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KUSHAL CHAUHAN

Gurgaon

Summary

Supply Chain and Warehouse Operations professional with 10 years of experience in Order Fulfillment, Delivery Center, Logistics, E-Commerce, and Large & Non-Large verticals. Track record of optimizing Warehouse Operations Processes to drive efficiency improvements and cost reduction.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Wellness Ville Pvt. Ltd
12.2024 - Current
  • Led a 12-member team across customer support and logistics functions, serving as a key liaison between the founders and operational teams to ensure alignment and efficiency.
  • Handled daily processing of 3,000+ consignments, including approximately 50 B2B orders, enabling seamless fulfillment across 21,000+ PIN codes.
  • Transitioned from an aggregator model by directly onboarding courier partners including Blue Dart, Delhivery, Xpressbees, and E-Kart, resulting in a 5-7% improvement in delivery success rate and a 12-15% reduction in overall logistics costs.
  • Achieved 95th percentile delivery within 4 days for a large marketplace operation using surface couriers- an improvement from the previous 5-6 days' timeline as of Oct 2024.
  • Actively managed daily NDRs, reducing RTOs to 4% of total shipments, directly contributing to increased GMV and improved delivery efficiency.
  • Continuously identified and onboarded new vendors and courier partners to drive cost optimization, while effectively resolving logistics and pickup-related escalations.
  • Implemented a packaging shift from 1Kg to 500gm, resulting in logistics cost savings of ₹1 lakh for bundle SKU's.
  • Managed end-to-end inventory and warehouse operations for 2 lakh+ shipments, including procurement planning, inventory control, and strict adherence to FIFO for optimal stock rotation and efficiency.
  • Independently handled end-to-end billing operations across all platforms, including logistics invoicing, weight dispute resolutions, 3PL warehouse billing for both D2C and B2B orders, and monthly storage cost reconciliation.

Zonal Logistics Manager - North

Wakefit Innovation Pvt Ltd
Faridabad
11.2023 - 12.2024
  • Directed last-mile operations across the North region, managing a 100,000 sqft warehouse, and coordinating multiple PODs in NCR, UP, Rajasthan, and Punjab to ensure efficient logistics execution.
  • Managed daily facility throughput of 4,000 to 5,000 shipments, including operations scheduling and dock planning, to efficiently dispatch over LM vehicle count: 70 (BAU), Peak: 100.
  • Collaborated with LP (Blue Dart, Xpressbees, Delhivery, DTDC) to manage daily handovers of 1,500 items, ensuring a timely handover.
  • Worked closely with HR to maintain high staff retention rates, contributing to team stability, and a positive work culture.
  • Led inventory sanity checks, wall-to-wall physical stock takes, execution, and reconciliation for the North region (1 FC and 4 PODs).
  • Conducted cross-functional audits, Gemba walks, and 6S improvements; promoted safety awareness, and led monthly Reward and Recognition (R&R) initiatives.
  • Manpower and resource planning with the central team, shift scheduling, rotation, scaling, and descaling for all sites, keeping in mind demand peaks, seasonality, festivals, and other aspects. Team Size: 200 (BAU), Peak: 350+ MP.
  • Monitor and optimize warehouse utilization, leveraging Control Tower insights, and collaborating with Central Operations to drive efficiency.

Cluster Manager- North

Urban Ladder
Gurgaon
04.2022 - 10.2023
  • Led E2E logistics operations of all Delivery Centers across the entire North (Delhi NCR, UP, and Punjab).
  • Facilitating the launch of new city operations across the North and West regions, and expanding end-to-end operations in current cities.
  • Leading the Process Optimization Project for the entire PAN India for the entire last-mile vertical of Urban Ladder.
  • Driving improvement initiatives such as NPS improvement, reduction in wastage through solving complex problems around logistics, and customer experience.
  • Headcount and infrastructure planning for North DCs and Mentoring Delivery Centre Managers for the efficient running of operations.
  • Liaising with multiple teams, such as Finance, Sourcing, and Customer Service, for smooth operations in the North and West Zone.

DC Manager

Urban Ladder
Gurgaon
04.2019 - 03.2022
  • Responsible for ensuring smooth operations in the warehouse of 35K sq. ft. Cross Dock Center, with over 100 employees.
  • Accountable for the region's KPIs and NPS, as well as driving operational and service excellence.
  • Ensuring monthly cycle counts across the NCR cluster and following all safety procedures to safeguard the inventory and company assets.
  • Capacity planning for lean spikes in sale months across Cross-Dock FC and Delivery Centers in the NCR Cluster.
  • Accountable for reducing QC errors, wrong dispatches, and in-transit damages.
  • Responsible for vendor development, and cost negotiation pertaining to liquidation-damaged inventory.

