Kirthiga Subramanian
Bangalore
Summary
Award-winning management consultant with 20 years of experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing, and project management across Fortune 500 companies and startups. Proven track record in driving supply chain programs in diverse sectors, including retail and manufacturing, resulting in significant cost reductions and process improvements. Certified Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt with expertise in mentoring teams and leading projects that enhance profitability. Skilled in utilizing advanced tools and software to optimize operations and achieve organizational goals.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal - WMS, Warehousing & supply chain consultant
MIEBACH INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Bangalore
12.2024 - Current
- Client sectors: 3PL Warehousing, Solar Power/Abrasives Manufacturing, Spare Parts Distributor, Largest FMCG.
- Business complexity: multisite integration, 20K SKUs, 300 pallets per hour operation, 45K to 2.5 Lak sqft operations.
- Interaction: Operational team leads, CEO/COO, global functional head, entity functional head.
- Areas worked: customer scoping, pre-technical sales, business process mapping, vetting the developed solution for business feasibility, risk mitigation, program management, team expansion, functional testing skill incubation, service structure development, greenfield warehouse designing by defining the inventory and material flow analysis, and building the functional backbone for a centralized control tower for the WMS product to cut across industries and functions.
- Results: Solutioned, designed, and executed projects that contribute to 66% of IT implementation revenue (four projects) – global and domestic. Doubled the IT team strength, and was instrumental in recruiting resources from premier management and technical institutes in India for the business team. Mentored reportees who were awarded Best Performer and promoted 100% absorption of the IT resources from the internship.
Lean, Process Six Sigma & supply chain consultant
SAKI CONSULTANCY
Bangalore
08.2016 - Current
- Client sectors: 3PLWarehousing, Retail Fashion, Premium home décor, consulting, SaaS product, Home Appliances, Masterbatch mfg, Appliance manufacturing, Machinery.
- Business complexity: Proprietary, private mid-size organizations, VC funded ventures, consulting firm with presence in Africa, Dubai and India.
- Interaction: CEO/MD, Business unit heads, functional heads, ground level staff
- Areas Worked -Resource, storage, Inventory, transportation, warehousing, supply chain related systems assessment, optimization, redesigning, and proposals for continuous improvements. Strategic sourcing, purchasing, and quality assessment of suppliers/ components.
- Lean analysis of financial process and value steam mapping to identify potential risk, gap analysis, redefine KPI and benchmark market opportunities - African Micro Finance Sector.
- Optimization of material flow, inventory analysis, and continuous improvement of component and product manufacturing industry to enhance workflow and storage utilization.
- Capacity enhancements optimized with packaging improvement to enhance space utilization for solar panel manufacturer.
- Raw material and finished goods inventory analysis/revisiting the sourcing strategy for the consumer appliance industry to aid in investment decisions to align to the business growth.
- Continuous Asset reutilization opportunity analysis and execution for retail fashion
- Warehouse capacity, resource and CAPEX optimization for 3PL
- Business development and technical consulting for SaaS based WMS product.
- Supply chain skilled resource planning, recruitment and Onboarding
Supply Chain Consultant
Hesol Consulting: Logistics & Supply Chain
07.2018 - 11.2023
- Client sectors: IT, FMCG, Consumer Goods, Courier Postal and Express industry, Retail, Agri Product, Chemical, and beverage catering to B2B and B2C.
- Business complexity handled: Wide product category (50 – 10000 SKU’s), broader region (India, Australia, Eastern Europe and Africa), Corporates, VC funded new ventures to traditional family business and Govt organization.
- Interaction: CEO/MD, Business unit heads, functional heads, ground level staff Budget worked: Upto 7 Cr
- Areas worked: Go-To Supply Chain Strategy for new premium product launch. Sortation automation solution design for last mile distribution center. Warehouse /Distribution center concept to execution of large warehouses. MHE and storage solution designing and execution, Inventory and Transportation cost analysis and improvement - Network Optimization, SaaS product positioning. Freight forwarder optimization, backend ERP support.
