Chetan Gawand

• Company Overview: General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods (FMCG) sold through Business -2- Business and retail stores. Category spend $20 MM across categories like Starches and Value-added Ingredients (VAI) like Chemicals, Emulsifiers, Hydrocolloids, Seasoning’s, Phosphates etc.
• Strategy Sourcing for India, Middle East covering GEMS (Global Emerging Markets) development and planning.
• Understanding the category, benchmark certain HIGH $spend and visit strategic suppliers to build a long-term business relationship.
• Execute the supplier negotiation strategy through Request for Price (RFP) auction as per category OR material $spend.
• Lead contract implementation and drive contract compliance as per globally defined policies.
• Lead execution of projects to support Source to Pay (S2P) strategic roadmap.
• Strategy communication and alignment with regional and local cross functional teams to drive $HMM and opportunity to develop alternate source.
• Project prioritization and implementation to achieve timelines of the objective defined.
• Support regional supplier relationship and risk management to achieve global priorities.
• General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods (FMCG) sold through Business -2- Business and retail stores. Category spend $20 MM across categories like Starches and Value-added Ingredients (VAI) like Chemicals, Emulsifiers, Hydrocolloids, Seasoning’s, Phosphates etc.
• Project charters to determine the action plans for building and qualifying alternate source considering the market dynamics, inflation and alignment of the business for a change management to achieve an HMM $750K for current Fiscal’s and $600K in technical pipeline.
• Monthly category overview to align with leadership on HMM $ saving’s ($1.28 MM TVC), RISK call-outs and strategic decision i.e short-term and long-term on market dynamics.
• Building a strong long-term supplier relationship in terms of cost-driver’s, inflation’s y-o-y and alternate product development to benefit the organisation.
• Securimate tool to standardize the on-boarding supplier process as a GLOBAL standard process.

• Category and Buyer Support/Initiative - Onboarding systems tasks, provide strategical support to operations and leveraging/sustaining E2E standards and Execution i.e Forecast/RMWB/SP/MMO/MRB/Freight analysis, Contract Management process, New & Disco’d Products working with cross-functional teams, New Vendor set-up and Inventory/Waste Tracking.
• Support Bidding Events: RFQ support – Spec validation, requirements gathering, support category management analytics.
• Facilitate and educate on S2P tools, Taxonomy and Spend Classification support.
• Facilitate Integration/Acquisition/Divestiture Support – e.g. Liberté Canada, FSTG, HHSS….
• Determine expectation of the process and customer satisfaction working with the Supplier, internal stakeholders and A/P on the process, payment terms and Taulia execution & support.
• Facilitate and Lead Vendor/Stakeholder’s through new vendor set up, Escalation for key stakeholders (PSS, AP, Plants etc) and Supplier Change & Performance Management (switching suppliers) considering Risk Management (deliveries, contracts, inventory).
• Deliver Process Improvement with the identified RCI, working as a team with the cross-functions to provide a HEALTHY and SUSTAINABLE process including the training support.
• Enablement/Transitions of Canada - Libert'e direct P2P as per NAR standards with process expectations and Role’s clarity on operational responsibilities. Appreciated by Buyers, Leaders & stakeholders.
• Project charter created to determine the action plans for enabling Non-PO request into Coupa/Maximo (Winnipeg) driving process efficiency through expertise (Libert’e).
• HMM savings on age risk of USD $250K and resolving supplier’s issue on Quality Notification closure USD $190K.
• Appreciated by Senior Manager of Buyers “Consistently provides excellent OA support. Additionally, I like how pro-active he is too often identifying potential issues (coverage concerns, age risk, etc) and act before these issues lead to disruption.
• Streamlining 'Sourcing Ready Dashboard' process through one Truth Source of Data within cross-function working as a Team.
• Lead Weekly Direction Setting (WDS) through brainstorming, learning and alignment with the Team/business metrics identifying the In-process metrics and TOP losses.
• NO PO NO Pay project USD $177 MM Vendors spend pertaining to Marketing (8%) and Corporate (6%) as one of the initiatives of Sourcing VP.
• Enablement of Coupa roll-out in (P2P) leading with the best standard practice. Appreciated by the Leader’, Global Director’s with an achievement of the “GLOBIES” award.
• Appreciated in GSOC 'Chetan has provided significant process leadership co-leading the Project Koala (Western Creamery), Meridian West (Helper/Suddenly Salad) and Project Festival (Food Should Taste Good) are success stories enabling Global standard practice outside the organisation.
• Enrollment of Bill & Hold process across Direct Sourcing – cross-functional project.

• Any issues related to procurement to ensure Internal as well as External stakeholders are provided with the level of quality work and solutions for resolving the issues implementing best standard practice.
• Contract’s, Order’s send to External stakeholders with accuracy 100 % for getting right and required information of the plant requirements.
• Contribute resolving Blocked Invoices and Claim’s on Quality Notifications as agreed between Internal and External stakeholders to support the team Key Performance Indicator (KPI).
• Provided cross-functional Sourcing information within Supply Chain and broader GBS audience in Minneapolis with more opportunity areas in operations.
• Implemented Condition Records (C3PO) to capture the incremental charges impacting the cost of materials and First Pass Quality (FPQ) to standardize the best practice in Sourcing through Supply chain.
• Develop Process Map’s (VSM), One Point Lesson (OPL’s), Job task Analysis (JTA) and Epiplex documents for the team capturing the critical process.
• Managing the Decideware (Scope of work) as a Category Specialist to ensure the right details, cost centres and costing are incorporated on the project’s. Connect with the Buyers, Requestors proactively “Doing Right thing at all times” values and was appreciated by the Indirect category owners.
• Appreciation received from Category Specialist, Buyers & Sourcing Mangers for driving Yoplait category operations in a proactive manner supporting the business requirements.
• Achieved soft savings 1309 hours in F14, 1716 hours in F15 and 1240 hours in F16 implementing the condition records in the Souring direct materials.
• Appreciation received from Category Specialist, Buyers, Sourcing Mangers & Supply Chain Director on Level 3 report transition from Supply Chain Replenishment (SCR) with an ownership to drive the success “This work have been critical in managing our peanut contracts and making sure they stay balanced between suppliers. Its critical info for our peanut suppliers so they can manage quarterly quotas the peanut shellers place on our suppliers.”
• Transition of the procurement to pay (P2P), Blocked Invoice (BI’s) to a 3rd party Capegemini leading with the best standard practice. Appreciated by the Leader’, Global Director’s with an achievement of “GLOBIES” award.
• Appreciated by the Leader’, Global Director’s on leveraging the process by providing visibility on the Contract and Quality management. (Service Excellence Award).

