SAP
Murthy Krishna Shetty
Manager-Warehouse and Distribution
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
Manager – Warehousing & Distribution overseeing 3+ warehouse sites and 10–15 staff, inventory control, storage optimization, and distribution planning. Directs inward, outward, subcontracting, and logistics activity while enforcing safety standards, coordinating 4–6 audits per year, and daily process checks through SAP and Kanban discipline. Strengthens freight movement and warehouse performance through team leadership, vendor coordination, and equipment readiness.
Overview
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15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager – Warehousing & Distribution
GEA Westfalia Separator India Pvt Ltd.
01.2012 - Current
- Oversee end-to-end warehouse operations, including inventory management, storage optimization, and distribution planning. (Currently managing 3 different warehouse operations within GEA group)
- Supervise warehouse activities: inward, stacking, outward, subcontracting, inventory control, and logistics management.
- Implement operational policies and security procedures; ensure compliance and safety standards.
- Supervised warehouse activities, including inward, stacking, outward, subcontracting, inventory control, and logistics management, ensuring seamless operations.
- Maintained accurate documentation and records of daily warehouse operations to support compliance and operational efficiency.
- Trained and monitored warehouse staff performance, fostering high morale and discipline within the team.
- Ensure proper functioning and maintenance of forklifts, stackers, and other equipment.
- Plan and implement warehouse layout improvements; manage job work delivery orders, rejections, and re-exports.
- Collaborate with procurement for PO placement and component availability.
- Built strong relationships with logistics partners; ensured safe and timely freight movement.
- Managed global sea freight negotiations and finalized contracts with carriers for Europe & China.
- Skilled in end-to-end logistics operations: sea, air, road, rail, and customs clearance.
- Liaised with CHA/FF for export/import consignment clearances.
- Developed and implemented global transportation cost-saving programs, achieving year-over-year savings.
- Analyzed suppliers to select the most suitable vendors for quality and cost efficiency.
- Negotiated lead times, cost, and quality to maximize company benefits.
- Managed supplier relationships to meet cost and delivery objectives.
- Defined and maintained documented category and supplier strategies using market data.
- Developed and implemented procurement strategies to achieve cost-saving targets.
- Dec 2012 - Present
- Specializing in Decanter and Separator Centrifuge Machines Manufacturing
- Growth Path & Deputations: 2023: Manager – Warehouse &Distribution; 2019: Specialist; 2015: Purchase Engineer; 2012: Stores Executive
Education
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Dayananda Sagar Institution of Technology, Bangalore University
01-2010
Skills
Purchase & procurement
Vendor evaluation, selection & management
Negotiation & supplier management
Inventory control & kanban implementation
Client & stakeholder relationship management
Warehouse management
Transportation
Order management
Shipping management
Customs clearance
ERP systems
Import export documentation
Sales and operations planning
Freight rate benchmarking
Accomplishments
- Successfully managed 3 warehouse operations within the GEA group, ensuring smooth material flow, inventory control and distribution activities.
- Led and developed a 15-member multicultural warehouse team, improving accountability, discipline and operational performance.
- Implemented Kanban and daily warehouse audits to improve process efficiency and material availability.
- Strengthened inventory accuracy through regular physical stock counts and reconciliation with system data.
- Improved warehouse layout and storage processes to optimize material flow and storage utilization.
- Delivered transportation cost-saving initiatives through logistics partner management, freight negotiations and transportation optimization.
- Managed end-to-end logistics operations covering sea, air, road and rail transportation, including customs clearance coordination.
- Progressed from Stores Executive to Manager – Warehouse & Distribution, demonstrating consistent career growth and expanded leadership responsibility.
Software
MS office
Interests
Playing Tabla , watching news
Timeline
Manager – Warehousing & Distribution
GEA Westfalia Separator India Pvt Ltd.
01.2012 - Current
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Dayananda Sagar Institution of Technology, Bangalore University
Career Timeline
- May 2010 to May 2011 - FESTO Controls Pvt Ltd.
- May 2011 to Nov 2012 - Deutsch India Power Pvt Ltd
- GEA WESTFALIA SEPARATOR (INDIA) PVT LTD from Dec 2012
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge. Place : Bengaluru Date : Murthy Krishna Shetty
Learning new technology and business tools
Automation & process digitization & Barcode & QR Code systems