BHAVIN PATEL

• Strategic Sourcing: Developing and implementing a sourcing strategy that aligns with the overall business goals, focusing on cost efficiency, sustainability, and innovation.
• Supplier Management: Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to ensure the quality, availability, and cost-effectiveness of packaging materials.
• Market Analysis & Budget Management: Monitoring market trends, price fluctuations, and supply chain risks to make informed decisions and optimize the procurement process.
• Stakeholder management - Manage diverse cultural stakeholders within the region and work well despite extensive travel within AMEA to develop understanding.
• Short-term and long-term budgets are to be executed with near-accurate possibilities.
• Cost Optimization: Identifying and executing cost-saving opportunities through negotiations, alternative sourcing, and process improvements.
• Sustainability Initiatives & scope 3 reduction: Driving initiatives to reduce environmental impact by adopting sustainable packaging solutions and materials.
• Compliance, Contract, and Risk Management: Ensuring that all packaging materials comply with regional regulations and standards, while managing risks related to supply chain disruptions and geopolitical factors.
• Negotiations: Ensure strategies are percolated to the best negotiation methods to ensure the best possible favorable outcomes.
• Building Future-Ready Procurement: Build a future, cost-saving pipeline, create procurement projects, and lead them to meet the procurement deliverables.

Achievement 2024.

• Spend regionalization increased by 15%.
• Bottom line improvement by 8% in a volatile market.
• The pipeline of the project is through a well-crafted strategy of 12% improving value creation.

• Responsible & Accountable to manage End to End Sourcing & Procurement of Packaging Mat
• Developing short, mid & long-term strategies and defining 'How to buy' for different PM categories
• Review & executing of strategy on a quarterly basis and making adjustment wherever require
• Forecasting Price/Inflation to create budget baseline spends & review the forecasting on quarterly basis
• Negotiation Management & executing the RFx
• Continuous mkt research for new vendor development & new feasible technology from Printing, aesthetic, and shelf throughput
• Identifying & Drive Cost Saving Workshops and Supplier Road Shows to bring outside Inside
• Work with Packaging Consultants/Design agencies/feedstock suppliers to evaluate new technology/cost reduction ideas and Partner in Design to Delivery across business for New Production development
• Mitigating all risks on legal & compliance which business could be exposed to while dealing with external partners through strong Contract management process
• Leading Procurement Operations from Material Planning to Material consumption for 80+ packing centers and diverse portfolio
• Vendor Follow up on critical items and ensure no production loss
• Ensure OTIF & Quality are within set defined norms
• Review vendor performance on monthly basis via calls/meetings and drive continuous improvement
• Intervene and explore new ways of packaging or low volume technology
• Manage Process efficiencies, Policies & Procedures
• Learning & Development of Direct Report's and ensuring the learning curve is defined
• Lead sustainable agenda of org by reducing, reusing & resizing of plastics
• Identify opportunity for sustainable structures

• Responsible for E2E Buying & Operations across category of Skin, Home Care & F& R for Asia & Partnering other cluster teams to draft the common strategies and Responsible for Mold Management across category
• Building Sourcing Matrix and implementation of strategy for achieving right price, service & quality
• Negotiation management and developing strategy to lead negotiation outcome
• Collaborate & Manage stake holders from depart like R & D, Mfg
• Site teams, SC, Global Proc & Quality team
• Responsible for interpreting right supply planning and Creating Supply Capacity
• Responsible for Mold Health Review and ensuring timely action for robust mold performance
• Identify localization opportunities and driving Saving agenda for Category
• Review Feed stock trend and create cost modelling for each SKU
• Leading Operation for Asia ensuring last mile Service of more than 1000+ SKU and ensuring right quality
• Landing all New Innovation & Product config changes in supply chain on time
• Responsible for New Vendor development and creating operating efficiencies
• Drive Value creation workshops & monitor saving implementation
• Total Spends managed - EURO 150 MN individual contribution
• Delivered 60+ innovation in calendar year
• Creating & Implementing New capacity to achieve robust growth across portfolio
• Leading Sustainability for Plastics Categories and driving agenda of UL Packaging
• Inhouse blowing implementation & driving operation efficiencies vis a vis reducing carbon footprint
• Driving packaging change for Nonvalue added cost