Chirantan Chitale
Sourcing, Quality And Operation
Benglore
Summary
Over 15+ years of diversified experience, with consumer product focused organizations, in a multi-cultural and people centric work environment. Successful track record of setting up high performance teams in the areas of Supply chain &Operations. Hands on experience in Sourcing & Operations Strategy development, end-to-end product development lifecycle. Carry green field as well as brown field projects for leading global CPG brands.
Handled Sourcing strategy worth ~200 Cr across FMCG, Sport and fitness, Toy and Baby.
Well versed with requirements of compliance standards such as IMS, ISO 9001: 2008 and 2015, FDA cosmetics, GMP22716
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director Procurement
Club, Boxset Venture Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - Current
- Lead a sourcing/procurement for 10club across brands in Toys and Baby, Sport and Fitness, Home and Kitchen, Home Garden and D2C brand
- 100+New Product development from Concept to execution
- Organization level Bottom line Projects and Initiatives (15lac+ Saving )
- Manufacturing expertise for localization (20+ Product localized)
- Alternate sourcing/ Vendor development (80+ vendors )
- Development of Strong Import Supply Chain
- Utilized market intelligence to identify opportunities for savings and cost reduction.
- Prepared and presented reports to management on purchasing trends and cost savings to aid in decision making.
- Monitored and managed procurement budget to control costs.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers for smooth communication and to meet required expectations.
- Created and maintained portfolio of qualified vendors to expand options.
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers to obtain favorable terms and pricing.
- Managed supply chain process, from order placement to delivery, to facilitate on-time and accurate fulfillment.
- Reduced costs by streamlining contract bidding and procurement processes to assure best prices for materials and services.
- Hired and trained purchasing staff to improve effectiveness of purchasing operations.
- Developed and tracked metrics to measure supplier performance and cost savings.
- Led sourcing process for new vendors to get quality products and services and mitigate risk.
Senior Manager II
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd
Benglore
07.2017 - 11.2021
- Lead a long-term sourcing strategy for Flipkart In FMCG, Toys and Baby, Sport and Fitness, Beauty and personal Care.
- Sourced Entire private label development for Flikpart in beauty, personal care segment
- Developed large eco system of Suppliers across portfolios as well as in market Place
- Conducted supplier due diligence and managed sourcing pipeline for turnover worth 200 Cr
- Achieved annual cost saving of ~12% by optimizing vendor, and infrastructural cost
- Delivered a contribution of ~+5% in contribution margin through sourcing management on bottom line
- Ensured 95% adherence to availability and quality SLAs for all the suppliers
- Established alternative supply chain to minimize loss during COVID crisis
- Co-Created Procut Development Cycle and Process, Operation
- Established OKRs Matrix for business unit
- Evaluated hiring, firing, and promotions requests.
- Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
- Identified cost improvement changes and cost savings plans to increase company savings.
- Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.
- Modified inventory control programs to maintain and enhance annual business plan.
Corporate Quality Assurance Manager
Marico India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
10.2014 - 07.2017
- Responsible for National quality for Cosmetic Division
- Shop floor design and Warehouse planning for Inflow and outflow,
- Operation for third parties
- Lead Quality for 10 third party manufactures and Plan Quality
- Managers
- Lead one of the manufacturing plants for successful certification of
- GMP 22716
- Developed NPD process across cosmetic portfolio
- Improved quality of 10 plants by ~5% with the help of Plant Quality
- Managers
- Conducted workshops for quality management at plant
- Established OKRs Matrix for business units
- Set up and managed consumer complaint matrix for quality management
- Updated quality control standards, methods, and procedures to meet compliance requirements.
- Improved quality processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness.
- Wrote and implemented new rework procedures to standardize processes and streamline workflow.
- Coordinated and oversaw periodic audits to evaluate product quality and safety and address non-conformances.
- Collaborated with audit clients and action owners to apply root cause analysis guidance and establish effective corrective action plans.
Senior Manager
L’Oreal India Pvt. Ltd
07.2007 - 10.2014
- Lead both Production and Quality Department.
- Developed quality planning for multiple new product launches by verifying customer requirements and implementing in design and production.
- Finish Good Suppliers development
- Buying Qualification of Finish goods, RM and PM
- Green field experience for Setting up new factory unit end to end
- Increased plant productivity by 5% while optimizing cycle time
- Reduced short stop cost by 15%, Improved OOE by 5%
- Capacity planning, Supply chain, procurement for Factory
- Manged Team size of 20+ across two functions
- Successfully implemented process for including new packaging material without change in setup or incurring any downtime
- Optimized product lines, shop floor, Process for hair colour segment
- Led the team for successful implementation of ERP and QTMS
- Ramped up the production output of a green field plant from 60K units to 5 MN units in 12 months
- Established Process across Shop floor and Supply chain, sourcing of RM/FGs
Production and Quality Officer
Serum Institute of India Ltd
Pune
07.2006 - 07.2007
- Worked in the Production / Processing department
- Key responsibilities included setting up processes for lab scale batches of 10 KG
- Provided observations, took measurements, and performed tests at various stages according to quality control plan.
- Responsibilities were further expanded into developing and deploying
- Process Optimization and Reaction Monitoring framework for in process batches
- Was also responsible for Process parameter analysis, Instrument installation calibrations and validation as per IQ, OQ and PQ
Education
Certification in Supply Chain - Supply Chain
Indian Institute of Managment Lucknow
Lucknow 10.2021 - 10.2022
EPGDBM - Strategic Supply Chain
Indian Institute of Management
Pune 01.2012 - 01.2014
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Certified TRIZ L1 Additional information: Conducted works shops on “Operational Excellence - Design Thinking
Certification
01.2014 - 05.2014
Chemical Engineering - Engineering
Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune
Pune 03.2002 - 03.2006
Skills
Strategic Sourcing
undefinedTimeline
Director Procurement
Club, Boxset Venture Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - Current
Certification in Supply Chain - Supply Chain
Indian Institute of Managment Lucknow
10.2021 - 10.2022
Senior Manager II
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd
07.2017 - 11.2021
Corporate Quality Assurance Manager
Marico India Pvt. Ltd
10.2014 - 07.2017
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Certified TRIZ L1 Additional information: Conducted works shops on “Operational Excellence - Design Thinking
Certification
01.2014 - 05.2014
EPGDBM - Strategic Supply Chain
Indian Institute of Management
01.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Manager
L’Oreal India Pvt. Ltd
07.2007 - 10.2014
Production and Quality Officer
Serum Institute of India Ltd
07.2006 - 07.2007
Chemical Engineering - Engineering
Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune
03.2002 - 03.2006
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