Lalit Kumawat
Supply Chain
Gurgaon
Summary
Enterprising Professional with over 11 years of experience in administering the Supply Chain functions such as Production, Supply, Logistics Planning, procurement and digitization projects. Skilled in identifying and developing potential vendors; formulated vendor relations; assessed the performance of the vendors based on various criterions. Improved operational performance, reduced costs & lead times, steered higher quality through acquisition of correct material and through effective integration of price, quality, inventory positioning & operational considerations. Excellence in cost-effective supply chain solutions, curtailing inventory-holding expenses and ensuring strict adherence to the minimum inventory level to minimize wastage. Steered efforts in developing the overarching sourcing strategy with focus on transforming the procurement function into a value creation group by working in collaboration with stakeholders, cross-function partners, and strategic supplier alliances. Versatile, high-energy professional with capability in achieving business growth objectives within turnaround & rapid changing environment.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager (Material Planning)
Tata Consumer Products Limited
09.2024 - Current
- Handling Seven Sku’s simultaneously (contribution to 65% of the business) and maintain continuous replenishment to all 34 Pan India Plants.
- Analyzing daily RM/PM stock report and maintain inventory accordingly.
- Proven ability to reduce costs and improve efficiency in the supply chain process.
- Coordinating with Vendors on day-to-day basis for timely connectivity of all RM/PMs with adherence to lead time.
- Review production scheduled to establish material safety stock and target inventory levels.
- Attend & execution regular S&OP within Company.
- Minimized RMPM Expiry by taking timely extension and utilized by moving material to high consumptions plants by internal Stock movement.
- Able to create and implement effective material planning strategies to meet production demands.
Assistant Manager (Material Planning)
NourishCo Beverages Ltd.
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Handling Seven Sku’s simultaneously (contribution to 65% of the business) and maintain continuous replenishment to all 34 Pan India Plants.
- Analyzing daily RM/PM stock report and maintain inventory accordingly.
- Proven ability to reduce costs and improve efficiency in the supply chain process.
- Coordinating with Vendors on day-to-day basis for timely connectivity of all RM/PMs with adherence to lead time.
- Review production scheduled to establish material safety stock and target inventory levels.
- Attend & execution regular S&OP within Company.
- Minimized RMPM Expiry by taking timely extension and utilized by moving material to high consumptions plants by internal Stock movement.
- Able to create and implement effective material planning strategies to meet production demands.
Assistant Manager
Varun Beverages Ltd.
05.2019 - 12.2022
- Managing planning for the Gujarat Unit in alignment with HOS & MUGM.
- Sourcing alternate products and developing new products with focus on optimizing cost.
- Ensuring availability of materials to meet requirements by analyzing Sales data, last 10 days sales & lead time.
- Monitoring inventory to control inventory holding expenses; adhering to minimum inventory level to minimize wastage.
- Managing inbound/outbound logistics functions, coordinating with transporters and ensuring streamlined movement of consignment.
- Evaluating performance of existing vendors and developing new vendor-base in order to improve cost & quality parameters.
- Implementing continuous improvement measures, identifying & eliminating unnecessary steps, creating & implementing process parameters & Standard Operating Procedures and formulating CAPA plans for operational excellence.
- Monitoring the stocks ageing on weekly level and highlighted to HOS for Timely billing to distributor to avoid expiries.
- Transport agreement renewal and freight negotiation as per budgeted cost.
- Resolving complaints received from customers (internal & external) about quality of material, delivery period, services, unavailability of documents, delay in quality inspection, pending payment and C form, wrong rejection, incorrect material specification, and so on.
- Working towards calculation of norms for channel specific stocks and ensuring all time availability.
- Assisting for financial reconciliation by providing necessary document like GRN Copies, POD etc. in coordination with Customer and internal Processes.
- Working as the single point of contact between planning team, brand team & sales team on stock availability, placements and communicating with the HO SCM team of the customer on regular basis.
- Lead the process training for on boarding of CFA’s at all level with channel specific processes and SOP.
- Analyzing issue related to OFR losses, like OOS MRP mismatch, new product listing.
Supply Chain Coordinator
PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited
11.2012 - 04.2019
- Managed warehousing activities such as Receiving, Shipping, Export, Rejection and Line Feeding Operations of Vehicle Engine.
- Monitoring the shelf life to SKU is laying at all, CFA location and highlighting to Field team and take necessary action to avoid expiries.
- Monitored Freight, Expiry and Detentions Cost at depot level of the Region.
- Ensured timely Settlement of CFA Claim (Fixed, Variable and Secondary freight) post co-coordinating with CFA & HO.
- Assisted in customer accounting, Confirmation/Reconciliation and credit management in the region.
- Ownership of the entire key CFA Controls as well as Documentary controls in the region.
- Executed and renewed the CFA & Lease Agreement.
- Visited the CFA location and ensuring the companies guidelines to be followed strictly.
- Ensured Audits done at every depot on monthly basis.
- Imparted training to various personnel working at depot, thereby ensuring optimum performance.
- Worked in close co-ordination with regional Logistics team for NPD configuration, pricing in SAP.
- Audited all the Physical records at the time of fortnight visit to each depot i.e. Inward Register, Outward Register, Material Return Register, Free Sample Register, Internal Consumption Register, CFA Staff Attendance Register, Visitors Register, Invoices, Delivery Memo, and Surprise Stock Taking of Running SKU.
- Received above & beyond award in Apr 2014 for successfully appointing new CFA partner without any sale loss.
- Acknowledged with Best Support SCM Award in Sept 2017.
CFA Accountant
Mangla Saria
01.2014 - 07.2015
CFA Accountant
Vardhman Threads.
08.2005 - 08.2006
Education
Executive Certificate Programme - Operations Management & Six Sigma
IIM Raipur
B. Com - undefined
Rajasthan University
Skills
SAP
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 11/18/84
Highlights
- 04/01/14, Received above & beyond award for successfully appointing new CFA partner without any sale loss.
- 09/01/17, Acknowledged with Best Support SCM Award.
Timeline
Assistant Manager (Material Planning)
Tata Consumer Products Limited
09.2024 - Current
Assistant Manager (Material Planning)
NourishCo Beverages Ltd.
01.2023 - 08.2024
Assistant Manager
Varun Beverages Ltd.
05.2019 - 12.2022
CFA Accountant
Mangla Saria
01.2014 - 07.2015
Supply Chain Coordinator
PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited
11.2012 - 04.2019
CFA Accountant
Vardhman Threads.
08.2005 - 08.2006
B. Com - undefined
Rajasthan University
Executive Certificate Programme - Operations Management & Six Sigma
IIM Raipur
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