Rahul Ranjan

• Led infra procurement for Racking, Mezzanine, Civil MEP, MHE, Automation and Bought Outs for Flipkart and Myntra group pan India requirements worth USD 100 Million and achieved savings of 5%.YoY.
• Led multiple supplier-enabled innovations and achieved YoY savings of over 5% Expanded my charter from Construction and Automation to Racking, Kalash, and Packaging in the last 3 years.
• In Racking and Mezzanines, I created and leveraged key strategic partnerships aligned with the category strategy to create a process resulting in over 10% cost savings and efficient procurement.
• Category Strategy for MHE and helped opex spend reduction by INR 200Mn.
• Created TCO-enabled process for Automation and MHE, which enabled better decision making. Created consolidated after sales management philosophy with select OEMs with 15% cost savings and over 98.5% uptime.
• Sustainability initiatives aim to deploy a circular economy for cartons and paper waste, resulting in a 5% cost efficiency in carton and paper purchasing.
• Strategic rate card with OEMs for construction-related buying resulting in an 8% cost benefit and process efficiency.
• Change in outlook towards contract management resulting in stronger and favorable contractual terms for the buyer.
• Mentored and coached team members for individual growth and team building.
• Institutionalized multiple initiatives in the Commercial Team, such as Flipkart Lead for Walmart's Multi Market Leverage Program, Retention Program Development for Flipkart, E Auctions, SAP Ariba, Lead for Enterprise Risk Management, and Stakeholder Survey.
• Worked on self-growth by enrolling in multiple programs, including CPSCM, Walmart International Advancing Procurement, University of Texas, and Flipkart Certified Coach Program.
• Speaker at industry events on procurement-related subjects and on leadership and team development subjects.
• Awarded for strategic initiatives with vendor collaboration, innovations, and sustainability initiatives.
• Recognized as Key Talent within Flipkart, provided with learning opportunities, and other benefits.

· Led Procurement Projects of 60 types of critical equipment as per DPM 2009 worth Rs1000 crores and delivery to Store Dump Warehouses for stocking- giving strategic advantages to stakeholders.

· Managed end to end procurement starting from RFP, Technical Evaluation, contract signing, quality checks and post contract management.

· Diverse stakeholder Management viz Finance, Quality Assurance, Bureaucrats of Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary at MoD, Public /Private Firms and Client.

· Implemented criteria for Supplier Registration and Performance.

· Savings of Rs 40 crores in Emergency Procurement in 2020.

Handling of Arbitration, Court Cases and resolution of audit queries on behalf of organization.

· Led operations of 5 Engineering units with 16 Project Managers, 4 Operations Managers and 800+ skilled soldiers focused on execution of programs as per requirements of stakeholders

· Led execution of programs worth over 100 crores between 2015 to 2017.

· Conducted procurements with innovative strategy leading to savings of Rs 10 crores.

· Allocation of resources and preparation of work schedule for project execution.

· Daily remote monitoring and control of each project, execution as per planned milestones, Quality Control, proactive identification of risks and its mitigation.

Continuous management of the client/users to update on all aspects of project development and project risk management.

· Compilation of User requirements, defining scope, planning schedule, cost and resource allocation for programs.

· Monitor and control scope, schedule, cost, risk assessment and mitigation till project / program closure.

Strategic planning for 30+ diverse units and facilitated cross silo collaboration between multiple agencies

· Planned and imparted skill training to over 3000 personnel of Indian Army, Para Military Forces and State Police in specialized tasks. Created Centre of Excellence for training on specialized subjects.

· Handled multiple roles of project manager with small teams and handled

multiple projects in 2001, 2007 and 2011.