Manager - Process, Corporate Distribution
3M
Bangalore
02.2013 - 02.2014
- Execute Pan India warehouse Strategy to optimize Distribution cost, efficiency & productivity by identifying cost saving and operational excellence projects & key operating issues through appropriate Six Sigma methodology.
- Coach and mentor team leads.
- Responsible for driving SOP&P and achieving targets for distribution team KPI’s.
- People management- budgeting and selection of team at extended warehouse, responsible for joint review of internal project team members period performance and mapping growth.
Black belt/Purchasing supervisor -Global Purchasing
Caterpillar India Private Limited
05.2008 - 05.2012
- Identify and qualify source in ASEAN region for upcoming new plants - Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
- Develop new business proposal for Japan suppliers to extend their footprint in ASEAN region.
- Lead projects with subject focus and solutions on process, effectively coordinate with the Project team, sponsor and stake holders and leadership.
- Identifying opportunities, defining and financially justifying projects, launching project teams, using project management to manage team activities, removing and elevating project barriers.
- Identify cost reduction opportunity and ensure ROI by revisiting the sourcing strategy for India.
- Identify and implement training needs for team members.
- People management- Budgeting and selection of team at new plant, responsible for joint review of internal team member’s period performance and mapping succession plan.
Program Manager Supplier development - International Purchasing Organisation
Cummind India Ltd
Pune
10.2001 - 04.2008
- Value package project deliverable, benchmarking the practices of various Cummins plants (US, UK Japan), driving the best practices at supplier.
- First of its kind engine outsourcing program leader with the responsibility to identify the gaps, if any, in the IT system, engineering, and purchasing and quality functions at Cummins, as well as the manufacturing process at suppliers’ end.
- Selection of Tier II suppliers, and optimizing test plans.
- As team lead, benchmark the 19L domestic engine model to the global market by working closely with the global engineering team.
- Define the scope of supply, challenge the global engineering team, adapt available products to customer specifications, and provide domestic components for global usage as per the company standards.
- Handle High Horsepower segments for approval of critical components and supply base for international and domestic requirements.
- Cost reduction engineering team lead for power cylinder components.
Education
PGPMEX - Operations
Great Lakes Institute of Management
01.2017
PGPM EX - Operations
IIT Stuart School of Business
01.2017
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Industrial engineering and management
B. M. S. College of Engineering
01.2001
Skills
- Operational Excellence
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Six Sigma
- Logistics & Warehouse
- Green Field Project Management
- Logistics management
- Warehouse Operations
- Inventory management
- Process improvement
- Project management
Awards
- Miebach Q1 award for 2025
- Sunman award (3M) winner for short time project execution across the region using 6 sigma.
- Chairman award (Cummins) winner for Customer Support Excellence.
- Awarded with Cummins Affinity group award for the best women in Global Involvement.
- ACE – Cost reduction (Cummins) award winner.
Languages
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Marathi
- Telugu
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Marathi
- Telugu
Timeline
Principal - WMS, Warehousing & supply chain consultant
MIEBACH INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
12.2024 - Current
Supply Chain Consultant
Hesol Consulting: Logistics & Supply Chain
07.2018 - 11.2023
Lean, Process Six Sigma & supply chain consultant
SAKI CONSULTANCY
08.2016 - Current
Manager - Process, Corporate Distribution
3M
02.2013 - 02.2014
Black belt/Purchasing supervisor -Global Purchasing
Caterpillar India Private Limited
05.2008 - 05.2012
Program Manager Supplier development - International Purchasing Organisation
Cummind India Ltd
10.2001 - 04.2008
PGPMEX - Operations
Great Lakes Institute of Management
PGPM EX - Operations
IIT Stuart School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Industrial engineering and management
B. M. S. College of Engineering