Executive/Team Lead - Fulfillment Center

Urban Ladder
Gurgaon/Jodhpur
02.2016 - 03.2019
  • Planning for incoming shipments (Vendor Inward), GRN, and ensuring accuracy against purchase orders.
  • Managed the end-to-end flow of returns, goods received from DC/Cross-Dock, and classification of goods into RTV and off-line sales.
  • Minimizing bad inventory by coordinating with sourcing to initiate RTV to vendors.
  • Carry out offline sales of rejected goods (B2B).

Education

Logistics Operations & Transportation Program -

Think-Link - SCS
Gurgaon
01.2016

B. Tech - Automobile

MRIU
Faridabad
01.2013

Skills

  • Warehouse operations
  • Network Optimization
  • Process Improvement
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Customer Experience Enhancement
  • D2C
  • B2B
  • Problem-solving

Accomplishments

  • Managed the successful relocation of a 1 lakh sqft warehouse from Gurgaon to Faridabad, ensuring seamless operations during the transition.
  • Integrated the Okhla delivery center with the Faridabad Fulfillment Center, reducing the 24-hour TAT and saving 3 Lacs/month. Implemented a cost-saving measure by introducing a circuit vehicle from the mfg. plant to the Faridabad FC, resulting in monthly savings of 1.5 Lacs.
  • Execution of direct delivery from Fulfilment Centre to customers in NCR/Mumbai thereby cutting down operational costs (closing 3 delivery centers) and improving SLA for customers by 2 days.
  • Execution of What's Delivery planning model thereby cutting down planning operational cost (9L/month) & planning TAT from 24hrs to 3hrs.
  • Streamlined Returns Inflow/Outflow leading to reducing revenue losses by 23% by working on process improvements in storage, logistics and deliveries.
  • Appointed as NAV Ninja for North, East & West Cluster thereby providing extended support related to Microsoft NAV related queries.
  • Appointed as RCT (Return control tower lead) in Fulfillment Center, carried out offline sales (B2B & B2C) to reduce Returns stock & ensured efficient handling and disposal of Returns inventory (reduced by 50%) in 8 months.
  • Improved the Inventory & Bin accuracy from 75% to 98% through cycle counts & by execution of HHD devices to improve the overall efficiency & productivity of Inventory in Fulfillment center.

Kpis Managed

  • Delivery and Dispatch Performance: Base Data to Delivered >85%, Planned to Dispatch >95%, Planned to Pick >98%, Last Mile Dispatch Adherence, OTIF (FC & Last Mile) - Delay Dock-in/Unloading & MIGO Adherence, E-Kart & AMZ Processing Before CPT & On-time Handover, LP Handover Performance.
  • Inventory and Stock Management: Inventory Choke Position, FIFO Adherence, Stock Liquidation, Open STO Pendency, STO Fill Rate Drop%, Monthly Warehouse Stock Take & Reconciliation, Retail Store Inventory Replenishment Adherence.
  • Returns and Reverse Logistics: Reverse Pickup TAT, Sofa Pickup (Repair & TAT Breach), Part Replacement TAT.
  • Customer Satisfaction and Quality: Post-Delivery Ticket Breach TAT, C-SAT & D-SAT Score, P0 & P1 Escalation Adherence, COD Reconciliation Adherence.
  • Productivity and Process Improvement: Refurbishment Productivity, Warehouse Surveillance (Severity Rank/Incident Count).

Tools

Uni-commerce, Click-post, Shopify, SAP, Locus, Tableau, Microsoft Navision, Salesforce, Wulverine, CRM,  Sisense, Go-Kwik, Client-Panal (FK,AMZ & marketplaces)

Timeline

Operations Manager

Wellness Ville Pvt. Ltd
12.2024 - Current

Zonal Logistics Manager - North

Wakefit Innovation Pvt Ltd
11.2023 - 12.2024

Cluster Manager- North

Urban Ladder
04.2022 - 10.2023

DC Manager

Urban Ladder
04.2019 - 03.2022

Executive/Team Lead - Fulfillment Center

Urban Ladder
02.2016 - 03.2019

Logistics Operations & Transportation Program -

Think-Link - SCS

B. Tech - Automobile

MRIU
KUSHAL CHAUHAN