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Akshay Kumar KP

Bangalore

Summary

Supply Chain professional with over 10 years of diverse experience across end-to-end warehouse operations, mid-mile logistics, dark store operations, and project management. Demonstrated success in operational planning, process optimization, team leadership, and execution of large-scale logistics initiatives across grocery, F&V, and FMCG sectors. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, launch new projects, and manage pan-India operations with high efficiency.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy Manager SCM Central

Big Basket
Bangalore
09.2022 - Current
  • IHV (Inter hub vehicles) cost Project lead.
  • Responsible for IHV CP B2C Business.
  • Responsible to provide the B2C cost based TMS to P&L.
  • Responsible for new pilots. Below are the few pilots which has been led by me.
  • F&V New packing process.
  • 3 P&L process of DS Ops.
  • Zone Implementation.
  • MOP.
  • OPST Break at DS for SLA Improvement.
  • Responsible for all LOB’s new or relocation Implementations responsibility till handover to operations.
  • System setups.
  • Project work completion coordination.
  • IT work completion coordination.
  • HR team coordination (MP and all licenses related docs.).
  • Dry Run, Soft Launch.
  • Responsible for all LOB’s T1/T2/T3/T4 City Operational metrics.
  • On time arrivals all LOB’s.
  • OPT (On time Picking).
  • Short arrivals and in transit damages.
  • Process audits all LOB’s.
  • Responsible for 5S Implementation for all LOB’s PAN India and audits (internal and external) for the facility where 5S is already implemented.
  • Responsible for consumables process pilot and implementing across all the LOB’s PAN India.
  • Responsible for moveable assets tracking.

Lead – Dept. FC (IWIT Dept – Inter warehouse inventory transfer)

Flipkart
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Planning the MP as per the SNOP given by central planning team.
  • Preparing on roll roster.
  • Controlling the loss happening while we transfer stock from FCs to FCs.
  • Monitoring the daily operations without any blockers.
  • Working on new kaizens and projects which will help us in improving the IPP and streamlining the process.
  • Taking responsibility for all metrics related to floor operations and people operations (AMS updating/roster updating).
  • Taking responsibility on breach cutoff.
  • Taking care of Store cancellation bulk.
  • Supporting customer outbound with proving cross functional training to more than 95% MP in each dept.

Manager I Bengaluru FC (B2) & DS’s Operations

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 07.2021
  • Managing 1.5 Lakh Sq. Feet FC with 300 Workforce including on roll and off roll Employees with through put capacity of 80K pcs per day for both B2B and B2C Ops.
  • Planning the ideal manpower for executing the built-up capacity.
  • Projecting CPO for the month and Basis that planning the OPP, Inbound numbers, Returns capacity.
  • Built B2C processing capacity of 2000 capacity from FC and Dark Stores.
  • New innovations to improve the productivity as well to reduce the CPO.
  • TMS for the activities basis new implementations to ensure run rates are real and to get designed productivity.
  • Taking care of daily GEMBA calls for FC and DS’s.
  • Review daily, weekly, and Monthly plan and representing B2 and Dark stores in monthly meet with Management.
  • Taking care of FC metrics - CPO, OPP, Fill Rate, Positive & Negative Update, Damage update, NTE, RI%, P2B, OTB, ILS adherence %, Perfect order %.
  • Dark Store Operations: Basis business requirement planning the complete store setup.
  • Basis business requirement planning the Manpower requirement.
  • Setting the slot capacity for dark stores with ensuring 100% fill rate with on time billing.
  • Taking care Stock Audit and setting up new DS with 100% Process implementation.

Deputy Manager Outbound/FM (B2 FC)

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.
  • Planning workforce basis the orders capacity that we were getting from business team.
  • Planning shift roster of on roll employees who were reporting to me.
  • Tacking responsibility of both day/night shift completely.
  • Taking care of outbound metric - OTB, P2B, OTD, OPP& Perfect order%.
  • Doing GEMBA walk and meeting with team members.
  • Planning for the surprise audit to know the quality of work that is happening and to reduce the complaints.
  • Maintaining 5s in outbound area and doing CAPA activity for the issues/NC’s that we were getting while doing floor operations.
  • Planning Cross functional activity when we are underutilized.

Senior Executive F&V Inbound/packing Operations (F&V Ops)

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.
  • Planning the workforce placement activity wise on daily basis according to the load for the day.
  • Taking care of receiving the products as per our quality standards.
  • Taking care of the packing of the products are per our standard UOM’s.
  • Responsible for maintaining the closing stocks physically and as per the system as well.
  • Taking care of sharing the invoice of GRN copies to finance team to the payment producers.
  • Responsible for sharing the shortfall details timely to avoid fill rate issue.
  • Responsible for packing material availability at facility to avoid the process deviations.
  • Responsible for sharing the attendances of the employees.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management

VTU
01.2015

Skills

  • Supply Chain Management (SCM)
  • Warehouse & Dark Store Operations
  • Mid Mile Logistics
  • Project & Pilot Management
  • Transport Management Systems (TMS)
  • Team Leadership & Workforce Planning
  • SLA Management & KPI Tracking
  • Cost Optimization & Contract Management
  • 5S Implementation
  • Process Automation & Improvement

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the details provided above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Awards

  • 3 Quarter best employee award for IHV cost optimization (Reduced B2C IHV cost from 1% to 0.8%) at BB.
  • Best Outbound manager 2019 at Grofers.

Timeline

Deputy Manager SCM Central

Big Basket
09.2022 - Current

Lead – Dept. FC (IWIT Dept – Inter warehouse inventory transfer)

Flipkart
08.2021 - 08.2022

Manager I Bengaluru FC (B2) & DS’s Operations

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 07.2021

Deputy Manager Outbound/FM (B2 FC)

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Executive F&V Inbound/packing Operations (F&V Ops)

Grofers Indian Pvt. Ltd.

Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management

VTU
Akshay Kumar KP