Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Software
Certification
Interests
Timeline
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Work Availability
Long Drives,Travelling, Mentoring and Coaching
Languages
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BALRAJ DHULL

BALRAJ DHULL

Manufacturing Operations And Supply Chain Management
Gurugram

Summary

  • B.E MECHANICAL- Director Operations Passionate about delivering outstanding quality and service. Offering 27+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, Automobile, Projects, Supply Chain Management, E-commerce (Warehousing-FC, Mother Hub/Sortation, Middle Mile, Dark Stores, Lastmile), Quick Commerce, FMCG industry (B2B & B2C), Business Development, Customer Quality with history of recognition and performance.
  • Global Experience of working in Europe and China. Strategic Planning, Strategic Sourcing, New Product Development,Supplier Risk Analysis, Commodity Strategy for Casting, Stamping, Machining, Fasteners etc.
  • Proven Track record of Extensive experience of setting up and leading new Manufacturing Plants (4L Sq. Ft.) and Warehouses (34L Sq. Ft.) with team size of 8k+
  • Equipped with experience in setting up and Leading Largest warehouse (FC+MH) of India and 2nd largest in Asia with10 L Sq. Ft. covered area with 1.6 Cr. Units of Inventory spread across G+6 level with 6.5K workforce.
  • Implemented Inventory control Measures to reduce SLOB stock, achieved reduction in Inventory Management cost.
  • Inspirational and Recognized Leader known for skills to envision & create successful outcomes with Experiments and thought process of Reinventing in complex and multicultural environments.
  • Expertise in Operations Excellence and Operational Risk Management

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Associate Director – FC Operations

Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2024 - 01.2026
  • Spearheading a team of 8 R + 100 On Roll and 2500+ Off-Roll employees
  • Responsible for Fulfilment center, Distribution Center, Return Center & Cross Dock for Overall operations, Quality, Operations Excellence and L&D, Middle Mile, Last Mile Delivery, Automation, New Projects, Business Development and Customer Quality
  • Quality+ Ops Excellence+ L&D+ Middle Mile+ Dark Stores+ Last Mile + Networking+ Automation, Projects, Business Development, Customer Quality

Director – Operations

Blinkit India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - 03.2024
  • Spearheading a team of 300+ On Roll and 3600+ Off-Roll employees
  • Responsible for 16 Fulfilment centers (PAN India) for Overall operations, Quality, Operations Excellence and L&D, Middle Mile, Dark Stores, Last Mile Delivery, Automation, New Projects, Business Development and Customer Quality
  • PAN India- W/H Ops+ Sourcing+ Quality+ Ops Excellence+ L&D+ Middle Mile+ Dark Stores+ Last Mile + Networking+ Automation, Projects, Business Development, Customer Quality

Associate Director – FC Operations

Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2018 - 04.2023
  • Lead India’s largest and Asia’s second largest warehouse at RDC Haringhata near Kolkata in the year 2021 with 10 L sq. ft covered area, Inventory of 1.6 Cr Units at G+6 levels, with 6.5K workforce.
  • Largest Span of control handled at single point was 350+ On Roll and 8K+ Off Roll
  • Lead 5 Regular Fulfilment Centers, 4 Third Party warehouses, 45 Brand advantage sites and new projects in North Zone and East Zone. Total 50+ Locations with Total area of 34 L Sq. Ft.
  • Warehousing Management: Setting up of largest RDC warehouses in India with Area- 10 L Sq. Ft. (2021), 7 L Sq. Ft. (2022), 5 L Sq. Ft. (2019), 2.5 L Sq. Ft. (MH) (2020),3.5 L Sq. Ft. (2018), with 1.6 Cr Units, 1.2 Cr Units, 86 L Units, & 50 L Units Inventory respectively. Worth 5000 Cr INR and 6.5 K manpower working in the largest one. Project experience of 3.4 M Sq. Ft.
  • Strategic Responsibilities and Exposures: Involved in strategic planning in expansions, business proposals & New Project Sourcing.

Head- Plant Production

Plastic Omnium Auto Energy India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Responsible for Production, Maintenance, Sourcing, Lean, Planning & New Projects.
  • Implemented Lean
  • Completed Green Field Project at Becharji- Mehsana- Gujarat (Suzuki Plant Campus)

Head Assembly

India Japan Lighting Pvt. Ltd.
05.2014 - 03.2017
  • Responsible for 25 Assembly Lines
  • Setting up of new Assembly Lines at the time of Crisis in record time of 48 Hours.

Head Operations

BorgWarner Emission Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2012 - 10.2013
  • Responsible for Production, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Procurement, Manufacturing Engineering, safety & Lean.

AGM- Manufacturing

Donaldson Filters India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2011 - 08.2012
  • Responsible for Production, Maintenance, Quality, Sourcing, Manufacturing Engineering, Lean, Planning and Safety

Head- Manufacturing

GKN Driveline India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2009 - 07.2011
  • Responsible for Production, Assembly Lines, Shaft Cell, Tripod Cell, Tulip Cell, Maintenance, Sourcing, Safety and Lean

Deputy Manager – Production

Roulunds Braking India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 12.2009
  • Responsible for Grinding, Powder Coating, Shot Blasting, Pressing, Heat Shearing and Assembly of Brake Pads.

