Ananth D K

• Handling More than 8 categories including FMCG and Staples.
• Managed and developed relationships with suppliers to attain maximum cost efficiency and leverage buying power.
• Supported recovery activities to prevent supply disruptions caused by business closures and accounting delays.
• Streamlined portfolio, negotiated payment terms and promoted spending transparency to support cross-disciplinary goals.
• Developed and implemented strategic purchasing procedures and control systems to reduce direct costs and carrying costs.
• Other Main Activities where i directly involved and monitored regularly.

Ø Inventory Planning

Ø Quality Assurance

Ø Sales Analysis

Ø Category level pricing and updating discounts

Ø FML planning

Ø Performance review

• Looking after Inventory of about 10 factories across the India in materials like Defatted Toasted Soya Flour, Oats Flour, Gram Flour (3 varieties) , Corn Flour , Psyllium Husk , Chana Dal, Moong Dal , Masoor Dal , Raw green Peas , Peanuts , Corn & Gram Grits , Customized Materials like Pulses flour , Makhana , Popped Millets & Organic Raw material (Pulses and millets).
• Making Monthly Reports
• Planning Connectivity as per scheduled plan
• Co-ordinate with planning team for weekly requirement
• Co-ordinate with the R & D for new product development
• Payments follow up
• Exploring the new customized material vendors all over India : Roasted flours , Popped millets , Blanched peanuts and Instant products etc.

• Purchase of different kinds in rice across India for more than 50 range of brands including export , Purchase value 30cr to 40cr monthly
• Monthly planning of purchases .
• Explore and Onboard vendors across India.
• Gaining knowledge from market about prices of best brands
• Samples testing and quality analyzing: Cooking Rice to know quality of cooked rice to ensure the brand value in the market.
• Knowledge in varieties of rice mainly Sona Masuri, Basmathi, Kollam, Jeera Rice, Idly rice , Brokens & IR8 and IR 64 raw and Boiled rice Etc.
• Budget tracking and cost saving initiative: Taking Daily market updates and ensuring material we buy within the budget and taking updates on future up and down in market for material and planning for contracts.
• Creating purchase order
• Payment follow up
• Accounts (record for audit) : Providing information for Finance department on Brokerage , Purchase orders , Stock reports , Payments & Hold stocks.
• In addition to this having knowledge about dry fruits specially Raisins & Cashews.

• Cashier
• Clearing
• Marketing
• Internal auditing
• Loan section
• Customer relationship officer