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Kavita Pawar

Kavita Pawar

Mumbai

Summary

Experienced strategic procurement and supply chain manager with an enviable performance and growth record. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision including excellent communicator and relationship management with suppliers. Works effectively in cross-functional environments. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager

VVF India Ltd
09.2022 - Current
  • Developing procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective.
  • Sourcing and engaging reliable suppliers.
  • Negotiating with suppliers to secure advantageous terms.
  • Reviewing existing contracts with suppliers to ensure on-going feasibility.
  • Building and maintaining long-term relationships with suppliers.
  • Making purchase orders, confirming delivery of the material in time and aligning suppliers payments.
  • Engaged in rspo material traceability and sustainability.
  • Preparing reports and PPT's related to Annual Business plan, Weekly and Monthly buying review meetings.
  • Preparing and sharing daily information related to marketing, commodities rates with internal stakeholders.
  • Interacting daily with dealers & brokers for purchase different commodities as per requirement.
  • Co-ordination with factories for Contract Manufacturing Business raw material timely deliveries and responsible for stock transfer between internal plants as per align production.

Principal Correspondent

Informist Media Pvt Ltd
01.2021 - 08.2022
  • Delivered content to broad audience by simplifying complex information.
  • Met deadlines to provide relevant information quickly to subscribers.
  • Traveled to several spot commodity markets and press conferences/events to gather information and report on concerns.
  • Gather ground level information of Agri-commodities.
  • Work on big stories like Focus and Trend related to price, production outlook.
  • Filing Exclusive stories on states output estimates, acreage and production targets, procurement, exports, crop damages.
  • Co-ordination with the industry and government sources to get prior and accurate information.
  • Coverage of circulars from government, NCDEX, MCX, BSE, NSE and SEBI.
  • Tracking global exchanges.

Senior Correspondent

Cogencis Information Services Ltd
04.2013 - 12.2020
  • Gather information from the spot markets of most agri-commodities related to price and arrivals.
  • Work on stories related to new crop arrivals, prices, government sowing and production data.
  • Coverage of tenders from MMTC, STC and NAFED.
  • Coverage of data related to exports, imports and production from APEDA, GJEPC, SEA, Spices Board India, Canada pulses, USDA, MPOB and many more.
  • Tracking rainfall data and forecast by IMD.
  • Have also visited to Adoni mandi in Andhra Pradesh organized by NCDEX.

Junior Associate

NewsWire18 Ltd
09.2009 - 03.2013
  • Commodity spot market polling and getting the avg price.
  • Coverage from the benchmark markets and key trading centres.
  • Building rapport with the market participants and knowing their requirements.
  • Maintaining database of commodity-wise traders.
  • Adding new entities to the database.
  • Hourly stories on commodity trading like top gainer, looser and port data.

Operation Executive

Karvat Travel Services Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 08.2009
  • Handling the overseas mediclaim policy administration.
  • Co-ordination with the insurance company and developing cordial business.
  • Interacting with the clients and solving queries.
  • Co-ordination with the TPA for claims.
  • Handling queries at pan India level (Branches, Agents, and Individual clients)
  • Issuing policy and send to respective clients.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University

Skills

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Supply and Demand Requirements
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Relationship Building
  • New Supplier Setup
  • Negotiating
  • Converting Business in Credit
  • Commodity Market Update

Languages

English
Hindi
Marathi

Timeline

Manager

VVF India Ltd
09.2022 - Current

Principal Correspondent

Informist Media Pvt Ltd
01.2021 - 08.2022

Senior Correspondent

Cogencis Information Services Ltd
04.2013 - 12.2020

Junior Associate

NewsWire18 Ltd
09.2009 - 03.2013

Operation Executive

Karvat Travel Services Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University

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