Kulamani Rout
Logistics & Operations
Hyderabad
Summary
Dedicated Logistics professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Kulamani a dynamic and assertive professional leader completed MBA & PG in Supply Chain & International Business Operations with a 12+ year’s fruitful experience in End-to-End Supply Chain Management, Demand & Supply Planning, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Import & Export Mgt. Warehouse & Logistics-Management. Solid track record of enhancing revenue via Client accounts Maintenance & business planning functions. An effective team player gifted by the ability to lead and motivate young & dynamic team personnel regarding customer dealing. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with an inborn convincing power. An in-depth understanding of the business Dynamics and company-client interlink.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
City Nodal Head
Zomato Limited
Hyderabad
05.2022 - Current
- Leading Hyderabad City Operations and responsible for full stack of roles from Supply, Logistics, Product experience, Localized marketing and User growth o Looking for MDM (Master Data Management) for different Segment
- Maintained department productivity and standards through proactive management of teams and policies.
- Scaled up operations in Hyderabad by increasing the rider fleet by 50% at 25% lower cost of operations
- Led Hyderabad to be the only city among Top 75 cities to have under 5% downtime on Dusshera & Big festive Eve
- Introduced a new effort based payout model to improve partner efficiency at 20% lower cost in Hyderabad City.
- Identified process and product gaps and coordinated with stakeholders by running the zero defect charter
- Successfully driven the Net Promoter Score (NPS) of delivery partners by 3X in a quarter • Reduced order rejections by 8 bps and 50% overall by implementing new initiatives
Senior Operations Manager
Delhivery Limited
Hyderabad
02.2020 - 04.2022
- Managing E2E operations for almost all categories- FMCG-grocery/F&V, Automobile spare parts, Auto-tyre.
- Oversaw staff and sub-contractor performance review assessments.
- Allocated resources to planned programs according to business objectives.
- Oversaw workforce management planning, volume predictions and capacity planning.
- Managed employee-related issues encompassing labor, turnover and diversity.
- Managed 50 team members across 03 departments, resulting in approximate ₹15 Cr increase in annual revenue.
- Making FC operations run profitably by at least> 40% EBITDA positive & positive VCPU.
- Responsible for PNL analysis for manpower/Infra/Transportation by using financial data and use them to improve profitability
- Monitored daily cash discrepancies, inventory shrinkage and drive-off.
- Promoted positive customer experience through day-to-day supervision and management of 03 mega facility.
- Tracked and analyzed profitability and key metrics of FC operations establishment to improve overall profitability and bring in new clientele.
- Appraised inventory levels and ordered new merchandise to keep quantities well-stocked.
Head of Logistics
Waterhealth India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
08.2018 - 01.2020
- Leading a role in Supply Chain is to coordinate all the activities from Order to Cash.
- Effectively developing and monitoring the Distribution Network, ensuring smooth materials movements.
- Development of Sourcing Strategies, Vendor Identification, development, and Analytical assessment
- Negotiated with various freight companies and received annual contracts, resulting in cost savings of 2%.
- Divided and categorized cargo received and redirected shipments in response to customer requests.
- Collaborated with manufacturing and supply chain management.
- Built continuous improvement culture that attracted and retained high-performing employees while reducing costs.
- Negotiated contracts with outside providers and rates for facility leases to minimize costs to company.
Senior Logistics Executive
Konica Minolta India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2015 - 08.2018
- Collaborated with project managers to discuss procurement, logistics and service requirements for optimized purchasing power.
- Managed functional areas of logistics.
- Managed logistics assets for timely and cost-effective delivery of cargoes.
- Provided procurement of goods, provision of transportation services, tracking of movement and change to support safe and secure operations.
- Responsible for third party warehousing, First Mile & Last mile operations of B2B & B2C.
- Improved present data capabilities and analytics by proposing and implementing appropriate solutions.
- Define the process and develop with implementation with Business planning process.
- Co-ordinate & manage cross-functional teams to positive implementation planning methods.
Senior Executive Officer
Yusen Logistics Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
08.2014 - 08.2015
- Refined organizational structure to consolidate, streamline and delineate necessary functions.
- Developed quarterly business plans to evaluate cost projections.
- Evaluated product or service by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics.
- Made large-scale financial decisions and supervised company spending to reduce material losses and maximize profits.
- Scrutinizing daily operations of warehouses as per SOPs and service levels agreed between company and customers and monitoring the performance levels of warehouses.
- Taking new initiatives, implementing Kaizen, safety step techniques across the SCM- process development.
- Responsible for safety & security of warehouse, verifying bill of entry, invoice, packing list and preparing good receipt note in the Software System
- Liaising with transporter for timely dispatches including transit-time monitoring to ensure on time deliveries and ensuring availability of vehicles.
- Conducting stock reconciliation with system Vs physical and checking bills of vendors as per contract.
Supply Chain Management Executive
Redington India Limited
Bhubaneswar
05.2010 - 08.2014
- Handled 1L sq.ft warehouse and accountable for transport management for entire states
- Improved, standardized and documented planning and scheduling processes.
- Balanced demand and supply while aligning volume and mix to achieve production objectives.
- Established inventory targets, stock level and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Monitored performance of external vendor supply chains while handling internal logistics.
- Negotiated with suppliers and vendors about contracts, policies and deadlines.
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing and logistics.
Education
POST GRADUATION - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS
IGNOU
HYDERABAD 07.2018 - 07.2019
MBA - Logistics And Materials Management
SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
BHUBANESWAR 05.2011 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Physics
SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY
ROURKELA 03.2005 - 06.2009
Skills
SAP MM / WM
undefinedCertification
International Business Environment and Global Strategy
Volunteering and community involvement
- Participated in Lake restoration activity at Bangalore (for bellandur lake)
- Participated in Lake restoration activity at Hyderabad (for Hussain Sagar Lake)
Timeline
City Nodal Head
Zomato Limited
05.2022 - Current
Senior Operations Manager
Delhivery Limited
02.2020 - 04.2022
Head of Logistics
Waterhealth India Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 01.2020
POST GRADUATION - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS
IGNOU
07.2018 - 07.2019
International Business Environment and Global Strategy
12-2017
Senior Logistics Executive
Konica Minolta India Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 08.2018
Senior Executive Officer
Yusen Logistics Pvt Ltd
08.2014 - 08.2015
MBA - Logistics And Materials Management
SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
05.2011 - 03.2013
Supply Chain Management Executive
Redington India Limited
05.2010 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Science - Physics
SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY
03.2005 - 06.2009
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