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Gokul Krishnan

Bengaluru

Summary

Result-oriented supply chain professional, MBA graduate from IIM Indore - Mumbai campus with 3.5 years (post MBA) experience in Supply chain planning, Warehouse & logistics operation, 3PL & vendor management.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

City Head Operations - Grocery

Ninjacart
Bengaluru
04.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for end-to-end supply chain operations and planning for Grocery B2B business.
  • Responsible for Grocery supply chain PnL cost - Logistics, Labor, Inventory, and other expenses.
  • Collaborate with the Product team, build products to optimize operations in FC and Last Mile.
  • Revamped FC operations and improved MML vehicles dispatch closure from 6AM to 3AM.
  • Identified and fixed the process gaps to control and maintain inventory hygiene. Inventory losses were reduced from Rs. 2 lakhs/month to less than Rs. 50k/month.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve company-wide objectives and drive operational excellence.
  • Onboard and manage 3PL vendor for FC ops, collaborate for initiatives to improve productivity.

Manager - SCM Projects

Ninjacart
Bengaluru
04.2022 - 03.2023

Sales and Operations Planning Manager

  • Collaborate with various business stakeholders to work on monthly S&O plan.
  • Ensure the supply and capacity planning to best meet demand while minimizing costs.
  • Collaborated with the sourcing and category team to reduce FC storage days of inventory by 22%.

Last Mile Operations Head

  • Managed Grocery LM operations - Serving day level, 1800 retail customers.
  • Revised the LM SOP and resolved the manpower and logistics issues.
  • Achieved a 15% increase in on-time delivery to customers.
  • Reduced LML cost by 10% by implementing Electric vehicles in Last Mile.

Co-Founder

Superwagon
Ernakulam
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • B2B fresh produce company, focused on delivering quality fresh produce at competitive prices, sourcing primarily from APMC/farmers.
  • Primarily involved in supply chain planning, business strategy, warehouse management, and vendor relations.
  • Demand Forecasting and Inventory management to ensure availability of fresh produce with minimal wastage.
  • Scout, onboard, and maintained healthy relations with vendors.
  • Warehouse management - efficiently managed the operations and flow of goods with limited resources.
  • Continuous process improvement in warehouse operations to match the hectic delivery schedule.
  • Responsible for PnL - procurement, logistics, labor, and other expenses.

Education

MBA -

IIM Indore - Mumbai Campus
Mumbai
03-2020

BE - Production Engineering

PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore
04-2014

Skills

  • Supply chain planning
  • Last mile operations
  • Logistics management
  • Warehouse operations
  • Inventory control
  • Project Management
  • Problem solving
  • 3PL & vendor management

Certification

  • Six sigma Green belt - KPMG

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Affiliations

  • Fitness Enthusiast - Cross functional training
  • Intermediate level and plays occasionally Badminton and Cricket

Timeline

City Head Operations - Grocery

Ninjacart
04.2023 - Current

Manager - SCM Projects

Ninjacart
04.2022 - 03.2023

Co-Founder

Superwagon
01.2021 - 01.2022

MBA -

IIM Indore - Mumbai Campus

BE - Production Engineering

PSG College of Technology
Gokul Krishnan