sigma Green Belt project which saved 10000 man hrs per month.
• Implemented 5S in warehouse.
• Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
• Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
• Framed SOPs for HBS projects.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.