Kabilan Padmanathan
Senior Manager, Sourcing COE
Chennai
Summary
Results-driven senior management professional with over 16 years of experience leading teams and driving business growth. Demonstrated success in strategic planning, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement. Seeking a senior leadership role to leverage expertise in driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and achieving organizational objectives. Forward-thinking senior manager skilled in managing teams of 15 employees with 3 direct reports to accomplish challenging objectives. Known for imparting a clear vision that guides cohesive, high-performing teams. Offers a strong foundation in leadership and strategic planning, with a passion for learning and growth in a managerial environment. Contributes a solid understanding of business principles and the ability to quickly grasp new concepts and methodologies. Ready to use and develop skills in project management and team leadership in the desired position role.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
6043
6043
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Manager, Strategic Logistics
NEXTracker Inc
11.2021 - Current
- Developed and executed strategic sourcing strategies for logistics, including Ocean, Air, Inland and other mode of Transports
- Conducted market analysis and supplier evaluations to identify potential opportunities and risks
- Negotiated contracts and terms with suppliers to achieve optimal pricing, quality, and delivery schedules
- Built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders, including vendors, and internal teams, to drive collaboration and achieve shared objectives
- Implemented supplier performance management programs to track and improve supplier performance, quality, and delivery reliability
- Collaborated cross-functionally with stakeholders from procurement, operations, finance and Business Systems to align sourcing initiatives with organizational goals
- Led supplier selection processes, including RFIs, RFPs, and supplier audits, to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards
- Provided strategic leadership and direction to Freight Management team to achieve goals and objectives
- Led a team of six professionals responsible for freight management, including logistics Freight budgeting, logistics Invoice management and compliance audit
- Developed and executed departmental strategies and objectives in alignment with corporate goals
- Implemented best practices and process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Provided coaching, mentorship, and development opportunities to team members to foster growth and career advancement
- Conducted regular performance reviews and provided coaching and development opportunities to team members to foster growth and career advancement
- Monitored logistics budget performance and provided regular reports and insights to senior management
- Conducted regular performance reviews and provided coaching and development opportunities to team members to foster growth and career advancement
- Conducted business analysis to understand stakeholder needs, gather requirements, and define functional specifications
- Analyzed existing systems and processes to identify areas for improvement and optimization
- Designed and implemented functional solutions to address business challenges and enhance operational efficiency
- Conducted stakeholder workshops and facilitated requirements gathering sessions to elicit and prioritize business needs
- Created functional specifications, use cases, and process flows to document system requirements and design decisions
- Worked closely with development teams to translate functional requirements into technical specifications and system configurations
- Conducted system testing and validation to ensure that solutions meet functional and performance requirements
- Provided ongoing support and troubleshooting assistance to end-users, ensuring smooth operation of implemented solutions
Senior Manager – Application Delivery and Global Quality
Agility Logistics (GIL Shared Service Pvt Ltd)
11.2010 - 11.2021
- Part of a geographically dispersed team responsible for company's Operational transformation efforts - areas of focus include: software development, change management, adoption of Agile/SAFe, training, stakeholder management, and alignment with leadership
- Delivering digital and business transformation & standardization
- Automating complicated business processes and applying a hands-off approach
- Delivering improvements that lead to business efficiency & growth
- Strong stakeholder management skill
- Achievements include delivering re-engineered processes to accommodate globally centralized operations, driving automation and standardization into 12 countries
- Worked with core system development and implementation team to design and implement the agility core operational + accounting system in agility network countries
- Worked as a Product Owner (Team) to design and develop the web-based application to integrate with various agility applications + country local applications and also support the Product Owner to define the product backlog and the application delivery
- Worked with country management to understand the current process and challenges and provide feasible solutions in new web-based tool development
- Also, convert the defined process into EPIC and story for development
- Recommend process and system improvements such as improved content management, documentation, streamlined intake process for new work requests, and developed communication strategies for project status reports
- Perform the application testing with the designated testing team and country implement team and obtain the sign-off
- Host/Facilitate software review - Participates frequent software review sessions (e.g., monthly) to make sure the software operates per agreed requirement
- Worked as product owner to design and implement the RPA (Robotics Process Automation) to achieve the various key operational and financial challenges and eliminate duplicate system updates
- FOCIS – (Fright Forwarding Operation, communication and information system)
- Operation Accounting (Intercompany Invoices, Profit Share management)
- Month end close and integrating with finance system
- Operation Finance reporting + Dashboard
- Specific country report (India GST and E invoice integration...etc.)
- Smart View – Vendor Management and Audit system
- Supplier/Vendor Registration
- Supplier/vendor Qualification Includes (Compliance screening)
- Supplier/Vendor Reporting and Performance Audit
- Process Automation (Workflow system)
- NCR – Non-Conformance Reporting
- GTM– Global Compliance Workflow
- WeSafe – Global Safety Incident management and reporting
- Managed the supplier creation centralization project and corporate quality centralizes team
- Led & monitored the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets
- Assessing the Country/Branch Feedback, evaluating areas of improvements & providing critical feedback to the associates on improvements and achieving higher satisfaction matrices
- Managed the Power bi report development roadmap and Implementation
- Provide the admin support to 30 + Power bi reports and responsible for data set refresh
- Provide the Advance Excel and VBA support where every its required
Jr. Executive
Agility Logistics Pvt Ltd (India)
11.2007 - 11.2009
- Responsible for Inbound / Outbound Document creation process in Agility Warehouses
- Supported the business team to centralized the Warehouse document process in COE (Center of Excellence)
- Supported the JD Edwards (WMS) migration team for various activities
- Developed user manuals for the new/additional process activities transferred to the team
- Support to the project team for any improvement projects across the warehouse operation
Education
BBA - Finance Management
Alagappa University
Chennai, India05-2024
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Indian Institute of Business Management Studies
Chennai, India05-2010
Graduate Diploma - International Hotel Management
SRM University
Chennai, India05-2007
Skills
Leadership and Team Management
Certificationeducation
- Six Sigma (Green Belt), Benchmark Quality systems Pvt Ltd
- PSM1 – Scrum master, Scrum.Org
- SAFe – Agilist 4 and Agilist 5, Scaled Agile, Inc.
- RPA – Business Analyst (A2019), Automation Anywhere
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Padmanathan
- Notice Period: 60 Days
- Date of Birth: 02/28/86
Timeline
Senior Manager, Strategic Logistics
NEXTracker Inc
11.2021 - Current
Senior Manager – Application Delivery and Global Quality
Agility Logistics (GIL Shared Service Pvt Ltd)
11.2010 - 11.2021
Jr. Executive
Agility Logistics Pvt Ltd (India)
11.2007 - 11.2009
BBA - Finance Management
Alagappa University
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Indian Institute of Business Management Studies
Graduate Diploma - International Hotel Management
SRM University
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