• Company Overview: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a pyramid model with The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC)
• Any issues related to procurement, to ensure Internal as well as External stakeholders are provided with the level of quality work and solutions for resolving the issues in compliance with defined SLA and Global work process.
• Order’s send to External stakeholders with accuracy 100 % for getting right and required information of the plant requirements. (Goal for 2010 – Spot order accuracy is 95%)
• Ensuring correct and required inputs in SAP – R2 system in compliance with expectation of internal stakeholder’s (i.e Planners, Accounts Payable, vendor Coding Team, Quality Assurance, Finance & Sourcing) as well as External partners (i.e Suppliers) to streamline the cross functional process.
• Adhere immediate front-line support to stakeholders for handling requests or queries with prompt resolution.
• Contribute to profitability of company ensuring payments are made as agreed between Internal and External stakeholders to value credibility of the company.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a pyramid model with The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC)
• Appreciation from Work Process Leader (WPL) OS&C Europe for handling additional package (Engineering Plastic’s + Styrenic’s Naturals) along being back-up for HalterMann GmbH with the required expectation from Internal & External Stakeholder’s (Two Star Award).
• Appreciation received from Functional Leader, Work Process Leader (WPL) OS&C Europe & Global Purchasing Expertise Centre for contribution for updating the required mandatory details “REACH” (Team Excellence Award).
• Appreciation received from Sourcing Manger, Functional Leader & Work Process Leader (WPL) OS&C Europe for excellent management of the business with savings to Polyurethane System’s (Two Star Award).
• Process improvement was implemented for streamline DOW India – Purchasing/Operate process.
• Appreciation receives from Functional Leader, Work Process Leader (WPL) OS&C Europe and Sourcing Manger for savings of USD $122K (Three & Four Star).
• Process improvement for streamline of DOW Polyurethane System was facing with a Global vendor, identified loophole’s in the vendor’s global work process & implemented solution’s improving better communication’s to avoid any issues related to the material availability and shut downs of the plant’s in Europe. (Five Star Award).

• Implementing an ISO 9001:2000 system in Logistic and Distribution function.
• Forward inquiry from the customer’s for products received from Marketing Department to C.T.O/Production H.O.D’s and for execution of the order’s (Sample/Commercial).
• Preparing “Export related document’s, Label’s etc.” to facilitate easy regulatory clearance by the importing country.
• Co-ordinate with Marketing and production H.O.D’s for application/procurement of Veterinary Certificate (Certificate of Animal Quarantine) for both U.S and European countries (EC. No. 1774/2002).
• Maintaining customer-wise data for Samples/Commercial shipments.
• Maintaining the targets set by the Top Management for Marketing.
• Added advantage to my profile as one of the key persons for implementing ISO system.
• Assist M.R for ISO 9001:2000 documentation.
• Implemented a system as per ISO 9001:2000 standards by designing formats for cross functionals.
• These formats & SOP’s were approved by TUV auditors and overseas customer’s like Bayer, Randox, BioRad, Cliniqa and Roche.

Company Overview: Advy Chemical is an ISO 9001:2000 certified and a 100 % export oriented pharmaceutical firm which manufactures “Bulk Immunodiagnostics Reagents”. A sister concern of M/s. Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd. which is the Eight largest pharmaceutical (Biotech company in India. Advy Chemical is having a manufacturing unit located in Thane and a headquartered at Mumbai.

• Implementing an ISO 9001:2000 system in Purchase & Stores function.
• Vendor audit (Regular or New supplier) for Bulk chemicals and regular products.
• Vendor list representing at least 3 vendors for specific Bulk chemicals, Packaging materials and consumable items.
• Maintaining and Controlling purchase inventories as per yearly budget represented to the TOP Management on basis of requirement of Functional Heads.
• Meet M.I.S requirements of Top Management and compliance of Internal checks/controls to track various costing heads.
• Negotiating with suppliers for Bulk items on basis of yearly consumption.
• Responsible for all the documentation work to comply the ISO standards.
• Maintaining stores department for issuing materials to the departments.
• Maintaining and updating daily purchase & GRN (Goods Received Number) statement which is submitted to accounts.
• Maintaining Monthly stock statements.
• Advy Chemical is an ISO 9001:2000 certified and a 100 % export oriented pharmaceutical firm which manufactures “Bulk Immunodiagnostics Reagents”. A sister concern of M/s. Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd. which is the Eight largest pharmaceutical (Biotech company in India. Advy Chemical is having a manufacturing unit located in Thane and a headquartered at Mumbai.
• Negotiating with suppliers for Bulk items on basis of yearly consumption.
• Meet M.I.S requirements of Top Managements and compliance of Internal checks/controls to track various costing heads.
• Licensing and purchase of specific imported raw material/equipment’s under scheme’s for exporters framed by D.G.F.T (Director General of Foreign Trade).