Executive – Production

Osram India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2000 - 12.2006
  • Responsible for Production and assembly of Compact Fluorescent Lamps.
  • Core Team Member for SAP Implementation in 2001
  • Core Team Member for SAP Upgradation in 2006

Junior Engineer

Machine Tooling- Electroplast Mac Tools
04.1998 - 03.2000

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

G C Engineering
Bengaluru, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor - Lean Manufacturing

GKN Driveline
Shanghai, China
04.2001 -

Black Belt - Black Belt Six Sigma

AIQM
New Delhi, India
04.2001 -

Certificate - Supply Chain Management

IIM
Rohtak
04.2001 -

Skills

Operations management expertise

Accomplishments

E-Commerce- Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.- (Associate Director – FC,DC,RC & Xdoc Operations)

  • % Impact (Man, Machine, Method, Material, Space utilization, Inventory Accuracy.
  • 100% consolidation of suitcase vertical to feed the entire North Zone in 20 days.
  • 40% increase in Outbound capacity of X-doc by increasing infrastructure and Productivity at Kalash.
  • 8% reduction in attrition, 2500 contractual Manpower Trained in 15 days at Kalash for BBD’25
  • Inventory accuracy of 99.9% achieved through PST and training.

Peak Sale Achievements – Flipkart

  • 70K Units sortation done on daily basis from X-doc during 2025
  • 20K large vertical Inbound done on daily basis to stock 2.2L units of Large Vertical
  • 70K Units Inbound & 90K Outbound done on daily basis at Kalash Large X-doc to cater 40 Zonal and 25 National Lanes in BBD’25

New Fulfilment Centre setup – Flipkart

  • RDC Kalash (Gurgaon -NCR) FC, DC RC &X-doc with Floor space of 8.5 L Sq. Ft., 2.2 L Units Inventory Cap of Large Category, and 2500 Manpower was set up in my leadership in 2025

Quick Commerce- Blinkit India Pvt. Ltd.- (Director– Operations)

  • Lead Project of Caged trolley movement from FC to Dark Stores PAN India
  • Lead Project of DN Damage control PAN India
  • Lead Project of RFID Tag automation in 100% crates PAN India
  • Lead Project of Lean Implementation (End to End Supply Chain)
  • Lead Project of Automating Learning and development (End to End Supply Chain)
  • Lead Project of Learning by Doing (LBD)
  • Lead all new sites Layout, Process Mapping, Process Flow & SOP Revisions.
  • Developed new sources for Caged Trolley Movement, Conveyor automation, HHD’s holsters, Automatic Sorter etc.

E-Commerce- Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.- (Associate Director – FC Operations)

  • 66% increase in Inventory (30L to 50L) by Project Expansion at Binola FC during BBD’18
  • 40% increase in Outbound capacity by increasing infrastructure and Productivity at Binola.
  • 4% reduction in attrition, 3500 contractual Manpower Trained in 30 days at FRK for BBD’19
  • 5 L Units/day IB, 8L/Day OB and 10L/day MH sortation (Including Cross Dock) for 7000+ Pin Codes at RDC Haringhata FC in BBD’21
  • 11 L Units/day sortation done at JKS Mother Hub for 6000 Pin Codes in BBD’20
  • 3.67L Units/day Inbound and 2.79L/Day Outbound from Farukh Nagar FC in BBD’19
  • 86 L Units Inbound done in 40 days at Farukh Nagar FC to cater BBD’19
  • RDC Haringhata (Kolkata) FC & MH with Floor space of 10 L Sq. Ft., 1.6Cr Units Inventory Cap, and 6500 Manpower was set up in my leadership in 2021.
  • Farukh Nagar FC with Floor space of 5.25L Sq.Ft.,90 L Units Inventory Cap, and 3500 Manpower in 2019

Software

SAP

WMS

MS Office

Autocad

Certification

BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (B.E. MECHANICAL)

Interests

Manufacturing Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

Logistics Management

Procurement & Sourcing

Green Field Projects

Brown Field Projects

Union Management

Process Optimization

Eliminating NVA

Timeline

Associate Director – FC Operations

Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2024 - 01.2026

Director – Operations

Blinkit India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - 03.2024

Associate Director – FC Operations

Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2018 - 04.2023

Head- Plant Production

Plastic Omnium Auto Energy India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2017 - 03.2018

Head Assembly

India Japan Lighting Pvt. Ltd.
05.2014 - 03.2017

Head Operations

BorgWarner Emission Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2012 - 10.2013

AGM- Manufacturing

Donaldson Filters India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2011 - 08.2012

Head- Manufacturing

GKN Driveline India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2009 - 07.2011

Deputy Manager – Production

Roulunds Braking India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

G C Engineering
04.2001 -

Bachelor - Lean Manufacturing

GKN Driveline
04.2001 -

Black Belt - Black Belt Six Sigma

AIQM
04.2001 -

Certificate - Supply Chain Management

IIM
04.2001 -

Executive – Production

Osram India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2000 - 12.2006

Junior Engineer

Machine Tooling- Electroplast Mac Tools
04.1998 - 03.2000

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

1-Awarded with “Mission Impossible”-OND 2020 under WOW awards- Flipkart.,

2-Awarded with “Cool & The Gang Award”-FMA 2019 under WOW awards- Flipkart, 

3-Innovation award for New Plant Set up and Relocation- BorgWarner, 

4-Appreciation and Reward for SAP Implementation- Roulunds Braking

Work Availability

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Long Drives,Travelling, Mentoring and Coaching

1- Long drives and travelling excites me more as it gives me an opportunity to explore my country, different culture and cuisines.

2- I love to do mentoring and coaching to the next generation so that they can plan their career in a better way.

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Marathi
Beginner (A1)
Punjabi
Beginner (A1)
Gujarati
Beginner (A1)
BALRAJ DHULLManufacturing Operations And Supply Chain Management